Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP! :(

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Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you. Sent from my iPadOn Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all,

At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep.

..

Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.

I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???

Thanks,

[Guest guest]



Pat,

Hi! How are you?? I haven't heard from you in a while. We are ok. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

My son is 8 and has the same problem with sleep. He is on Clonidine at night too....but having a hard time stayin asleep. I did give benadryl for a while to help and that did work. Now I give him Delysum for allergies/sinuses (the night time stuff) along with clonidine and it has worked also. I can not give him Benadryl too many days in a row or he gets angry.

I also have a rule that he must stay in bed or in his room and either read books or watch his dvd player but he has to be qiet....untill the sun comes up. Then he can leave his room. Sometimes works....it's the being quiet that sometimes does not. I also put a babygate up so he can not leave his room...again sometimes it works and wometimes not. I know what it's lke to be sleepdeprived as I am a single mom. Not fun!

Sandy

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help

me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Your doctor may want to try Trazadone. It helped my son, for a while.

Later on, we tried Ativan. It worked the best -- in the system quickly, wears

off in about 4-6 hours.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted in ages. is now 25 and living in San

in a group home. I am in the process of trying to move him to Arkansas,

to be near us. The paperwork is horrendous, but we are getting there, slowly

but surely. I am working as a caregiver with children with autism and I love

it. Hi Pat!

>

> Hi all,

>

> My just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last

night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him

Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am,

2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the

fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so

much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night,

but me and DH don't.

>

> This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until

September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone

through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I

do, I have to have my sleep.

>

> Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of

Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the

Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get

him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg.

Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it

changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and

now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his

life and this is alarming.

>

> I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone

help me???

>

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son stopped having sleep problems with a calcium/magnesium supplement. Now I give him a liquid version before bed and he loves it.

[Guest guest]

We use Bluebonnet liquid calcium with magnesium citrate and vitamin D3. It comes in different flavors -- my son likes the mixed berry flavor. It is also gluten free and milk free.

[Guest guest]

Hi Lois, yes, I have been missing you. Karac is Karac. I take him for swimming lessons twice a week, and we go to Spirit Horse on Tuesdays. He is still in school, and I like his teacher. He listens to his music when he is not doing anything else. How is JJ?Sent from my iPadOn Sep 18, 2011, at 7:26 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,

Hi! How are you?? I haven't heard from you in a while. We are ok. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

We had the same problems with abilify. Our problems were made bigger by 's seizure meds. We have found a better seizure med for her and so are weaning the big offenders. Now we have a much happier person and she sleeps much better. is 18 now and maturity has helped...or maybe it is being on the other side of puberty. We still have issues and is still MR and autistic but life has become much easier with her.ElaineFrom: "Pkuenstler" <pkuenstler@...>autism Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 8:41:46 AMSubject: Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Hi Lois, yes, I have been missing you. Karac is Karac. I take him for swimming lessons twice a week, and we go to Spirit Horse on Tuesdays. He is still in school, and I like his teacher. He listens to his music when he is not doing anything else. How is JJ?Sent from my iPadOn Sep 18, 2011, at 7:26 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,

Hi! How are you?? I haven't heard from you in a while. We are ok. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I give about a tablespoon at night.

[Guest guest]



Glad to hear Karac is doing ok! JJ is doing ok too. Knock on wood his behaviour has not been to bad but we are still trying to get his diabeties under control.........But he is ALWAYS hungry!

Is it still hot there? I know you have had a hot summer! Lois (:

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

The summer has been the hottest, detest summer that I have experienced in Dallas in my 60 years. It was hard on Karac and Ayden particularly. Im sorry that JJ is still having a problem with diabetes. Pat K Sent from my iPadOn Sep 22, 2011, at 7:18 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Glad to hear Karac is doing ok! JJ is doing ok too. Knock on wood his behaviour has not been to bad but we are still trying to get his diabeties under control.........But he is ALWAYS hungry!

Is it still hot there? I know you have had a hot summer! Lois (:

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]



I would hear about Texas and how hot it was there and how you all wasen't getting any rain. Have you gotten any rain yet?

