Melatonin

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Both of my sons use melatonin every night to help them fall asleep. My 7 y.o. (AS) takes 10 mg in pill form and my 4 y.o. (ASD) takes 1 mg in liquid form in his bedtime juice. Both started melatonin at about age 2 and we have never had any problems at all. PattiFrom: christine.gelfuso <cgrasshopper2@...> Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 6:42:35 PMSubject: ( ) Melatonin

I have a 2 year old recently diagnosed ASD and our SLP was suggesting the use of melatonin to help him sleep thru the night. Does anyone have any thoughts on this that you could share with me?

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It has worked for my family for 30 years. I use it every night as do my sons. Wehave no effects other than I believe I bruise earier. I use it with my daughter (Aspie) when needed.

( ) MelatoninI have a 2 year old recently diagnosed ASD and our SLP was suggesting the use of melatonin to help him sleep thru the night. Does anyone have any thoughts on this that you could share with me?

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We use it on occasion (1.5mg spray). I recently read that " brushing " using the

Wilbarger protocol every two hrs throughout the day can help with sleep and

speech issues as well. An OT can show you how to do it or you can research it

yourself. The whole process takes 2-3 min every two hrs.

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> I have a 2 year old recently diagnosed ASD and our SLP was suggesting the use

of melatonin to help him sleep thru the night. Does anyone have any thoughts on

this that you could share with me?

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Hi guys,

Was wondering if anyone knew of a good online store to buy melatonin drops from?

Here in , Australia, they are very pricey. $60.00 for a months supply.

Thankyou

Kel

I will keep climbing the mountain.

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From: Mayne <jazjamloch@...>" " <Aspergers Treatment >Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 1:36:51 PMSubject: ( ) Melatonin

Hi guys,Was wondering if anyone knew of a good online store to buy melatonin drops from?Here in , Australia, they are very pricey. $60.00 for a months supply. ThankyouKelI will keep climbing the mountain.Sent from Kel's iPhone

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My 11 yo ds, newly diagnosed with AS has been taking melatonin for several years now, it keeps him on a routine and otherwise he'll be up til 12 or 2 and still get up between 6 and 7.  He goes to bed at 8 pm on school nights and 9 or 10 pm on non school nights.   My dd, 16, BP has to take melatonin in addition to her other meds to sleep or she is up all night and then has a meltdown around 4 p.m. the next day (every slumber party is like this if I don't enforce sleep or a nap in the a.m.)  I tried going without melatonin this summer for a month with my son to see if he really needed it and the lack of routine because he couldn't fall asleep at bedtime and still woke up early and then was tired most of the day really messed with him.  

Anne

Sleeping: he sometimes has a hard time falling asleep because of his racing thoughts and he also suffers from night terrors but we use melatonin to help him fall asleep if we see a pattern of a lot of hard to fall asleep nights. The other thing is getting him up in the morning, it's pure HELL. He's NEVER had a time where he didn't need sleep. I think he may even be better off if he had more rest.