Sleep troubles/Marcie

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Hi, Marcie. No, I have not tried or heard of melatonin. I just googled it

now.... It says it's natural, which is nice. I think is is something I

will have to ask the pedi psy when we go this week. also takes

geodon & depakote, so I would be leery of adding anything else without

approval.

Have you tried it?

Thanks so much,

Trish in CT

-- Re: Sleep troubles/Trish in CT

Trish,

Have you tried melatonin with your son?

Marcie

> Sleep troubles/Marcie

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> Wow, Marcie...this sounds too familiar. My 13 year old son

who has

> TS/OCD/ODD/anxiety has had this issue for at least a year

and a half now.

> He is terrified that someone is going to come in & kill him

during the night

> ..he hears every little sound in the house. I have been

sitting/sleeping in

> a chair beside his bed for months now...he cannot fall asleep

without me

> there..and almost always wakes up & comes in my bed every

night...this has

> been going on for many months & I am exhausted.

>

> I have tried dozens of things ...books...lights... " white "

noise...bribing...

> and most recently his pedi psy gave us some samples of

Lunesta...I cannot

> say that I saw much of a difference.

>

> Every night before he goes to bed, he checks under his Bed,

the closet,

> hallway, bathroom & shower. Some night he Is up until 11 or

12, and I am an

> early bird & if I doze off in the chair he will wake me up dozens

of times..

> he cannot fall asleep if I am asleep...I need to be awake!

>

>

> It is so frustrating & exhausting to say the least.

>

> Last month at the pedi psy, he told me that it sounded like

mommy-itis...I

> totally disagree, I think it is his anxiety. I think I am going to

have to

> insist on an ocd/anxiety med, as much as I do not want to....he

is already

> on geodon & depakote.

>

> I look forward to others comments on this subject as well.

>

> Trish in CT

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