melatonin? | ADHD Information

I know when I took melatonin at night if I do not get enough sleep, I have a hangover effect. I do not know if that would happen with someone so young.does anyone giver ther preschooler melatonin during the day to help encourage nap time....hes 4 adhd/oddand is so tired but cannot focus on laying down to nap or try to wind down ..i give it to him at night but is the daytime thing good also or can it help him calm down enough to get a short nap in ..hes naping at home just not in preschool...any one with suggestions please reply back asap...

no it doesnt get the same effect....he wakes up bright eyed and refreshed

I would be careful and talk to the doctor for you do not want to mess up your childs system. I always air on the side of caughtionthanks for all your input however I did discuss the melatonin with his doctor shes the one who said it was ok..i just didny know if anyone else was having sucses with it ..and what i was saying was..he takes a nap at home with me on the weekends... but goes to regular pre-school and wont take naps there even with the lights out and its all quite ,,,nor will he use the restroom at school to go # 2....

so this is my dilema right now luckly hes only going to preschool every other day right now ..while im home for the month....have agood night everyone

The melatonin I give ds comes in 1mg tabs and it's labelled "adult use only." I give ds a half a tab. He's 13 and weighs 100 lbs. I agree with Jillette that you should check with your doctor before you start giving it for naps.

If I understand you correctly, he's napping at home but not at preschool. I'd say one nap a day would do fine. My ds didn't nap at all when he was home. At daycare he'd take a nap because the lights went off and all the other kids laid down and took one. Then he'd be up till 11pm! I hated naptime at daycare.

I have had a lot of success with melatonin. I would have your doctor write a note to the school saying it's ok, and the dosage. You can get chewables also. My son would not nap at preschool either.

I had the #2 problem when my son was 4 as well -- the "professionals" all had ridiculous conclusions and suggestions. It was a focus problem.

He uses the toliet now 24/7. It was an ordeal for years. He takes a Miralax prescription and eats 1/4 cup of Kellogs original bran buds daily. 20 min after eating I have him sit on the toliet for 15 minutes. Nothing else solved this problem, and I tried EVERYTHING. I even read books. I even talked to a "therapist" who insisted it was a control issue, LOL. Follow your instincts on this toliet business--mother knows best on this one.

WOW THATS HOW I FEEL TOO....I AM GOING TO GIVE MY SON PER THE DOCTOR ALREADY SAID TO GIVE IT TO HIM DURING THE DAY

SO WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR SON ..OR HIS HE STILL NOT USING THE TOILET FOR # 2 DO YOU HAVE HIM IN PULL-UPS AT NIGHT ?

Yes I agree with you "no tellin"

makes since to me!

NoTellin ~ We had the same problem with DS going #2. He just wouldn't do
it. The doctor also prescribed Miralax, which did help him not be able to
hold it in. Otherwise, he would just hold it for as long as he
could...sometimes a week without going. It was horrible. The Miralax
caused some "runny" problems when he would try holding, but in time, it
got better and now at age 6, we dont have the problem any more.

Strange thing...is this a related issue with ADHD kids?

Oh...Staced72 ~ Miralax is a prescription powder laxative that can be mixed
with juice, water, etc. It doesn't have any color or flavor to it.

I have never been able to find any evidence that the #2 issue and ADHD are related. It's just my assessment. When my son was going through that I was on the tolieting message boards. I wanted answers. I got as much advise as I could. I tried everything under the sun. I did not know my son was ADHD. When I realized that he was, and I came to this board, I found that A LOT of parents dealt with the same impossible #2 problem. The number of members dealing with it was much much higher than I saw on the tolieting boards. After I became familiar with typical ADHD behavior, one day the light just went on, this tolieting problem is related to lack of focus and distractibility! That made sense based on my observations of my son.

what does miralax do?