Melatonin and ADHD
Does your child with ADHD ever have problems sleeping? You’re not alone. Many people with ADHD have difficulty getting to bed at a reasonable hour and turning off their brain. Are there alternatives to medication? An article just published in the Feb 2007 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry examines the roll of melatonin in ADHD children with “chronic sleep onset insomnia”. Children in the study were ages 6-12, taking either 3mg or 6mg of melatonin depending on body weight. Results showed that melatonin helped kids both fall asleep sooner and stay asleep longer. No more counting sheep - or waking up mom and dad!
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April 2nd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I think the supplements called ADDA life at the Plano, Texas ADD clinic are superb. I say that as a nutritional sales advisor (i.e. who has Type-1 ADD) and I have worked Health and Wellness for several years and enjoy my job guiding others in supplement product choices for brain/ body since the year 2000.
I was told you deigned these supplements and was encouraged by these novel supplements. I am in Management for the Vitamin Shoppe, Ltd. company in the Metroplex. Thank you for your dedication to choices in the field of treatment for ADHD. Will you write a book or where can I order it, please?
Regards,
Don
April 30th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hi Don,
Thank you for your support around our ADDALife nutritional supplements. We are very proud of the efforts, science, and ingredients behind the development of this unique line and are working hard to develop more kid friendly forms of the multivitamins and fish oil as well. Our book -in progress- will be about using a team approach to treating ADHD. Keep in touch!
Warm regards,
Theresa C.
P.S. My apologies on the delay. Your email never forwarded to me, but I just found your posted comment on the website.