Melatonin

[Guest guest]

I'm taking some time to update 'Mom's story' by reviewing old posts --

I just wanted to bring up one of our messages to those who are new

to the board. If any of you actually tried Melatonin with your loved

one and you found it successful (or unsuccessful) please reply and

let us know. There was an article that mentioned that Melatonin could

not only help with sleeplessness in our loved ones, but also

aggitation.

A Weapon Against Alzheimer's in Your Bathroom Cabinet

(Source: News Target) - An international team of researchers has

found that a common supplement may have benefits in the fight against

Alzheimer's disease.

Melatonin can ease sleep-disruption and sundowning in Alzheimer's

victims. In addition it is inexpensive and readily available over-the-

counter in drugstores.

" I've always kept a supply of melatonin, " says Dr. Phyllis Staff, a

psychologist whose father had Alzheimer's disease. " I've used it to

combat jet lag for many years, but I didn't realize it could help my

father. "

Melatonin's benefits may also extend to dementia prevention. Since

the drug is able to pass through the blood/brain barrier, it exhibits

powerful anti-oxidant effects in the brain. By combating oxidative

stress, researchers believe that melatonin may reduce the tangles and

plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease.

Go to full story:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/message/53051

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year!

,

I haven't read that one. But I did use Melatonin with Mom and I still use it.

I can use it whenever I want without after effects. I can go a week and have a

bad night and use it. Sometimes in the night when I need to use the bathroom

and wake up, it doesn't make me groggy and I like that.

Just my feed back.

Hugs

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year in

a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

Melatonin

I'm taking some time to update 'Mom's story' by reviewing old posts --

I just wanted to bring up one of our messages to those who are new

to the board. If any of you actually tried Melatonin with your loved

one and you found it successful (or unsuccessful) please reply and

let us know. There was an article that mentioned that Melatonin could

not only help with sleeplessness in our loved ones, but also

aggitation.

A Weapon Against Alzheimer's in Your Bathroom Cabinet

(Source: News Target) - An international team of researchers has

found that a common supplement may have benefits in the fight against

Alzheimer's disease.

Melatonin can ease sleep-disruption and sundowning in Alzheimer's

victims. In addition it is inexpensive and readily available over-the-

counter in drugstores.

" I've always kept a supply of melatonin, " says Dr. Phyllis Staff, a

psychologist whose father had Alzheimer's disease. " I've used it to

combat jet lag for many years, but I didn't realize it could help my

father. "

Melatonin's benefits may also extend to dementia prevention. Since

the drug is able to pass through the blood/brain barrier, it exhibits

powerful anti-oxidant effects in the brain. By combating oxidative

stress, researchers believe that melatonin may reduce the tangles and

plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease.

Go to full story:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/message/53051

[Guest guest]

,

I read a study that the body's natural production of melatonin is reduced by

bright artificial light during night hours. It is kind of a chicken and egg

thing.

If you don't sleep and / or sleep with the lights on, your melatonin

production drops, and then it is harder to get to sleep.

My mom tended to take naps during the days, and frequently do her night time

sleep about 2 hours at a time, say from about 9 PM to 11 PM and then do many

waking periods / tend to be mostly awake until nearly dawn.

The neurologist for my mom suggested that we try melatonin, which mom did for

a while. I would like to say that it helped, but I am nolonger certain.

There were so many pills at that stage, some of which caused dissyness and

nausia, then there were pills to counteract the nausia.

I know the perscription sleep pills didn't work for mom. Either she didn't

have enough to sleep, or the teeter totter flipped: then the sleepy pill kept

her zombie like groggy most of the next day.

I think the melatonin worked as well as anything we tried during that period.

Dann

wrote:

I'm taking some time to update 'Mom's story' by reviewing old posts --

I just wanted to bring up one of our messages to those who are new

to the board. If any of you actually tried Melatonin with your loved

one and you found it successful (or unsuccessful) please reply and

let us know. There was an article that mentioned that Melatonin could

not only help with sleeplessness in our loved ones, but also

aggitation.

A Weapon Against Alzheimer's in Your Bathroom Cabinet

(Source: News Target) - An international team of researchers has

found that a common supplement may have benefits in the fight against

Alzheimer's disease.

Melatonin can ease sleep-disruption and sundowning in Alzheimer's

victims. In addition it is inexpensive and readily available over-the-

counter in drugstores.

" I've always kept a supply of melatonin, " says Dr. Phyllis Staff, a

psychologist whose father had Alzheimer's disease. " I've used it to

combat jet lag for many years, but I didn't realize it could help my

father. "

Melatonin's benefits may also extend to dementia prevention. Since

the drug is able to pass through the blood/brain barrier, it exhibits

powerful anti-oxidant effects in the brain. By combating oxidative

stress, researchers believe that melatonin may reduce the tangles and

plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease.

Go to full story:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/message/53051

[Guest guest]

Hard as I tried, I couldn't get the NH or doctors to

let us try melatonin on my husband. I wanted to try

Rozarem, the new sleeping aid that has melatonin in

it, and they wouldn't do it until every other sleep

medication had been tried, none of which worked. Just

before he got real bad, they finally had gone through

all the other meds and would have tried it, but he

ended up in the hospital twice, so it never did get

done. However, his former doctor, who is mine, too,

recommended it.

--- Donna Mido wrote:

> Happy New Year!

>

> ,

>

> I haven't read that one. But I did use Melatonin

> with Mom and I still use it. I can use it whenever

> I want without after effects. I can go a week and

> have a bad night and use it. Sometimes in the night

> when I need to use the bathroom and wake up, it

> doesn't make me groggy and I like that.

>

> Just my feed back.

>

> Hugs

>

> Donna R

>

> Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI)

> for 3 years and 4th year in a nh.

> She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other

> than mine.

>

>

> Melatonin

>

> I'm taking some time to update 'Mom's story' by

> reviewing old posts --

> I just wanted to bring up one of our messages to

> those who are new

> to the board. If any of you actually tried Melatonin

> with your loved

> one and you found it successful (or unsuccessful)

> please reply and

> let us know. There was an article that mentioned

> that Melatonin could

> not only help with sleeplessness in our loved ones,

> but also

> aggitation.

>

> A Weapon Against Alzheimer's in Your Bathroom

> Cabinet

>

> (Source: News Target) - An international team of

> researchers has

> found that a common supplement may have benefits in

> the fight against

> Alzheimer's disease.

>

> Melatonin can ease sleep-disruption and sundowning

> in Alzheimer's

> victims. In addition it is inexpensive and readily

> available over-the-

> counter in drugstores.

>

> " I've always kept a supply of melatonin, " says Dr.

> Phyllis Staff, a

> psychologist whose father had Alzheimer's disease.

> " I've used it to

> combat jet lag for many years, but I didn't realize

> it could help my

> father. "

>

> Melatonin's benefits may also extend to dementia

> prevention. Since

> the drug is able to pass through the blood/brain

> barrier, it exhibits

> powerful anti-oxidant effects in the brain. By

> combating oxidative

> stress, researchers believe that melatonin may

> reduce the tangles and

> plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease.

>

> Go to full story:

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/message/53051

>

>

>

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>

>

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