9 year old not sleeping

[Lushmetender]

Dd is nearly 9 and has had crap sleeping patterns since last October. she is being investigated for some issues she had in clubs around 6 years of age. Still waiting on outcome from CAHMS but think she might have ADHD. I’ve asked her she’s not sleeping. It used to be she was scared but even when DH is sleeping on floor or in our room she still can’t sleep. She then said she feels hyper! Not sure how to deal with it as last night she was still awake at 2.30 am. I fell asleep and found her looking out the window at 4 am! She finally fell asleep but even though she may have ADHD she used to sleep reAsonably well! My neighbour gives her son melatonin but obviously we don’t have any diagnosis so cannot be prescribed that right now. I wouldn’t want to buy on internet.
Any suggestions?

Any suggestions

My first suggestion would be to ask in SN Chat as what will work for a neurotypical child may not work for your DD.

What helps my DD though is lots of exercise, like to the point of exhaustion. Coming off screens reasonably early, the Sleepy cream that Lush do and some guided meditation. If you look on YouTube there are lots of guided meditations for children.

My dd is NT but a crap sleeper which got worse around 9 and she's now 11.

We have her in a safe environment (she sleep walks/falls out of bed and that used to stress her and stop her sleeping). So she has a big fluffy rug, as big a bed as we could fit in her room etc.

She likes comforts so has a bunch of soft pillows, cuddly toys of varying sizes so snuggle up to and if it's really bad she can get her twin (this sounds disruptive but Dd2 doesn't give a fig and will sleep anywhere so she just gets in and acts like a human teddy about once every 2 months...).

We let her control the light and noise. She often has audio books on to drift off to. We tried meditation apps but she fidgeted through them and does better with a story - often Harry Potter that's she's heard a million times before. Remote control dimmer on her light so she can have it at whatever level she wants.

Try and get her tired. Make sure she's not hungry but try not to have too much to drink after 6. No phones/screens. 30 mins of faff time before lights out (book, music, talking to her sister)