Re: My son takes Melatonin Help Wanted with Melatonin Question/Concern

[Guest guest]

We gave my 4 year old 250 mg for a month. We stopped because

although it worked at first it started to cause him to sleep less.

When we stopped his sleep was much better than when we started.

Others have reported this. He is also sleeping much better since we

started using zyme and pep with each meal.

Bill

>

> I have been giving my son 3 mgs of Melatonin at night but my son

gets really

> extremly tired on it and starts to whine and so I now give him less

than half

> of

> the dosage of Melatonin and he complains of feeling hot on his

face.

> Melatonin

> may do something to the temp of the body and myself would like to

give my son

> something else than that for he really lately is cranky when I give

it to

> him. He's

> 13 and has been taking it for a long time now, but would like to

change it to

> something else. Now I have changed my sons Adderall which he used

to take

> twice a day and now my doctor who is a behavioral pediatrician

mentioned to

> try

> for my sons focusing on task better would be the time release

Adderall which

> you take just once a day of ten mgs and thats it. He seems to do a

little

> better but of course it to me is not the answer to his problems

with being hyper

> and not focusing.

> on what I want him to do or work in school. Although since my son

has gotton

> older he does communicate and listen much better, but needs help

with his

> hyperness, and anxiety as well. Zoloft helps but any suggestions

on sleeping at

> night better without whinning?? I am going to try the Brainchild

multi

> vitamin with the minerals to see if any of that would help my sons

symtoms.

>

> Thanks,

> Lynne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> any suggestions on sleeping at

> night better without whinning??

Big issue at our house! Here are some things we've tried with my kids

that have helped.

* Eliminate caffeine (I know you've probably already done that, but

just in case).

* Try changing the timing of the stimulant meds to earlier in the day.

* Give a small, high-protein snack at bedtime.

* Try a fan, a small fountain, or a fish tank to provide white noise

and block out noises that may disturb him.

* Increase exercise in the morning or early afternoon.

* Quiet activities only after supper.

* No bright lights after supper. Turn off as many lights in the house

as possible after supper. Those that you need, put on dimmer

switches, so you get as little light as possible.

* Warm bath after supper. Add a few drops of lavendar oil. If the

bathroom lights are bright, use candles.

* Try a lavendar sachet under the pillow. Or make a flannel bag, fill

it with rice and lavendar, and microwave it at bedtime. Let him put

the warm back across his shoulders, or anywhere else it feels good.

* Try a heavy blanket. Not heavy as in warm, heavy as in weighs a

lot. My son with AS can't sleep without his " ten ton blanket of

doom. "

* Try an egg-crate mattress topper under the sheets.

* Try jersey or flannel sheets.

* Make sure he doesn't wear socks to bed. Warm feet keep some people

awake.

* Make sure the room is cool.

* Make sure the room is dark. If he's afraid of the dark, try a

dawn/dusk simulator, and set it so the room gets slowly darker over a

period of 30 minutes to an hour.

* Try joint compressions. It's a technique sometimes combined with

brushing for SID. An OT taught me to do it for my middle son. The

brushing didn't help, but the joint compressions make a big

difference to how easily he falls asleep.

At our house, when all else fails, we use Benedryl. We've used

Clonidine in the past, as well as melatonin, but I'm not persuaded

they're safe, and my kids don't like the way they feel the next day.

Regards,

phine

[Guest guest]

Check out www.immunotec.com

I think the company makes a milk-derived sleep

product that helps one to fall asleep. I have not

tried the product.

My son takes Melatonin Help Wanted with Melatonin

Question/Concern

>

> I have been giving my son 3 mgs of Melatonin at night but my son gets

really

> extremly tired on it and starts to whine and so I now give him less than

half

> of

> the dosage of Melatonin and he complains of feeling hot on his face.

> Melatonin

> may do something to the temp of the body and myself would like to give my

son

> something else than that for he really lately is cranky when I give it to

> him. He's

> 13 and has been taking it for a long time now, but would like to change it

to

> something else. Now I have changed my sons Adderall which he used to take

> twice a day and now my doctor who is a behavioral pediatrician mentioned

to

> try

> for my sons focusing on task better would be the time release Adderall

which

> you take just once a day of ten mgs and thats it. He seems to do a little

> better but of course it to me is not the answer to his problems with being

hyper

> and not focusing.

> on what I want him to do or work in school. Although since my son has

gotton

> older he does communicate and listen much better, but needs help with his

> hyperness, and anxiety as well. Zoloft helps but any suggestions on

sleeping at

> night better without whinning?? I am going to try the Brainchild multi

> vitamin with the minerals to see if any of that would help my sons

symtoms.

>

> Thanks,

> Lynne

>

>

>