melatonin and constipation

[Guest guest]

Has anyone observed constipation with Melatonin? My son has been

taking Melatonin 3 mg capsule every night (for a few weeks).

In the beginning, it did not cause constipation. Also in the

beginning, it made him wake up so much easier in the morning - kind of

opposite of what I thought would happen. Now though, he is back to

being difficult to get out of bed in the morning. In the beginning,

Melatonin also seemed to bring a happiness effect. It would probably

continue if not for the current constipation.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

We haven't seen that. Could he be having a yeast flare up at the same

time? I know when yeast flares up we have a hard time waking too and

the constipation returns. My daughter has been on melatonin since May

and it has not affected her bowels. It sounds like yeast.

>

> Has anyone observed constipation with Melatonin? My son has been

> taking Melatonin 3 mg capsule every night (for a few

weeks).

> In the beginning, it did not cause constipation. Also in the

> beginning, it made him wake up so much easier in the morning - kind

of

> opposite of what I thought would happen. Now though, he is back to

> being difficult to get out of bed in the morning. In the beginning,

> Melatonin also seemed to bring a happiness effect. It would

probably

> continue if not for the current constipation.

> Thanks

>

>

[Guest guest]

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I beg to differ. My son takes melatonin every night or he would

never sleep. We are trying to identify some of our issues now but

for us its been at least 1-2yrs on it daily and he does fine and he

has not ever not fallen asleep. His motor would run on forever like

the energizer bunny! He will wake and we will tell him to go back

to sleep and he does. We do have issues with him sleeping in his

own bed. He the melatonin works for us.

April.

In , santiago <dirtpoor101@...>

wrote:

>

> If you use melatonin every night he will build up a tolerance to

it and it will stop working. You have to start with a lower dosage

and use it only when he has a hard time sleeping.

>

> I use it on my daughter only when her sleep pattern is disrupted

and once her sleep patern it back to normal I take her off melatonin.

>

> Sometimes she will stay up late and wont go to sleep that's when

I use melatonin

> but not everyday.

>

> For constipation go back to looking at his diet. What is he

eating and try to increase his magnesium intake and vitamin C.

>

> I have tried prune juice ,plum juice, carrot juice,natural

laxatives, and with success

> But every child is different some just need more water some a

laxative.

> Juice works well for my daughter but I have to water it down so

she does not get too much sugar.

>

> I hope this helps

>

>

>

> Jan <paxlforme@...> wrote:

> We haven't seen that. Could he be having a yeast flare

up at the same

> time? I know when yeast flares up we have a hard time waking too

and

> the constipation returns. My daughter has been on melatonin since

May

> and it has not affected her bowels. It sounds like yeast.

>

>

> >

> > Has anyone observed constipation with Melatonin? My son has been

> > taking Melatonin 3 mg capsule every night (for a few

> weeks).

> > In the beginning, it did not cause constipation. Also in the

> > beginning, it made him wake up so much easier in the morning -

kind

> of

> > opposite of what I thought would happen. Now though, he is back

to

> > being difficult to get out of bed in the morning. In the

beginning,

> > Melatonin also seemed to bring a happiness effect. It would

> probably

> > continue if not for the current constipation.

> > Thanks

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I know it is the same thing your body makes. In some of us this is

deficient due to other health problems. So we need to supplement it.

But we are on 6 months with the same doses and my dtr takes it every

night. The rest of us use it as needed. I think that dosing may have

to do more with body weight and how little natural melatonin your

body is making. Perhaps that is why some need more than others, or

their doses increase with time.

> > >

> > > Has anyone observed constipation with Melatonin? My son has

been

> > > taking Melatonin 3 mg capsule every night (for a few

> > weeks).

> > > In the beginning, it did not cause constipation. Also in the

> > > beginning, it made him wake up so much easier in the morning -

> kind

> > of

> > > opposite of what I thought would happen. Now though, he is

back

> to

> > > being difficult to get out of bed in the morning. In the

> beginning,

> > > Melatonin also seemed to bring a happiness effect. It would

> > probably

> > > continue if not for the current constipation.

> > > Thanks

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

-Just a thought, but really check there is no lactose in the

melatonin as we had terrible problems with an NHS brand one for

years and even the phamacist did not know that the manufacturer was

half filling it with lactose!!

-- In , " Jan " <paxlforme@...> wrote:

>

> I know it is the same thing your body makes. In some of us this is

> deficient due to other health problems. So we need to supplement

it.

> But we are on 6 months with the same doses and my dtr takes it

every

> night. The rest of us use it as needed. I think that dosing may

have

> to do more with body weight and how little natural melatonin your

> body is making. Perhaps that is why some need more than others, or

> their doses increase with time.

>

> > > >

> > > > Has anyone observed constipation with Melatonin? My son has

> been

> > > > taking Melatonin 3 mg capsule every night (for a few

> > > weeks).

> > > > In the beginning, it did not cause constipation. Also in the

> > > > beginning, it made him wake up so much easier in the

morning -

> > kind

> > > of

> > > > opposite of what I thought would happen. Now though, he is

> back

> > to

> > > > being difficult to get out of bed in the morning. In the

> > beginning,

> > > > Melatonin also seemed to bring a happiness effect. It would

> > > probably

> > > > continue if not for the current constipation.

> > > > Thanks

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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