Melatonin Effectivenss Diminishing?

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My 6 year old (ASD) has taken melatonin for the last year and has always responded well to it (ie - asleep within 30 minutes). Within the last month, it seems that the magic of melatonin is disappearing as it's taking anywhere from 1 - 2 hours to get him down most nights.

We've upped the dose a bit but it didn't seem to make a difference. Anyone else experience this? Any suggestions? Thanks! - Amy

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We did. We found we needed to take breaks from it and not give all the time.

Then it worked at lower doses also 38 and Mom to threeTasha 23..new Mommy ( means I am a Grammy )Casey-Mae 13..sweet as pieElijah 2.. ASD and beautiful

To: mb12 valtrex Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 12:54:21 PMSubject: Melatonin Effectivenss Diminishing?

My 6 year old (ASD) has taken melatonin for the last year and has always responded well to it (ie - asleep within 30 minutes). Within the last month, it seems that the magic of melatonin is disappearing as it's taking anywhere from 1 - 2 hours to get him down most nights.

We've upped the dose a bit but it didn't seem to make a difference. Anyone else experience this? Any suggestions? Thanks! - Amy

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Raising the dose has been shown to not be any better than a lower dose so raising it wouldn't help.  When melatonin stops working, you have to take a break for a week or two and then restart.  As your child gets older you may have to raise the dose but you should never have to go over 5mg (adult) or 3 mg (child) to go to sleep.  I'm sure there are exceptions but that's the general rule.It sounds to me like you just need to take a break and restart. Cheryl~Check out my blog:  http://www.gryffins-tail.blogspot.com/ My 6 year old (ASD) has taken melatonin for the last year and has always responded well to it (ie - asleep within 30 minutes).  Within the last month, it seems that the magic of melatonin is disappearing as it's taking anywhere from 1 - 2 hours to get him down most nights. We've upped the dose a bit but it didn't seem to make a difference.  Anyone else experience this?  Any suggestions?  Thanks! - Amy