Melatonin dose and brand recommended
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Melatonin dose and brand recommended
| Mon, 05-07-2007 - 5:05pm |
Hi, all. I think my PDD-NOS/Asperger's son who turns 4 years old in a few weeks (Kyle) could benefit from melatonin. He's having sleep issues lately - problems falling asleep and staying asleep (waking up WAY too early sometimes). And he's really misbehaving - probably partly due to lack of good sleep (and of course our new son and his frequent crying do not help matters).
What dose should I give Kyle, and what brand and form of it do you all recommend? I notice that some brands say do not give to children. My son is quite small for his age, so more like a 3-year-old (maybe even younger). And he cannot take pills. He can do chewables though.
TIA!
Michelle
Mom to Kyle (5-28-03) and Luke (3-28-07)

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Grayson had an EEG last Monday, which required us to not let him fall asleep before midnight and then wake him up at 4am. Of course he didn't fall asleep during the test as they'd hoped. I told the nurse we give him melatonin at bedtime and it doesn't suprise me that he didn't fall asleep. The nurse said to be sure the source of the melatonin is synthetic, not animal derived. She said a geneticist told her that they don't really know the effects of animal derived melatonin on humans and to be careful. I give my son Nature's Made brand ~1/5 mg each night. I called the company to make sure it was synthetic. Thought I'd pass along this info to you all.
Layna
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