sleeping? meds down

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Hey everyone,

I had no luck with melatonin but have had luck with a different supplement.

Try L-Theanine 100mg seems to do the trick. Of course I am not a doctor nor

do I play one on tv..always ask your doctor or pharmacist first. Also we

discovered our son does not make Glutathione or absorb habout 20 other amino

acids. Peoples pharmacy in Austin (Ray at the 183/620 location) compounded

all of the missing amino acids into a powder I mix with water and load in

oral syringes. This is working well for us and I have noticed more eye

contact and verbalizations. The glutathione we actually have compounded into

a transdermal cream. As you may know Glutathione is essential for removing

toxins (such as thimerisol?) from the body. According to our genetic test on

our son he doesn't have this amino present. If he never had it present is it

possible that he never excreted any toxins...ever? If I would have known

this genetic fact, and I had chelated and used glutithione cream as a

toddler,...would we be autistic?

I get 20 different meds in my son orally using 4 amber 2tsp syringes 3 times

a day. I color code these with colored electrical tape red is morning blue

is afternoon and yellow is night. I mix everything with water and grape

juice and I use shot glasses to mix it in.

I have all 4 in my hand and shoot them down him in quick succession and he

drinks his chocolate almond milk right after. When he was about 5 we started

this by holding him like a baby nearly upside down so he couldn't spit it

back up as easily. After he realized there was no way around it he comes

when I ask and is very compliant no matter how awful it tastes. He needs

these supplements like diabetic needs insulin there just is no alternative

for him. Putting anything in food or drink was not an option as he can smell

the difference between the slightest alteration. This tough love approach

would be difficult on an older child but I can tell you it works I didn't

say it was pleasant. Also we recently discovered that we can increase his

appetite by using 1 tsp 2x a day of Zinc drink made by metagenics. It

doesn't make him want to eat new foods but it does make him hungrier which

helps. This is also useful for kids who are on ADHD meds that reduce their

appetite. Good luck! Trina

Re: Re: Melatonin

I'm impressed with all of you who can get so many supplements into your

kids! Mine are the food police- they could work for the queen as royal food

tasters! One can smell anything no matter how i hide it and the other can

feel any unusual texture at all. It's lots of fun at my house trying to get

everything they need into them. I am desperate to get more magnesium in

them -I've tried lots of products. What's everybody's favorite form of

this?

Re: Melatonin

Wow! Those side effects are enough to scare me away.....except that my

3

kids and I have been using it for the past 5 months with absolutely no

side

effects. In fact, we all wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face

the

day. There has been no grogginess or hang over effect, the black

circles

under the kids eyes are gone, the tiredness and crankiness is all gone,

no

more battles at bed time, and I don't have to drag them out of bed in

the

mornings. My 7 yr olds triplets take 1 mg about 30 minutes before

bedtime

and they, all 3, kiss us goodnight, go get in bed, and go directly to

sleep.

They seldom even get up for one last drink of water. Our doctors (Dr.

and Dr. Rao) both said that it won't hurt them, there are no

long

term effects or dangers of addiction, and that we should keep the

dosage

to

3 mg or less per day. 1mg seems to do the trick for us.

Melatonin is something that the body produces at night, when it gets

dark,

to make you sleepy. Many people that have a hard time falling asleep

(like

me) are actually low in melatonin.

I buy Natrol, or NOW brands. They are both GFCF. and are less than $10

per

bottle.

Good luck!

in Cedar Park

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