Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey guys!
I have a lovely, but demanding 3.5 year old daughter who was diagnosed with ASC over a year ago.
Now she is getting older, her symptoms, temper and sleeplessness is becoming worse (terrible threes?)
I'm a big believer in alternative therapies and regularly use CBD oil on myself and Personal training clients.
We've tried everything under the sun for her ongoing sleeping issues: Magnesium liquid, Vitamin D spray, Melatonin, oats, Lavender oil and Homeopathy, but nothing works!
We've literally never had an entire week of her sleeping through the night, since her birth.
Wife and I are at the end of our tethers!
We've now started using CBD from a company called the Original Alternative (formerly CBD brothers), who where kind enough to give me a sample bottle of their Purple Edition Formula, which is a Sativa/ Indica blend, and only 0.021% THC.
See: Purple Edition
Three weeks in and we've noticed minor improvements to her mood/ anxiety, however her sleep has not improved and she will be awake 2-5 hours every night!
We have been adviced that we can increase the dosage to two pumps per day in her drink (currently only having one per day), but I'm now wondering if its the Sativa in the blend which can be slightly stimulating (versus Indica).
Anyone had any experience (positive or negative) using CBD please?
Any ideas/ products would be appreciated! :-)
At risk of upsetting many people posting here: Do not medicate your child.
Seriously, alternative therapies don't work. If they did they'd be called medicine. So don't abuse your child.
Learn how to manage her behaviour, and teach her how to manage it. It's going to be an essential life skill for her anyway, unless you're planning on drugging her for the next few decades.
I respectfully disagree with some of your points. I really don’t feel that you can equate parents trying to find ways to help alleviate the anxiety of their children as abuse. I have suffered with lifelong anxiety related to my autism which, as a young person, resulted in OCD and then a decade long eating disorder that very nearly killed me. I am now medicated for my anxiety and I am very grateful for it as it has improved my quality of life dramatically. I know other adult individuals with ASD have also found medication helpful - Temple Gardin for one speaks openly about taking sertraline. Whilst I can very much understand your concern about alternative therapies and administering supplements without consultation with a doctor, I don’t see any problem with trying new therapies under the guidance of medical professionals where other support has failed and where this is done with the consent of the child.