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Daughter on Melatonin - consultant wants us to reduce dose

Coniston44

Hi there my 9 year old was diagnosed when she was 5 wuth autism spectrum - she has always struggled with sleep, meltdowns, social situations, obsessions over toys in line etc. She has never slept well since birth - her brain is always fizzing and struggles to sleep get to sleep and stay asleep this then impacts on her ability to cope with the world and gets over stimulated. The consultant yesterday is wanting to reduce her melatonin as she has been on 6mg for the last 2 years.

She is concerned of the long term effect on my little girls health to continue taking it - i am concerned that if she lacks sleep again her sensitivites and meltdowns etc will become amplified....

she has a poor diet of beige foods and the consultant wants me to try to naturally increase melatonin...

any ideas

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  • Hi

    I have been trying to get melatonin for my daughter ( no diagnosis yet) she only sleeps about 3-5 hours a night (not at once)  and has been doing this for 5 years I also have the problem of biege food. 

    Banana has been said to help produce melatonin but not sure how many you would need her to eat. 

    Were the doctors going to drastically reduce the dose or do it slowly over a long period of time as this may let her adjust?

    Sorry not more help 

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  • Hi

    I have been trying to get melatonin for my daughter ( no diagnosis yet) she only sleeps about 3-5 hours a night (not at once)  and has been doing this for 5 years I also have the problem of biege food. 

    Banana has been said to help produce melatonin but not sure how many you would need her to eat. 

    Were the doctors going to drastically reduce the dose or do it slowly over a long period of time as this may let her adjust?

    Sorry not more help 

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