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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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  • The long term effects of taking melatonin aren't great (and anyone working in the international flight business can tell you there are side-effects. Also the dependancy side shouldn't be ignored. Certainly at such a young age there might be more risks than we now know... So I'd try to go with your consultant. 

    I suppose you have tried to give her lots of daylight and physical activity during the day?

    There are plenty of melatonin-rich foods you could try. But I guess that is going to be a challenge with the beige food... but in those lists there are actually a lot of beige products.

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  • The long term effects of taking melatonin aren't great (and anyone working in the international flight business can tell you there are side-effects. Also the dependancy side shouldn't be ignored. Certainly at such a young age there might be more risks than we now know... So I'd try to go with your consultant. 

    I suppose you have tried to give her lots of daylight and physical activity during the day?

    There are plenty of melatonin-rich foods you could try. But I guess that is going to be a challenge with the beige food... but in those lists there are actually a lot of beige products.

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