My experience with melatonin for zoe/ for other int. moms

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Thanks to everyone, for sharing. I really

appreciate the input from everyone.

My experience has been very positive, so

positive I was just a wee bit suspicious. My 2 ½ year old, Zoe has an

underdeveloped cerebellum, left front lobe malformation and myelin damage.,.

but thus far has had no seizures that we know of..Developmentally she is

delayed as well. Getting her to bed at night, even when she is deliriously

tired, exhausted and out of energy, has been tough. She has just seemed “

hardwired” and unable to shut down. Additionally, she has been signing

that she is scared and would literally scream when deposited in her crib after

elaborate nighttime rituals… The ordeal of getting her to sleep would

last 2 , 2 ½ hours and she would always scream and cry at the end. She

wakes up at night for milk and upon waking she would sometimes start the cycle

again. All of the things I know to try with a typical kid did not work, and she

could not even calm down in our bed. I’m sure many of you moms can

relate. I have no problem waking 3 or even 4 times a night to give milk, or

change a diaper. But the two hours at bed time with the cycle starting again

during the night , and the crying and screaming was the worst. Finally I broke

down and tried melatonin. She goes off to sleep SO peacefully that I was

worried I gave her too much 1.25 mg , or that there must be some catch… okay,

so I even feel guilty!! I have restored sanity to my house and it seems too

good to be true!!

Anyway, Zoe also has some reflux during

the night and seems to be congested so I try to give her the reflux meds before

bed. I think to be safe I will also do the 24 hour EEG the doc is offering too

make sure there is no seizure activity during the night, but the melatonin is a

dream. Also, to the mom who quite awhile ago suggested chocolate syrup for

administering supplements, THANK YOU> it works just great!! I crush her

melatonin add a drop of water, the choc syrup and suck it up with the syringe!

Anyway, am always interested in similar

stories ,but I just wanted to say thanks and thank you for sharing your

experiences. For anyone else out there that has been hesitant about it ( our

doc recommended it a long time ago..) I would say do it, it definitely helps!

Suzanne M. man

From: Loriann Melby

Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

9:00 PM

To: Mito

Subject: RE: Use of melatonin in toddlers for

Suzanne

Suzanne,

The article back in Sept. of 2003 stated that

" Elevated Melatonin Levels May Worsen

Nocturnal

Asthma " . It said that " melatonin

enhances

inflammation in asthma " . I believe that

the most

recent articles state that melatonin can help with

sleep for asthmatics. We just monitored Lucas and

he

seemed to do okay with it. He had had

frequent bouts

of croup in the past prior to melatonin use.

The lack

of staying asleep and an increased level of

discomfort

(possible abdominal pain) was what caused us to

switch

off of melatonin and on to amitriptyline.

What has

also been uncovered is that Lucas was diagnosed

with a

fatty acid oxidation disorder most likely

long-chain

(LCHAD) and a switch to a cheaper formula (not

LCHAD

friendly) was also taking place at that

time. HTH,

Loriann

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> What was the tie in related to asthmatics??

Just

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> Suzanne M. man

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> Re: Use of melatonin in

> toddlers/children, results??

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> Suzanne,

> We used melatonin for about a year or so for

Lucas.

> We were successful to get him to sleep and

then

> after

> an almost 48 hours without sleep we started

him on

> amitriptyline instead. We used only 200

micrograms

> =

> 0.2 mg's. I was a little concerned

because of some

> medical articles which claimed melatonin

should be

> used with caution with asthmatics.

Loriann

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> wrote:

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> > I have just started using melatonin,

with my 2 =

> > year old , Zoe. Wondering

> > what affects the rest of you have seen,

good and

> bad

> > and what dosage you are

> > using with your children. Just curious

if you have

> > time, would love to hear

> > about this further. Thank you!!

> >

> >

> >

> > Suzanne M. man

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