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<blockquote data-quote="KCandtheboys" data-source="post: 603837" data-attributes="member: 16697"><p>Hi and thanks for responding! Yes, a good bedtime snack is a great idea. We do that to some degree, but I need to plan for it and make sure it's healthy and filling. My son's original diagnosis came from a family doctor at 6 yrs, but everything is being managed by a psychiatrist now. We have been seeing the psychiatrist quite a lot this Summer to get his medications straightened out before school starts. The sleep problems are new. He used to sleep soundly through the night (though he would never go to sleep before 10:00 or 11:00). Now that he's taking Clonidine, he falls asleep earlier, but wakes up later in the night. I've read up on Clonidine and although it's a blood pressure medication, it is used with ADHD kids to help them settle down to sleep. I suspect his problems are either from the late dose of Ritalin 20 mg (at 4 pm) or the Clonidine causing him to fall asleep earlier or a combination of the two. Tonight I waited until later to give him the Clonidine/Melatonin to see if that helped, so we'll see how that goes. Thanks again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KCandtheboys, post: 603837, member: 16697"] Hi and thanks for responding! Yes, a good bedtime snack is a great idea. We do that to some degree, but I need to plan for it and make sure it's healthy and filling. My son's original diagnosis came from a family doctor at 6 yrs, but everything is being managed by a psychiatrist now. We have been seeing the psychiatrist quite a lot this Summer to get his medications straightened out before school starts. The sleep problems are new. He used to sleep soundly through the night (though he would never go to sleep before 10:00 or 11:00). Now that he's taking Clonidine, he falls asleep earlier, but wakes up later in the night. I've read up on Clonidine and although it's a blood pressure medication, it is used with ADHD kids to help them settle down to sleep. I suspect his problems are either from the late dose of Ritalin 20 mg (at 4 pm) or the Clonidine causing him to fall asleep earlier or a combination of the two. Tonight I waited until later to give him the Clonidine/Melatonin to see if that helped, so we'll see how that goes. Thanks again! [/QUOTE]
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