are your Children alwats Go Go Go?? | Autism PDD

Rissa as I've mentioned before Has a hard time Sleeping. She takes half a pill of .01 Mg Clonodine to go to sleep at night and is up at 2am everynight then goes back to sleep 30 min- 1 hr later. She gets up for the day around 6 - 7.

She is ALWAYS on the move. running through our apt... back and forth, back and forth or up on the couch. when shes not running shes laying on the floor spinning somthing with her fingers, either way shes always busy. all this and still doesnt nap...

Is this Common for autism? Im think she may have a touch of ADD, It runs in hubbys family. his brother has it and his 8 yr old son is severely ADHD. I WILL NOT medicate her. Im trying to research sleeping methods as well as I dont even want her to be taking pills for that... Shes too young I think.

Yea we do alot of sensory input, bouncing, spinning in the chair, We even bought a swing to hang from our ceiling.

We give deep presure massages and brush therapy twice a day too. She has ALWAYS spun objects, from the time she could start to grab things.

Our dd has two speeds: STOP & GO! LOL! She will either be very hyper &
active, going and going, stimming, running, etc. Or, she'll have a day or
times where she just sits there, wanting to do nothing but maybe a puzzle
or some lining up. Our sleep issues come & go too, they're especially bad
when things change, we've had a busy day, etc. A weighted blanket has
helped some. Some nights, she seems to like calm music or white noise too.

Sounds like your dd may also be needing some extra sensory integration?
This helps our dd--we bounce her on a ball, use the sit & spin, trampoline
at gymnastics, etc. Good, fun ways to get some input.

SUPER hyper here, but you know that! lol I know the sleep issues are very common with these kids. I've been seeing 3 am for 3 days now! I wish I could live off as little sleep as Marrissa and my guy!! Did you try the melatonin? It doesn't keep my son to sleep though!

no we havnt tried it yet...I totally forgot. check out the brag section too!

I have been giving my dd a supplement of Omega 3's and it has made a huge difference in her hyper activity. She also stims less and seems more focused.

If you google Omega 3's you will see it helps with a lot with ADHD...not to mention a lot of other things. I take it now too.