Benadryl & Valtrex

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My 4 year old son Logan is on day 17 of Valtrex. He has had a hard

time falling asleep at night and sometimes is up very very late. This

exhausts him (and us.) We have given him Benadryl for two nights this

week and he fell asleep. We tried Melatonin and it made him even more

hyper. My question is this... Can Benadryl interfere with the

effectiveness of Valtrex treatment?

By the way Logan too has had black flecks in his poop. His appetite

is dramatically less at meal times, but he is constantly telling me

that he is hungry. His skin tone looks much more peach as opposed to

his previous gray. His dramatic play is increasing. He has been

drooling since starting Valtrex and that seems to be getting better.

He is hyper! Hyper Hyper! Then able to focus completely (He is reading

now and can focus intently on books for some time) He is asking

questions and initiating many more comments. He had a small red rash

for 1 day. 3 chicken pox looking dots and that is it as far as rashes

go- which is way different from my 2 year old! He has a few skin toned

eczema looking spots. When he first started taking this he made this

weird sound like he is clearing something in his nose. He does it

occassionally now. Overall the results are good.