Probably me, I suppose. We've been giving it to M since someone told us about it when he was about 6 and we were going crazy trying to get him to go to bed and stay in bed for as long as he had outgrown his "cage (crib)". He would get out of his bed and come out at least 3 times a night. The first couple of times we would walk him back in, tuck him in, kiss him goodnight, but after a couple more times the same night we'd be losing our temper and yelling at the kid to "GO TO SLEEP!!"
The first time we gave him melatonin he went to bed and stayed in bed and fell asleep. I thought it was a fluke and wouldn't last, but it did. We've bumped his dosage as he's grown, but he sleeps well now. The guilt I feel over all those nights when we got so mad at M for not sleeping, and it wasn't his fault....
Last night when M was taking his melatonin I asked him for a couple of pills. Now, I've had sleep problems my entire life. My DX now probably explains why. Many people on the ASD Spectrum don't make enough of their own melatonin to help their bodies sleep. I've been relying on sleeping pills for years.
Anyhow - I took then, and within 1/2 hour I was zonked and could barely make it to bed. I slept! with no sleeping pills! I slept well! I woke up feeling refreshed (for once)!. And it only took me 2 months to get the idea to try this. I'm such a dork!
It makes sense that if my son got his Asperger's from me that we would both have sleep troubles for the same reason. Gods - I went my whole young life not sleeping well or at all, and if they had known about melatonin then... oh well, that is past. I'm excited though, because the idea of not needing sleeping pills every night is just - well - exciting!
The first time we gave him melatonin he went to bed and stayed in bed and fell asleep. I thought it was a fluke and wouldn't last, but it did. We've bumped his dosage as he's grown, but he sleeps well now. The guilt I feel over all those nights when we got so mad at M for not sleeping, and it wasn't his fault....
Last night when M was taking his melatonin I asked him for a couple of pills. Now, I've had sleep problems my entire life. My DX now probably explains why. Many people on the ASD Spectrum don't make enough of their own melatonin to help their bodies sleep. I've been relying on sleeping pills for years.
Anyhow - I took then, and within 1/2 hour I was zonked and could barely make it to bed. I slept! with no sleeping pills! I slept well! I woke up feeling refreshed (for once)!. And it only took me 2 months to get the idea to try this. I'm such a dork!
It makes sense that if my son got his Asperger's from me that we would both have sleep troubles for the same reason. Gods - I went my whole young life not sleeping well or at all, and if they had known about melatonin then... oh well, that is past. I'm excited though, because the idea of not needing sleeping pills every night is just - well - exciting!
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