my daughter didn't take her meds during the last holiday season..now she has problem in sleeping and feels so tired because of lack of sleep..what should i do?
I do not think not taking the meds is the problem. I go through phases where I am tired and can sleep really well and where I can't go to sleep at a regular hour because I can not shut off my brain. How old is your daughter? When I was younger child with ADHD not knowing I had it but we now know I did just because of the way I was as a child we figured it out only recently. Anyway as I child I would have fears of going to sleep. Thinking something would happen to my parents. I was so scared that I cried half the night and it was not a good time. I feel that if your daugter is younger then she needs all the love you can give her. Like as a teenager or a adult. I know that when I was a kid all I wanted was to sleep with my mom and dad so I could be near them and know they were not going to leave me. They did not find that a good thing and made me stay in my room and cry it out. It did not help anyone!
Anyway so today if I have trouble sleeping I take some medication. But only have her take sleeping medication if she is going to be able to get 8 hours. My doctor gave me some samples of some good stuff. Or even go talk to the pharmacy they have some good reccomendations. There are some crappy over the counter ones that made my husband more tired when he woke up. He was using them because he worked night shift and could not shut down in the morning because it was day time. So when I am feeling like I can not shut down I will take some medicine to help me sleep.
Ok enough about me.
Hope I have helped a little.
Melissa
My son is 14 and has ADHD. He has had trouble sleeping for a long time. His doctor prescribed him a medication to help him sleep. It worked but I did not like the fact that he had to take a prescription blood pressure medication to sleep. I am a distributor for a company named Advocare and they have a product called ZZZ's. It is all natural herbs and my son falls asleep faster and has no overly tired side effects in the morning. He usually is asleep within a half hour of taking the medication. It helps him wind down quicker and he seems to be much more rested in the morning. Also if your daughter is growing a lot the feeling of tiredness could be coming from that. If you would like to try the ZZZ's here is my website: www.advocare.com/08054092. My name is Kim Bryant.
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