restless and sleepless son

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Dear group,I am new here, and I really need your help.I have a 7 years old son who is autistic. he is on only Claritin singular, omega 3 probiotic, Enzyme and Vit D and Multivitamin.My son stops breathing all of a sudden. This happened to him X 3 already. The last episode was 2 wks ago. No one knows why this happens he had all the test and no one have a clue.

2 wks ago he had the flu, really bad and he was sick, and this time he also stopped breathing, but before ambulance got here I was able to resume his breathing. His color O2 sat was fine as well, so they did not intubate him. After he recovered from this and Flu he was not able to sleep at all. he became  restless and just pacing and whining and just acting very weird. I finally gave him Melatonin which helped him to sleep, and he did well without it  after 3 days. Now he has ear infection and he had not slept for 6 days. he is unmanageable. I can't blame him since he is so sleep deprived.

My question is, does anyone knows any natural remedies for sleeping issues. he does fall asleep for 10-15 minutes  and that is it. I do not want to give him strong medicine that his pediatrician is recommending. Please someone help. He was always a good sleeper, now he is like manic and ADD. I do not know what to do. Thank you and sorry for the long post

Tunde-- " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " MLK