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Sleep or LACK OFF..!!

Mayhem

I have Four boys, Three on the Spectrum.

Each Child is prescribed Melatonin(3mgs-9mgs)

Our sons go to bed at 6:00/7:00pm every night but are, without failure awake every morning at 3/5am. We have tried putting them to bed much later, sometimes upto Midnight, to break this routine they're all in, but without fail they awake at the same time.

After many days of tears, tiredness and utter mayhem, we are so tired we have to revert back to the 6-7pm bedtime, to ensure they have some decent sleep and are more settled in the day, especially at School!

When they wake, we can't leave them unattended, even thou' we have most doors downstairs locked (One son is Harry Houdini!) the bathroom often suffers loo roll assults and toothpaste is eaten like icecream!

 

Is there ANY form of medication, or a magical learnt cure to allow them to be awake later in the evening, but wake at a more 'Mum and Dad' Social time IE anything after 6am, or is this a common issue and will Coffee be forever my Best Friend!

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  • Just to echo what Goldenspeed had to say,we have a 14 year old who has been diagnosed with Aspergers and a 12 year old who is going through the assessment and both have had sleep related issues....the elder ones sleeping has improved immensely but his sisters is still bad.....she has been prescribed risperidone by the psychologdoes as she used to take melatonin which had the effect of her going to sleep for a couple of hours athe then being awake for the rest of the night.

    Now with the risperidone we are having the opposite problem,when she does go to sleep she will sleep through but it is taking her longer to get to sleep,sometimes it can be well after midnight.....but what we have found does help is that she takes a iPhone to bed with her which does help as it keeps her occupied as I think a big part of the problem is when she is not occupied is there are too many distractions whether they be sensory or just anxious thoughts going through her mind.

    This may not be for everyone and "experts" will probably say that you really shouldn't bedoing that when you are trying to get them to sleep,but it really is trying to find something that works for you and you child

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  • Just to echo what Goldenspeed had to say,we have a 14 year old who has been diagnosed with Aspergers and a 12 year old who is going through the assessment and both have had sleep related issues....the elder ones sleeping has improved immensely but his sisters is still bad.....she has been prescribed risperidone by the psychologdoes as she used to take melatonin which had the effect of her going to sleep for a couple of hours athe then being awake for the rest of the night.

    Now with the risperidone we are having the opposite problem,when she does go to sleep she will sleep through but it is taking her longer to get to sleep,sometimes it can be well after midnight.....but what we have found does help is that she takes a iPhone to bed with her which does help as it keeps her occupied as I think a big part of the problem is when she is not occupied is there are too many distractions whether they be sensory or just anxious thoughts going through her mind.

    This may not be for everyone and "experts" will probably say that you really shouldn't bedoing that when you are trying to get them to sleep,but it really is trying to find something that works for you and you child

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