Weighted Blankets

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Hi, I tried to post this under the general autism discussion but got an error. Sorry if this is a repeated topic for some of you. Has anyone tried a weighted blanket to help improve sleep? If so, how did it go? What do you recommend? Thanks for helping educate me on this topic. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

i've just heard about those.

the superman blanket imported with mexico i use is a heavy cloth, i find it's heavy enough to make me feel secure.

I have a weighted blanket and it does help me sleep better. I also use it when I get really anxious and cannot calm myself down. I would recommend them if you like a lot of blankets when sleeping. But they are very expensive so that is the down side.

I've heard of people seeing their own weighted blankets & filling them with rice, etc. to help with the cost-- does anyone have any experience with homemade weighted blankets?

I'd love to find some kind of weighted blanket that doesn't actually provide much warmth. I tend to overheat at night when the weather heats up because I want that weight on me but it's too hot under a heavy blanket.

I sleep best when I sleep under a stack of blankets (3 to 5)....I can't do that in the summer, though, and have a lot of trouble sleeping. Someday I am going to make myself a weighted blanket.

If you want something for sleeping that would squeeze, then I've seen these lyrca bed wraps. Unfortunately, I share my bed with my wife - but if I had a single bed (or even one in a spare room for time to myself) I would absolutely get one.

I'm trying to find something similar that works without a bed but haven't found quite what I want. I'm considering the lyrca body socks or resistance loops on the same website.

I have a weighted jacket that I love but I'd really like a compression vest too. The one on sensorydirect is affordable but not the most discreet. I'd really, really love a 'squeeze vest' but they're so expensive!

I've never hear of weighted blankets until last year. They sound like they might help with sleep because I like sleeping under blankets even when I'm not cold and wrapping the blankets around me helps me to relax.

I will awaken almost every hour during the night before I got my weighted blanket. It wasn't cheap, but worth every penny spent. If I do not get a solid 7-8 hours sleep, my ablity to make it thru a day at work without a meltdown or shut down is much lower. I got mine thru Mosaic blankets, they have a nice website. I split the differance on the recommended weight (5-10% of your body weight +2lbs). My blanket is 18lbs. My wife, who is NT, doesn't see how I can stand being under that weight. But for me its difference is between sleeping and not. I do not find it being to hot, even on summer nights. When I feel a shutdown coming on, something I am prone to in the evenings, I will take myself into bed and cocoon myself in my blanket. If its late enough I will just go to sleep, but if not, I will watch TV in the bedroom till I fall asleep. Mike