Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I have heard DAN! docs comment that in almost every case of a child with persistent sleep issues, there is some underlying reflux or seizure issue going on. When my son had 6 months of this, I found that Cranio-sacral therapy stopped it—turned out his was related to headaches. While you can give him a sleep aid, I would advise that your client seek help from someone who can help her get to the bottom of it. . . ..does he need a dietary intervention. . . . .do you need a sleep study. . . . . could cranio help????? To find a local cranio practitioner near you try www.upledger.com and you can search by zip code. Also, a good homeopath in the Houston area is Karl , MD I’ve heard mixed (more positive and a couple of neg) about http://www.homeopathyhouston.com/ And there are a couple of docs in the Houston area who are looking at these underlying issues. . .I haven’t heard anything from parents about as she is relatively new to this area; Dr. Nomita Pothuluri; ; drnomita@...; but she seems very interested and eager to help. I believe she is just opening up a treatment center for kids with autism in the Humble area. She comes from a family practitioner background. Also there is Dr. Jody Caldwell in Conroe who a few people on the list report have helped them 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 " Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. " Dwight D. Eisenhower No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1843 - Release Date: 12/11/2008 8:36 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I have a son who used to get up and stay up all through the night. Fortunately, he stayed quiet, tried to go back to sleep, and never turned on the lights….he simply moved from place to place during the night trying to get back to sleep. He continued to do this even though he was GFCF (as someone mentioned) and also takes 500 mg of Gaba per day (as someone else mentioned). I give him 1 mg of melatonin at bedtime and that gets him to sleep. If he gets up, I give him another one. That usually gets him back to sleep if he will lay still and quiet. He can have up to 3 mg per night, so I don’t worry about giving him a 2nd dose during the night. It doesn’t make him groggy so it doesn’t knock him out the next day at school if he has one at 4 am. I haven’t had to do this in quite a while. It seems like he is outgrowing the sleep issues, as I seldom find him on the sofa the next morning. However, that may be due to the Benedryl I have been giving him recently at bedtime. He has terrible allergies to molds and they have been off the charts for the past couple of months. The benedryl at night seems to slow down the runny, allergic nose he gets the next morning. It may also be helping him stay asleep at night. Hope this helps, in Cedar Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 For my 7-year-old, 45 pound son, we need 1000 mg of GABA at bedtime. GABA during the day didn't affect anything (we tried it to improve aggression), and 500 mg was too little for his night waking. 1 mg of Melatonin at bedtime helped when he had trouble falling asleep, but did nothing for the night waking. Luckily, the trouble falling asleep went away on it's own. We still use the 1000 mg of GABA for night waking, though. - > > I have a son who used to get up and stay up all through the night. > Fortunately, he stayed quiet, tried to go back to sleep, and never turned on > the lights..he simply moved from place to place during the night trying to > get back to sleep. He continued to do this even though he was GFCF (as > someone mentioned) and also takes 500 mg of Gaba per day (as someone else > mentioned). I give him 1 mg of melatonin at bedtime and that gets him to > sleep. If he gets up, I give him another one. That usually gets him back > to sleep if he will lay still and quiet. He can have up to 3 mg per night, > so I don't worry about giving him a 2nd dose during the night. It doesn't > make him groggy so it doesn't knock him out the next day at school if he has > one at 4 am. > > > > I haven't had to do this in quite a while. It seems like he is outgrowing > the sleep issues, as I seldom find him on the sofa the next morning. > However, that may be due to the Benedryl I have been giving him recently at > bedtime. He has terrible allergies to molds and they have been off the > charts for the past couple of months. The benedryl at night seems to slow > down the runny, allergic nose he gets the next morning. It may also be > helping him stay asleep at night. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > in Cedar Park > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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