We have had rain here everyday for a week! But it is staying in the 70's. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Lucky you! we have had a little rain but not nearly as much as we need. I had a 350. Dollar bill last month trying to keep our lawn alive and trying to keep our foundation from cracking.Sent from my iPadOn Sep 22, 2011, at 8:14 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



I would hear about Texas and how hot it was there and how you all wasen't getting any rain. Have you gotten any rain yet?

We have had rain here everyday for a week! But it is staying in the 70's. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]



WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Our July here was very hot and I had a 250.00 electric bill but no lawn problems. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

What seizure medication are you using? My son is on Dilantin and will be switching to Trileptal.LanaFrom: & Elaine <forresters2@...>autism Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:57 AMSubject: Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

We had the same problems with abilify. Our problems were made bigger by 's seizure meds. We have found a better seizure med for her and so are weaning the big offenders. Now we have a much happier person and she sleeps much better. is 18 now and maturity has helped...or maybe it is being on the other side of puberty. We still have issues and is still MR and autistic but life has become much easier with her.ElaineFrom: "Pkuenstler" <pkuenstler@...>autism Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 8:41:46 AMSubject: Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Hi Lois, yes, I have been missing you. Karac is Karac. I take him for swimming lessons twice a week, and we go to Spirit Horse on Tuesdays. He is still in school, and I like his teacher. He listens to his music when he is not doing anything else. How is JJ?Sent from my iPadOn Sep 18, 2011, at 7:26 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,

Hi! How are you?? I haven't heard from you in a while. We are ok. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

,

Just read this thread all the way through. Does he drink milk? When my son was younger, he had a real problem with milk. Earlier in his life, he had been nursed, then placed on formula, then soy milk. Back then the soy formula was genetically engineered. After the autism took over, every time he drank milk, he had the stay awake all night laughing or go to sleep and wake up in 2 hours syndrome. Just a thought.

Later, he developed such an aversion to milk that he refused to drink it any more. Now every time he sees milk he starts to gag. Over the years, he has had spells of staying awake all night tied to allergies and acid reflux. If he has any stomach issues, I might suspect acid reflux.

Drissia

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help

me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

na,

One of the most common side effects of the abilify is that you can't be still. They had to give my son klonopin to counteract the effects of the abilify. They tried prozac which intensified the side effects of the Abilify. Then they gave him Amantadine to counteract the parkinsonism caused by the Abilify. We have now reduced the Abilify by half and things are calming down a little. He is 19 and was taking 20mg a day. Sometimes these kids just don't need so much of this stuff.

Drissia

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help

me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I agree. My son is only taking 5mg of Abilify and I divide that dose for a.m. and 5 p.m. When hetook the total dose in the a.m. he was restless and at times it would escalate. He also takes Lamotrigine in divided doses. The Dr. wanted us to up the Abilify in the beginning but then after dividing thedose, we decided to stay with the current 5mg. The pharmacy changed the generic versionof Lamotrigine (Lamictal) one time and we had another a bad response to that. He also tried the XR ofthe name brand Lamictal and that too had some undesired side effects. So you have to find what works and make sure the pharmacy doesn't switch

suppliers on you. He takes 50mg total of Lamotrigine but I divide it into four doses and so far (except for our always sleep issues and somegut problems) behavior is much better and the chance of reaction is lessen with lower doses. From: drissia wright <ritzywright@...>autism Sent: Friday, September

23, 2011 3:24 AMSubject: Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

na,

One of the most common side effects of the abilify is that you can't be still. They had to give my son klonopin to counteract the effects of the abilify. They tried prozac which intensified the side effects of the Abilify. Then they gave him Amantadine to counteract the parkinsonism caused by the Abilify. We have now reduced the Abilify by half and things are calming down a little. He is 19 and was taking 20mg a day. Sometimes these kids just don't need so much of this stuff.

