Comments on: Sleepless on the spectrum

By: Beth Finke

Beth Finke — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:43:48 +0000

Interesting that you found a difference between brands, I’d never thought of that. I know Vitamins are unregulated by the FDA, while prescription drugs are regulated by the FDA. I wonder, is melatonin regulated at all?

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:34:48 +0000

My son is 12 and has Aspberger’s and ADHD. He has never slept well. He takes melatonin every night and it usually helps. The strange thing is we have noticed a difference between brands. Nature Made has been the best.We also tried a regimine of lunesta 1.5 mg every night for 2 weeks and then weaned him down for two weeks. It helped for about a month – he was actually sleeping.

By: odie

odie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:34 +0000

beth i am so sorry i forgot to mention that our daughter has terrible seasonal allergies so she takes 4 mg singulair.and 1 tsp of zrytec every evening besides half tsp of melatonin.i had my daughter tested for all allergies esp since she we found out she is pdd/nos.we wanted to make sure she didn’t need a gluten&casein diet.when i forget to get her melatonin she won’t sleep through the night.

By: Beth Finke

Beth Finke — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:04:44 +0000

We tried melatonin for our son but it didn’t seem to do much. Eventually we settled on Benedril, but after having to increase and increase the doses to make that work we finally gave up that. Now he doesn’t take any medications, and guess what? He stays up late, and wakes up a lot!

By: odie

odie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:39:47 +0000

we are wondering what can be done for the lack of sleep& contuing to remain asleep for our daughter.our developmental pedi recommmded melatoin drops about half teaspoon or more if needed . it’s amazing how sleeping has helped our 5 year old.i also will ask develp pedi to send her for a sleep study who specializes in children.we are fornatenate enough to live by CHILDREN’S in DALLAS.