I agree and I think a good pediatrician will ask those questions. Ours did. That's how the kids ended up on sleep meds. He said that as far as he was concerned, he didn't think it made sense to prescribe an ADHD med WITHOUT also prescribing a sleep aid. He even went as far as to say that some kids only need the sleep aids to treat their ADHD but never made the conclusion that sleep aids reduced the number of ADHD diagnoses altogether and/or that sleep deprivation is misdiagnosed as ADHD.
That said, i definitely can't imagine having a child up late. I need a break, thank you. Besides, by 10:30 I'm nodding off. And NO TVs or GAME SYSTEMS or COMPUTERS in my kids' rooms. period. out of the question.
My daughter's sleep aid (non spectral child) is Clonidine which is actually a blood pressure med. Her ADHD med is Concerta which wears off around 4 pm (just in time for homework... yay.)
My son's sleep aid (spectral) is Melatonin, the hormone that induces seratonin (the sleep hormone). He's NOT on ADHD meds because he has paradoxical effects to so many things and because he's such a lightweight (only 47 lbs and 7 years old!)
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That said, i definitely can't imagine having a child up late. I need a break, thank you. Besides, by 10:30 I'm nodding off. And NO TVs or GAME SYSTEMS or COMPUTERS in my kids' rooms. period. out of the question.
My daughter's sleep aid (non spectral child) is Clonidine which is actually a blood pressure med. Her ADHD med is Concerta which wears off around 4 pm (just in time for homework... yay.)
My son's sleep aid (spectral) is Melatonin, the hormone that induces seratonin (the sleep hormone). He's NOT on ADHD meds because he has paradoxical effects to so many things and because he's such a lightweight (only 47 lbs and 7 years old!)