Re: stimulant meds and no sleep please help!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy.

Sorry.......man that's horrible when they don't/can't sleep.

I'd personally, call the doc today and say that you did up the Melatonin and that it didn't work. Tell him that you don't intend to up the meds because the benefits, so far, don't outweigh what's happening.

See what he says.

We were never on that,,,,but I'd be like you, if I saw a big change FAST and knew that I could correlate it with a med.

My son, without meds/with meds slept (or should I say, Didn't sleep) for years. No matter what.

He still is a night owl and we've just adapted. Had to.

So,,,,good luck and follow your gut,,,,but definitely tell your doc about this.

(Can you take a nap today?----hee he)

Robin

From: Tammy <vitzie@...>Subject: ( ) stimulant meds and no sleep please help!! Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 5:52 AM

Can someone please help me Im exhausted! This is my son's 5th day on a stimulant, vyvanse, only 15mg to start, and at night time it is like he is on speed! He is 8 yrs old and has HFA, probably ADHD "unofficial" and anxiety. The Dr said to up his melatonin to 3 mg from 1mg. so I did that, no help. I think If I gave him 10 mg it wouldn't even matter! Last night he was up since 2 am, went to bed at 10:30, so about 3.5 hrs sleep and he is just WIDE awake. I do notice some small positive changes as far as attention goes, but nothing worth being up all night! Did anyone experience this? Should we stop it or stick it out a bit longer? The Dr said give it a week, then we are supposed to increase to 30mg which I will NOT do if he still isn't sleeping. He also takes celexa 8mg for anxiety for almost 2 yrs now and we have had no problems with that at all. Sorry to ramble Im just so exhausted I can't think

Tammy (I give him the meds early, 7:30 am)

[Guest guest]

My son has been on vyvanse for a yr now i don't remember him having

sleep issues on it, but he has been on clonidine since he was 3 now

10, for sleep issues but if your giving it that early in the morning

and not in the evening too(?) then the vyvanse should be worn off by

the time he goes to bed my son is on 70 mg a day and it has warn off

by night. not sure if thats much help but i would call dr also and

see what they say since the melatonin isn't working maybe vyvanse

isn't right for him.

good luck,

Amy

>

> Can someone please help me Im exhausted! This is my son's 5th

day

> on a stimulant, vyvanse, only 15mg to start, and at night time it

is

> like he is on speed! He is 8 yrs old and has HFA, probably

> ADHD " unofficial " and anxiety. The Dr said to up his melatonin to

3 mg

> from 1mg. so I did that, no help. I think If I gave him 10 mg it

> wouldn't even matter! Last night he was up since 2 am, went to bed

at

> 10:30, so about 3.5 hrs sleep and he is just WIDE awake. I do

notice

> some small positive changes as far as attention goes, but nothing

worth

> being up all night! Did anyone experience this? Should we stop

it or

> stick it out a bit longer? The Dr said give it a week, then we are

> supposed to increase to 30mg which I will NOT do if he still isn't

> sleeping. He also takes celexa 8mg for anxiety for almost 2 yrs

now

> and we have had no problems with that at all. Sorry to ramble Im

just

> so exhausted I can't think Tammy (I give him the meds early,

> 7:30 am)

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My 18 yr. old aspie is not on any medication

during the day at all anymore, but he still has

sleep issues. The dr. put him on sonata 10 mg. at bedtime

with 1 melatonin. It's a med. that works fairly quick,

within the hour or so, but it gets out of the body within

a few hours also.

It's just enough to help get him to sleep.

Hope this helps.

Sharon

From: amy stacey <blueeyednva24501@...>Subject: ( ) Re: stimulant meds and no sleep please help!! Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:25 PM

My son has been on vyvanse for a yr now i don't remember him having sleep issues on it, but he has been on clonidine since he was 3 now 10, for sleep issues but if your giving it that early in the morning and not in the evening too(?) then the vyvanse should be worn off by the time he goes to bed my son is on 70 mg a day and it has warn off by night. not sure if thats much help but i would call dr also and see what they say since the melatonin isn't working maybe vyvanse isn't right for him.good luck,Amy>> Can someone please help me Im exhausted! This is my son's 5th day > on a stimulant, vyvanse, only 15mg to start, and at night time it is > like he is on speed! He is 8 yrs old and has HFA, probably >

ADHD "unofficial" and anxiety. The Dr said to up his melatonin to 3 mg > from 1mg. so I did that, no help. I think If I gave him 10 mg it > wouldn't even matter! Last night he was up since 2 am, went to bed at > 10:30, so about 3.5 hrs sleep and he is just WIDE awake. I do notice > some small positive changes as far as attention goes, but nothing worth > being up all night! Did anyone experience this? Should we stop it or > stick it out a bit longer? The Dr said give it a week, then we are > supposed to increase to 30mg which I will NOT do if he still isn't > sleeping. He also takes celexa 8mg for anxiety for almost 2 yrs now > and we have had no problems with that at all. Sorry to ramble Im just > so exhausted I can't think Tammy (I give him the meds early, > 7:30 am)>

[Guest guest]

My 12 year old normal kid takes Vyvanse and also struggled with trouble going to

sleep. His

ped suggested that as soon as he gets home from school he needs to drink a big

glass of

orange juice. Something in the orange juice metabolizes with the vyvanse and

gets it out of

the body faster.

This is the first week we've tried it and it's working! He was also told to

have a snack of

cheese and crackers right before bed to help.