to be psychotically happy about melatonin referral?

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One thing to say in support sleep! Apartly not done to be dancing round house like loon But 4 years and so little sleep makes you a bit mad anyway

I don't know if YABU or not but felt sorry for your little thread, sitting there unanswered and unloved

not unreasonable at all im jumping around as been told we can have the repeat for ours as just done 3 mths and was supposed to be referred in 6 mths so would be 3 mths without sleep again but they have left me a message saying repeat is ready to be picked up hooray bubbla boys behaviour is fab when he is on melatonin completely different little boy

yanbu

YANBU

Here's hoping you all get a good nights sleep soon.

oooh am interested in this, tell me more, is it for your son who is 4, how did you get it??????

carocaro my ds is also 4 we spoke to pediatrician about lack of sleep and behavior and she agreed he qualified for melatonin and gave trial 3 mths it was great settles him straight to sleep started with about an hour went to 30mins now takes 15 mins

his behavior from having gone to bed at normal time even with night wakings is fantastic different boy to how he was without sleep

YANBU

DD1 was up all evening, every evening, until her paed gave her melatonin.

Now within 10 mins of having it, she says "I go bed now".

its great lou isn't it my ds was having 3 hrs sleep a night it was awful i started losing my hair now 7pm or before he is in bed and i get to read and relax and i love it lol

And the ironic thing last night he got 12hours without having had the appointment to get it go figure but i felt like a different person today. Tonight is not looking good - preschool boosters having given him fever and he is talking in his sleep already (only been down 15mins) Pass the caffine - its going to be a long one

YANBU, whenever I mention that DS hasn't slept for more than three hours without waking in two years the G.P says, "Oh but some people just don't need much sleep. Look at Mrs Thatcher!"

Yes but point out that you do and lack of sleep is a form of torture with serious health risks...

... then smile nicely and ask GP if they fancy babysitting on night to get abetter picture of the problem.

Will admit I had to ask for this to be considered as had been told the same thing combined with normal sleeping meds can have hyperactivity side effects its not worth trying with your son plus i wrote a politely worded rude letter a month before i went to see doc.

I'll certainly do that, thanks I thought that perhaps that DS would be considered too young and that I'd have to put up with it for a couple more years. H.V says it's all my fault of course. Maybe she'd like to join the G.P when he's babysitting?

ninkynork: It is something very tempting to ask. I know drug is not generally licensed in UK and that it is only granted on specific person only basis. Won't garantee you'll get it and I suspect it will depend on the impact on ds that the lack of sleep is having. We have had some pretty serious violent behavioural problems as well as ocd, asd ... and it goes on. So you might not find it easy to access.

Will wish you luck though.

Thanks for that, and I'm very glad for you although not tonight with your poor DS's temperature.

Inserting direct line to blood stream and sticking head in OU stuff supposed to have done last week. Might as well be productive if up late

I think that GPs are not considered 'expert' enough to grant an unlicensed sleep medication such as Melatonin to children. Our GP does prescribe it for DD1, but it is on the written request of her Consultant, who is a specialist in neurodisability and autism.

Research has shown it to be useful in children with ADHD, ASD, and other neurodisabilities, but I'm not sure there is much about Nuerologically Typical children benefitting.