My DD10 has ADHD and ASD.
She was a quite a good sleeper as a baby and toddler (unusually so) but since she was about 6 she has real difficulty falling asleep and in the last few weeks it's really escalated. She needs us to go and sit with her and/or we need to give her melatonin. (Which my husband is reluctant to do as a matter of course. We bought some in the states when we were on holiday there recently so not from the doctor). She is tired and is difficult to get up the next day.
I know this is a common problem for people with ADHD and/or ASD. I think it's partly so bad at the moment because it's winter, we're in Scotland so it's freezing and the days are short. She's slowly over the last 6 months stopped all her after school activities which won't be helping either and it's so difficult to get her to participate in any activity- even family walks (demand avoidance!) Her diet isn't great at the moment either. She only eats small amounts and she seems to be going off a lot of things at the moment.
In my head it's obvious she needs to be more active but the reality of getting her to do this is very different. She complains and moans and drags her heels or just won't participate. We've tried all obvious things of trying to let her choose, having chats/explaining why moving is important but it's not helping on an ongoing basis. I'm thinking of signing up to a local pool which is expensive but she'll enjoy but realistically we can only do that once or twice a week. She has 2 younger siblings.
Any other tips/suggestions would be grateful received.