Our grandson is a high functioning autistic and we have bought him a jellyfish tank (don't worry the jellyfish aren't real!)

It's very calming to watch. It has LED lights that sequence through red, green, blue, purple and various combinations and illuminate the tank and the fish. It gets good reviews and quite a few people mention that it helps them sleep (although I think you'd need an understanding partner). It auto switches off after 4 hours.



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He loves it. It's hard to know how calming it is because he is generally calm when he's here (and it is installed in his bedroom here).

We enjoy it too!

i know i couldn't have one here,

posted enough time's about how bad a sleeper i am .. but hey ho can wish.

we did have a very active fish tank, i never wanted it, gave in and got into it .. decorated it, chose all the rocks, scenery, fish .. think we had near on 30 tropical fish, we are now down to one and he soldiers on. my Sister had to pop in to feed him when we go away, mind you she waters our garden for us too.

i hated coming down in the morning and seeing another one had popped his clogs and hubby had to fish it out, so once this last one has gone that will be our fish tank days over with .. this one must be coming up about 10 now.

glad your Grandson is enjoying the tank though Paul

Suzanne

hi Paul,

i was thinking about this as i logged off before,

my problem is that i wake at the crack of dawn, i have been a poor sleeper all of my adult life .. stems back to anxiety issue's as a teenager ( briefly mentioned it in Ailsa's week of misery thread ) should add fortunately anxiety left me in my early forties but sleep pattern still same.

so i have always had a tablet to help me sleep, doubt my body could do without it now, but as i say i wake most days very early. we invested in some heavier curtains from John Lewis to help with the morning light, but really doesn't make much difference.

so i doubt this would help me anyway. i am used to sleeping in the pitch dark as is hubby ( mind he nods off at the drop of a hat ) funnily enough when we go on holiday i often sleep better then, well sleep longer in the mornings.

i guess i am lucky that i have no pain at all when lying down, and can lie still even when awake early hours without disturbing hubby.

Suzanne