jessie22
Well-known member
Hi everybody!
Well, as many of you know, Ruby was diagnosed with mild SM On April 22. So far, medicine seems to be working well, and she's had no pain episodes. Here's what IS going on, and I'm wondering if any of you have any tips!
So, she gets her Prednisone 5mg and Gabapentin at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm. All day long, she's quite drowsy, takes good long naps and we go on our two good-sized walks. However, once it's bedtime for me, she's become quite the little party animal! I know the Prednisone is making her have to go out for a pee a bit more than she used to. But, around 2-3am, it never fails, she wants to play "eat mommy's slippers and run away", bark at the tree shadows on the windows, and basically get all frisky! My dog is turning into a CAT!!! Help! Anybody have any ideas how to make her sleep again at night? I don't want to make her stay awake if she needs rest during the day, but I'm at a loss here.
I love her to pieces, and am happy to see her happy, but I do like sleeping at night too...
Thanks!
Well, as many of you know, Ruby was diagnosed with mild SM On April 22. So far, medicine seems to be working well, and she's had no pain episodes. Here's what IS going on, and I'm wondering if any of you have any tips!
So, she gets her Prednisone 5mg and Gabapentin at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm. All day long, she's quite drowsy, takes good long naps and we go on our two good-sized walks. However, once it's bedtime for me, she's become quite the little party animal! I know the Prednisone is making her have to go out for a pee a bit more than she used to. But, around 2-3am, it never fails, she wants to play "eat mommy's slippers and run away", bark at the tree shadows on the windows, and basically get all frisky! My dog is turning into a CAT!!! Help! Anybody have any ideas how to make her sleep again at night? I don't want to make her stay awake if she needs rest during the day, but I'm at a loss here.
I love her to pieces, and am happy to see her happy, but I do like sleeping at night too...
Thanks!