RE: Sleep issues

[Guest guest]

Hi, try this: Melatonin, GABA along with

an Epsom salt bath with Lavender at bedtime, you need to soak in the Epsom salt

bath at least 15 to 20 minutes.. give the melatonin and GABA, AT Least an hour

before bedtime.. experiment with the dosage of Melatonin and GABA depending on

how old your child is.. this is working for us and we were in your shoes about

a month ago.. Let us know if you need any more help.. Take care.

Corinne

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Maggie Everts

Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008

7:08 PM

To:

Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re:

Sleep issues

She could try melatonin - found in the vitamin aisle

of any pharmacy or food store. It is the natural hormone

that triggers sleep but some people need help either falling asleep or

staying asleep.

Maggie Everts

Communication Strategies

maggietmck

From: Steph

Hulshof <stephhulshofsbcglobal (DOT) net>

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008

4:36:11 PM

Subject:

Sleep issues

I have a client who is have a horrible time with sleep

issues right now. He has been waking up at night and staying up for 3+

hours at a time. He starts to engage in self stim and it escalates until

it wakes everyone in the house. We have tried having mom go in and tell

him to stop (he does briefly), having mom take him to another room and block

the stim until he settles down to sleep, removing everything fun from his room

except his bed. The problem is Mom is exhausted and interested in any

homeopathic or medicine options for the short term to break this cycle.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated!

Steph

[Guest guest]

Our son is now nine years old. He takes 1 mg of the sublingual melatonin tablets that you can get at GNC. They are cherry flavor, vegetarian, wheat and gluten free and he chews them. He takes one every night, and he is asleep in 20 to 30 minutes. If he doesn't take it, he'll stay up into the a.m. on the computer or watching television. GNC offers different dosages and the bottles are either 60 or 120 count. It's not expensive. Corinne Vela wrote: Hi, try this: Melatonin, GABA along with an Epsom salt bath with Lavender at bedtime, you need to soak in the Epsom salt bath at least 15 to 20 minutes.. give the melatonin and GABA, AT Least an hour before bedtime.. experiment with the dosage of Melatonin and GABA depending on how old your child is.. this is working for us and we were in your shoes about a month ago.. Let us know if you need any more help.. Take care. Corinne From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy [mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Maggie Everts Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:08 PM To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Subject: Re:

Sleep issues She could try melatonin - found in the vitamin aisle of any pharmacy or food store. It is the natural hormone that triggers sleep but some people need help either falling asleep or staying asleep. Maggie Everts Communication Strategies maggietmck From: Steph Hulshof <stephhulshofsbcglobal (DOT) net> To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:36:11 PM

Subject: Sleep issues I have a client who is have a horrible time with sleep issues right now. He has been waking up at night and staying up for 3+ hours at a time. He starts to engage in self stim and it escalates until it wakes everyone in the house. We have tried having mom go in and tell him to stop (he does briefly), having mom take him to another room and block the stim until he settles down to sleep, removing everything fun from his room except his bed. The problem is Mom is exhausted and interested in any homeopathic or medicine options for the short term to break this cycle. Any suggestions are very much appreciated! Steph