WELL WE DIFFER IN OPINIONS. MY SONS PDOC SAID UP TO 10 MG, MY PED SAID 3-6 MG AND A PDOC FRIEND SAID 5-10MG. MY SON WAS ON THEM BEFORE THE MEDS BUT WHEN WE STARTED VYVANSE HE NEEDED A LITTLE HELP, SO WE GAVE HIM 5 MG AND 3 MG LATER WHEN HE WOKE. NOW A MONTH LATER, HE SLEEPS FINE WITH THE 3 MG.
IT HELPS KIDS ON STIMS BIG! I JUST GAVE TO MY NEIGHBOR FRIEND WHOSE SON IS ON 54 MG CONCERTA + BOOSTER AND HE HAS BEEN SLEEPING FOR THE 1ST TIME IN YEARS.
Start Meltonin at .33mgs, and don't go higher than 3 mgs MAX. Over 3mgs can cause Nightmares etc. (3mgs is max doseage for anyone)1/2 mg then go up to 6 mg max. But it's probably not going to work if he's on a stim. It works for unmedicated kids from my observations.
My child has been on concerta for years. He uses 1 1/2 mgs one half hour before bed. The secretis to get thm to bed in that half hour window. If they get beyond it, they can beup all night.
1/2 mg then go up to 6 mg max. But it's probably not going to work if he's on a stim. It works for unmedicated kids from my observations.We have just started our nine year on Concerta. We did up the dosage to 27mgs. As expected, he is having trouble sleeping. How much melatoinin do you guys recomend that we start him on.
Thanks.