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sleep issues

Foxy800

hi there,

 

I am new here and my daughter actually has ADHD but wasnt sure where else to post. She is 7 yrs old. 

 

My daughter has always had sleep issues but they were getting better, they then got bad again so I tried sleep meds from her peditition but they didnt work so I no longer am using them.

However we have got so bad in the last week, with being a nightmare at bedtime then awake pretty much all night. The last three nights have been murder!!! I am physically exhausted and dont know what to do anymore, am sat here in tears, I try so hard not to get angry with her but its so hard!!!

 

I jsut dont know what to do for the best to help her, I dont know how she functions, the only way I have got her to settle tonight is let her get into my bed but I obviously dont what to make a habit of it!!!

 I also know it is partly down to her ADHD but still want to be able to help her at night, I dread nighttimes in my house at the moment and also think it is so hard as I am a single parent so no respite from the nighttime breaks so to speak.

 

 

  • Thank you for your reply. I finally got hold of my paed this afternoon and we are going to try the slow release melotonin.

  • Have you tried melatonin ? If its the getting settled and to sleep that is the issue.  Your paediatric doctor should be able to advise. 

    That said it is apparently common for people with autism to only need 5hours a night according to our paediatric doc.

  • Hi Crystal

    Thanks for your reply,

     

    My daughter has a strict routine which she has always had and she agrees with, she is definately tired as she is almost asleep downstairs when we are having cuddles etc before bed. The room is how she wants it (like your son we had issues when she was younger and overcame them by buying her a new bed as she needed one and she chose it). I am also a single mum and last night in the end let her settle in my bed, by the time I went to bed she was fast asleep so we got a good nights sleep.

     

     In terms of the ADHD her paed told me it is common for people with ADHD to have issues with sleeping so dont know whether to just battle it out or go back to the paed again and see what she suggests.

     

    Again thank you for the reply. 

  • Hi - my son hasn't got ADHD so I cannot comment on how that would affect your child apart from in layperson's terms.  There are people on the posts who have experience of ADHD so they may be along soon to give advice.  There may be info via the home page. I do feel for you.  Sleep deprivation is awful, especially when you can't catch up on your sleep during the day.  My son had trouble sleeping for the 1st 6 months of his life.  Then he was ok for a number of months, then he wasn't again.   Overall I think he sleep pattern didn't settle properly until he was 7/8.  I've found with him that he liked a routine + that normally settled him.  He developed his own rules regarding this + always liked time to settle down in bed.  He needed to know : when bedtime was, what it involved in detail, eg: a drink, toilet, bath, pjs, 20 minute chat about things he wanted to talk about, followed by 30 mins where he could look at his tv/books or do his writing. Does she have a routine.  Routine worked for my son but he didn't have ADHD.  I also let him sleep with me for a period of time + we both got a reasonable night's sleep that way.  I was a single parent, which made it easier.  After a while I decorated his room with paper I thought he would like.  I tried to make it as interesting as possible for him + although quite young, he contributed to the process.  He was then happier to sleep there.  Hope others can be more helpfulSmile