Zinc and Sleep

[Guest guest]

> Hi all, can anyone tell me why or how zinc is helping my son sleep,

> within 20 mins of having his zinc he is out for the count I never

> forget to give it because the fact he is still awake reminds me.

> Im not complaining, just very curious.

Zinc helps reduce the body's copper load. Copper causes hyper for my

kids. So maybe that is the reason why.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Don't know if this helps or not, but when my son used to fidget and be up

(several times/night!) it was when he wasn't getting enough magnesium. He would

thrash around, kicking his legs--just so uncomfortable, and I KNEW he was so so

tired, but I think he even had leg cramps, as the only thing that would help is

if I stood there over his crib rubbing his legs for HOURS!!!! It was misery

until I figured out he needed more magnesium. that did the trick for us! could

be a whole different situation, but just thought I'd mention the magnesium in

case it's something you haven't looked at.

~Diane

Mom to Aaren, age 3, ASD

<<Hello,

My son is 2.9 ASD. He is doing pretty well and making progress. He

currently takes all 3 HNI enzymes at each meal and snack. He also

takes Brainchilds Vitamins and Minerals (SSII with PAK). He has

been ultra sensitive in the past to supps. We give a little

additional mag during the day. We also have tried numerous

probiotics and he didn't tolerate most of them. Currently we are

trying CP-1 and he seems to do OK on that (at least his stools were

firming up) but he was a little more stimmy. The one area that is

still a problem for us is sleep. It is much better since starting

Brainchilds, but he still doesn't sleep all night. Most nights, he

is up 1-2 times. Usually, he comes to get me and I lay with him and

he will typically go back to sleep pretty quickly. As we get

towards morning (around 5:00 a.m.), when he wakes up, he is very

fidgety. Can't lay still yet he is so tired and almost sleeps

through his fidgeting. I would really love to help him sleep better

because I think it will help his focus during the day. One supp

that was highly recommended for him to take was zinc. We have tried

numerous zinc supps and each one causes his reflux to return (and

with a vengence) so we stopped. The Brainchild Minerals have zinc

but I am considering adding additional zinc to see if that will

help. Does zinc help with sleep? Any ideas on how to improve

sleep? I've looked at Melatonin supps but each time I go to buy one

and I read the back, there is a great big warning about not giving

it to children. Also, the zinc supp I am looking into is the

Brainchilds Liquid Zinc. Any comments on that is also appreciated.

Thanks!

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[Guest guest]

>

> Don't know if this helps or not, but when my son used to fidget and

be up (several times/night!) it was when he wasn't getting enough

magnesium. He would thrash around, kicking his legs--just so

uncomfortable,

I have really restless legs when I need magnesium and potassium. So

if just magnesium does not help as much as you need, try adding a

little potassium also.

Dana