u/Jaded-ok

How can I support and encourage without getting in the way.

My son recently joined a band.

The band is made up of 6 kids who are 14 and 15 years old.

The band had been established for about 6 months prior to my son joining. They were originally a 3-4 piece act. They did a shuffle around and now it's a 6 piece band.

Prior to my son joining they had a song already on Spotify.

The band (in my opinion) is very good. They write all of their own music.

They get a gig every one to two weeks. They get paid for these gigs.

The kids organise their own gigs and radio interviews. I don't know how they are doing it but it happens.  They have gigs lined up for the next couple of months.

I'm trying to be supportive. More than driving my son to band practice and to his gigs. How can I support them more.

From my understanding they won something (before my son and the newer kids joined) to be able to get a song recorded and on Spotify.

Can I help fund a recording session so they can have more songs on Spotify? Or is there another way I can support them?

We are in a city with population approximately 100k in Australia.

I have been prescribed Amitriptyline 25mg for recent sleep problems.

My sleep problems have been present for about 5 weeks. I have on average 1 very poor night sleep a week where I get 1-3 hours but for the most of the time I get 7-10 hours per night and the odd 5-6 hours.

So 4 poor nights sleep but every other night is fine.

I went to my doctor to try and fix this. I know my issue is my anxiety around not getting enough sleep. I focus on my sleep routine so much that I begin to wind down from 5:30pm. I think about my sleep health all the time.

I was prescribed melatonin. That did not work. The doctor prescribed me Amitriptyline for sleep.

I've read that you have to take it every night and there are issues when you stop taking it.

I have Zopiclone from last year when I had the same issues but were only present for two weeks. It works great for me. I only take it the night after my poor night sleep. My doctor is against it.

I haven't started it yet and was planning on starting it tonight but I'm worried about being stuck on it for years for a temporary problem.