Were you on my flist yet when we discovered the Melatonin Miracle? We used to have several nights a week just like the one you described, and Chuckles was just as exhausted as we were. We tried 75 micrograms (not milligrams!) of melatonin half an hour before our chosen bedtime (8:30) for several nights in a row, and after that she fell asleep almost effortlessly at the right time for a couple weeks afterwards. And the longer she stayed on schedule, the easier it was to *keep* her on schedule -- now we give her a maintenance dose maybe once a month just to keep that internal clock on track.
Yes, the bottle of melatonin will probably say "not for use by children under 18", but we were satisfied by the various research studies we found on the web, and the dose we used was *far* lower than the doses used in many studies of kids with neurologically-based insomnia. Better Living Through Chemistry.
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Date: 2006-04-09 02:01 pm (UTC)Yes, the bottle of melatonin will probably say "not for use by children under 18", but we were satisfied by the various research studies we found on the web, and the dose we used was *far* lower than the doses used in many studies of kids with neurologically-based insomnia. Better Living Through Chemistry.