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16 year old sleeps a lot

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I am assuming that the effort of co-ordinating her balance and of processing everything takes extra effort? She is anxious about the amount she sleeps.
We have worked with children and young people with Cerebral Palsy a lot over the years and some of them often tend to sleep more than average, as you say this can be due to the effort and hard work they put in to controlling their bodies.
We advise that the family ask for a full count blood test to check for anemia which you have already had so you know there is no issues there.
You don't say how many hours your daughter sleeps during the night or what she does prior to going to sleep, we had added the link for you to check out a good routine to follow.
routine http://www.scope.org.uk/support/families/sleep/routine
We hope this information helps
Maxine and Angie