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mrsforgetful · 12/01/2004 23:51

DS1 had his Concerta dose doubled and we then had to get his melatonin doubled.....however still doesn't seem to settle him as it did at the start of treatment- we've tried missing a couple of days to see if that helps- NO! I know that 'normaly' they say even 1mg can 'trigger' sleep- however as ds1 has ADHD and AS maybe 1mg would have never worked- we were started on 2.5mg and he's on 5mg now...just wondered if anyone out ther has a child on more than this- he's 10 and a big lad...if he has 5mg at 7.30 and is not put in bed promptly at 8/8.15 then we appear to have missed the 'slot' and he's as wide awake as ever by 9!!!! Wondered whether we should 'split' the dose in two- some at 7.30 and some immediately before he gets in bed???

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mrsforgetful · 12/01/2004 23:57

thought i'd better explain (incase any of you think i'm putting him to bed too early)- if he's not asleep by 9- he is a * to get ready for school the next day- what we have started doing at the moment is waking him at 7 and giving him his ADHD tablet immediately- then getting the other 2 boys up at 7.30 (so his tablet is just kicking in- he finds interacting very hard without his tablet) then at 8 it is well into his system and he is much calmer -I can give him his clothes and he dresses well- and he will sometimes even notice the time and go and get his own coat and shoes- without prompting!!! At the weekends we give him the melatonin at 9 and he is in bed at 10 and asleep withing minutes- so obviously that is when his own melatonin must be kicking in naturally.

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mrsforgetful · 13/01/2004 00:04

thought i'd better explain (incase any of you think i'm putting him to bed too early)- if he's not asleep by 9- he is a * to get ready for school the next day- what we have started doing at the moment is waking him at 7 and giving him his ADHD tablet immediately- then getting the other 2 boys up at 7.30 (so his tablet is just kicking in- he finds interacting very hard without his tablet) then at 8 it is well into his system and he is much calmer -I can give him his clothes and he dresses well- and he will sometimes even notice the time and go and get his own coat and shoes- without prompting!!! At the weekends we give him the melatonin at 9 and he is in bed at 10 and asleep withing minutes- so obviously that is when his own melatonin must be kicking in naturally.

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mrsforgetful · 13/01/2004 00:05

oh my!!! wot is going on with my p.c??? i've gote messages coming out of my ears here! Sorry!!

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