We are having sleep problems again. HELP! :(

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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,