Drissia

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help

me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

We had a little rain last night, but still not enough, however we did have a little cooler weatherSent from my iPadOn Sep 22, 2011, at 8:31 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Our July here was very hot and I had a 250.00 electric bill but no lawn problems. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Lois, yea we had rain last night. Karac is going to camp for a week today.Sent from my iPadOn Oct 1, 2011, at 7:04 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,,

Rain here all day and only made it in the 50's! ZEESH! Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Lois, yea we had rain last night. Karac is going to camp for a week today.Sent from my iPadOn Oct 1, 2011, at 7:04 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,,

Rain here all day and only made it in the 50's! ZEESH! Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]



Pat,

That e-mail was from 2 weeks ago! LOL! I wonder why it took so long getting there>

WOW Will karac be ok at camp? I wish JJ would do something like that. he has NEVER slept away from home......Which is not good I know but what to do about it?

J wasen't to happy today....My van's water pump went bad and My DH was working on it all day so we couldn't go anywhere......its still not fixed so Jake will have to work on it tommorow and J will be home with him because his day program is closed but I have to work. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Karac has been going to camp for years. He does very well. He rides horses, swims, and does the ropes. He feels cat home there. I am so thankful for him and for the break. sorry j wasn't happy today. How is his blood sugar?Sent from my iPadOn Oct 9, 2011, at 7:21 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Pat,

That e-mail was from 2 weeks ago! LOL! I wonder why it took so long getting there>

WOW Will karac be ok at camp? I wish JJ would do something like that. he has NEVER slept away from home......Which is not good I know but what to do about it?

J wasen't to happy today....My van's water pump went bad and My DH was working on it all day so we couldn't go anywhere......its still not fixed so Jake will have to work on it tommorow and J will be home with him because his day program is closed but I have to work. Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]



Thats wonderful about Karac! Still stuggleing with the blood suger. J wants to eat ALL the time! I can't give him the insulan........It makes JJ get mean! Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Karac wants to eat all the time too. They have closed the class where Karac was making progress and he loved his teacher and they have sent him to a different school with an ignorant teacher who has never taught an autistic kid who can read. I wish I could sue them.Sent from my iPadOn Oct 19, 2011, at 8:24 PM, " lois noland" <jlois@...> wrote:



Thats wonderful about Karac! Still stuggleing with the blood suger. J wants to eat ALL the time! I can't give him the insulan........It makes JJ get mean! Lois

Re: We are having sleep problems again. HELP!

Yes, we have been through this experience, but I don't have to tell you that these kids are so different in their reactions to Meds. the Abilify made Karac so aggressivebthat he had to be hospitalized. melotonin did not work at all. clonidine worked for a while and then it interfered with sleep. Xanax worked for a wile and then it caused aggression. now he is 19 and not on anything and he sleeps through the night and has been since we took him off all Meds. That has just been our experience.

I understand how painful that is and I'm sorry I don't have the answer for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:24 AM, "" <bashful373@...> wrote:

Hi all, At just turned 7 year old son Isaiah is not sleeping through the night. Last night proved to be no different. Isaiah will go to sleep after we've given him Clonidine (prescribed by his psychiatrist) and then Melatonin. But then at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on, he is up and tearing through the house. He'll raid the fridge and help himself to things while making major messes. He'll also make so much noise that it wakes us up. His siblings manage to sleep through the night, but me and DH don't.

This is a colossal nightmare for me. We don't see the psychiatrist until September 27th and until then, we can't have anything changed. Has anyone gone through this??? What can we do? DH and I both work full time and for what I do, I have to have my sleep..Isaiah currently takes Abilify 5mg a day in the morning and then 2 tabs of Clonidine at night. I have another friend who suggested that maybe the Melatonin is not as effective and that we should try Benadryl for a week to get him sleepy. When we've given him the Melatonin, We have given him up to 10mg. Isaiah used to be on Risperdal for almost 3 years and this past summer we had it changed. The biggest thing was that Isaiah was starting to be aggressive and now the concern is that he may have ADHD issues. He can't sit still to save his life and this is alarming.I'm also starting to lose it because of the lack of proper sleep. Can anyone help me???Thanks,