robinm1922
One day at a time
Hello,
My difficult child has been fairly stable since April 2009 (yea!) with the exception of sleep issues. It started off with little issues here and there and we brought Melatonin in. That helped for a while then not so much. Some times it helps sometimes not so much. Then we went to simply sleep psychiatrist said that was fine a couple times a week not too much more than that. The helped but she was needing it more and more. So then comes klonopin .5 mg, that did nothing so we up ed it to 1 mg still nothing. If we add the simply sleep along with the Klonopin it works like a charm but I would rather not have to make a cocktail!
Now she was just given Trazodone 50 mg to take each night (or at least the ones she needs help with). I have read that it works really well for insomnia but I was wondering if anyone here can help me with a couple of questions.
How long does this medication take to "knock" them out? I don't want to give it too late or too early!
The psychiatrist mentioned that sometimes they have a hard time shaking off the sleep has anyone found this to be a big problem?
My difficult child is 5'4 and about 170 if that is important to anyone.
I am starting her on this tonight and would love to have an idea what time she should take it.
Help please.
Thanks!
Robin
My difficult child has been fairly stable since April 2009 (yea!) with the exception of sleep issues. It started off with little issues here and there and we brought Melatonin in. That helped for a while then not so much. Some times it helps sometimes not so much. Then we went to simply sleep psychiatrist said that was fine a couple times a week not too much more than that. The helped but she was needing it more and more. So then comes klonopin .5 mg, that did nothing so we up ed it to 1 mg still nothing. If we add the simply sleep along with the Klonopin it works like a charm but I would rather not have to make a cocktail!
Now she was just given Trazodone 50 mg to take each night (or at least the ones she needs help with). I have read that it works really well for insomnia but I was wondering if anyone here can help me with a couple of questions.
How long does this medication take to "knock" them out? I don't want to give it too late or too early!
The psychiatrist mentioned that sometimes they have a hard time shaking off the sleep has anyone found this to be a big problem?
My difficult child is 5'4 and about 170 if that is important to anyone.
I am starting her on this tonight and would love to have an idea what time she should take it.
Help please.
Thanks!
Robin