Does this sound like a problem with medised? What next?

[NotQuiteCockney]

DS2 has chicken pox. He's been fine, though.

Last night he woke at 11 or so. I gave him a maxdose of medised, to reduce itching and help him sleep. (He's had it before, but generally in tiny amounts.)

He was awake until 4am. Not hyper or anything, just awake.

I feel like hte proverbial poo on a stick this morning.

Obviously I won't give medised again - is it worth trying piriton? He is scratching some. (particularly the spots in his hair, which hadn't got immersed in the bath yesterday)

I got the bath stuff in Canada. I think the bath oil does the job just as well, though.

I'm now not certain the medised did keep him up - he wanted to go to sleep, he wasn't trying to party or go do things, he was just failing to go to sleep.

He fell asleep today just before 6, but woke up a little while ago, so is up again. I gave him medised, again, to see what would happen, and for the paracetamol (he's warm).

He seems ok. He'd better bloody well go to bed soon, though, this will be the end of me.

you won't want to hear this but lay off the piriton unless you are sure all the spots have finished coming out.

it is an anti-histamine and suppresses the chicken pox, so it will help with the itchiness, but it will also delay the rest of the spots coming out so it will last longer.