Melatonin for ASD children

Both my children have been prescribed melatonin. They both have ASD. My son is at the severe end of the spectrum, he only sleeps for about 3 hours at a time. My daughter is 11 and HF. She can sleep for 11 hours but takes hours to fall asleep gets more and more anxious, calls out, gets up and shouts and screams for ages saying shes scared. Doc said getting off to sleep quicker will help her anxiety in the evenings, to break the circle- feeling anxious-staying awake-feeling anxious etc.

Trouble is in the info leaflet it says it hasn't been tested and is not licensed for under 18's.

Does anyone use it? What do people think?

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