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Apr 23, 2013 at 06:25 PM
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Hi Everyone,
My daughter has had problems getting to sleep since the beginning of this month. Her bed time is 8 pm. She's not falling to sleep til 10:30/11:00pm. She just toss and turns. I've tried feeding her later. Today I took her to a park. She has so much energy. __________________ #SpoonieStrong Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure to quantify how much energy individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses have throughout a given day. 1). Depression 2). PTSD 3). Anxiety 4). Hashimoto 5). Fibromyalgia 6). Asthma 7). Atopic dermatitis 8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1) 10). Gluten sensitivity 11). EpiPen carrier 12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. . 13). Alopecia Areata |
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Apr 23, 2013 at 06:33 PM
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any chance she has ADHD? My son had ADHD and he also had trouble falling asleep. He took low dose clonidine which worked well until he got to middle school.
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Apr 23, 2013 at 06:48 PM
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warm thoughts Last edited by anonymous91213; Apr 23, 2013 at 06:50 PM.. Reason: I raed the post then asked"how old is your daughter" not paying attention, sorry. |
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Apr 23, 2013 at 07:36 PM
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__________________ #SpoonieStrong Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure to quantify how much energy individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses have throughout a given day. 1). Depression 2). PTSD 3). Anxiety 4). Hashimoto 5). Fibromyalgia 6). Asthma 7). Atopic dermatitis 8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1) 10). Gluten sensitivity 11). EpiPen carrier 12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. . 13). Alopecia Areata |
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Apr 23, 2013 at 07:39 PM
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__________________ #SpoonieStrong Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure to quantify how much energy individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses have throughout a given day. 1). Depression 2). PTSD 3). Anxiety 4). Hashimoto 5). Fibromyalgia 6). Asthma 7). Atopic dermatitis 8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1) 10). Gluten sensitivity 11). EpiPen carrier 12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. . 13). Alopecia Areata |
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Elder
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Apr 23, 2013 at 09:21 PM
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I have a good update. At bedtime I gave her oatmeal and a banana, she went right to sleep
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Apr 24, 2013 at 11:31 AM
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If you find it necessary to try other things again, cut off tv, video games, and computer around 5 or 6 o'clock. My son had problems sleeping at that age. His mind was still playing the games or whatever way after bedtime. If that doesn't work, go to a health food store and pick up an herbal supplement for sleep. You can purchase melotonin or valarian in drop form.
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Apr 26, 2013 at 11:57 PM
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I give my son a very low dose of melatonin about an hour before bedtime. It doesn't always work but it works better then resperadal
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Apr 27, 2013 at 10:19 PM
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My 10 year old has battled with off/on insomnia since she was about 6, she also has ADHD.
Melatonin was not a good fit, she got aggressive on it. Some days are just better than others. Is your 6 year old on long-acting or short-acting meds? When they are given can make a huge difference. |
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Apr 27, 2013 at 10:25 PM
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Look into some progressive muscle relaxation for kids and do it together. I got one and use it for bedtime
Progressive Muscle Relaxation- for kids and adults! - YouTube My daughter is ADHD and used to take 2 hours to fall asleep. We have a tape of the same script as the above link. She falls asleep often by the end- it took practice. |
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