Sleep disorder

I also have the same problem as your daughter, insomnia. I have difficulty in sleeping. Usually I am still awake at past midnight up to 2am. As a result I wake up late in the morning. I am experiencing this sleep disorder many years ago, but I have not taken any medication or sleeping pills.

My ex-husband used melatonin to help him sleep. He worked crazy hours at the prison so he had a hard time sleeping during the day. He bought that and he used it and it did help tremendously. He didn't feel tired when he woke up and it is natural. I have heard many people have used it and had great results. It doesn't hurt to try!

I'm always concerned when I see teenagers using any kind of pill to sleep. I am glad you saw the doctor and since the doctor said to take it, then hopely it helps. I avoid medication, as to many of my friends end up needing it for years to sleep. Good luck and hope your daughter is feeling better quickly. I know a lack of sleep makes it hard to do anything in a day.

i have sleep apena..and i stop breathing in my sleep..so i am told ..but i had a sleep study done..and this was spending several nights in a sleep clinic... so i could not tolerate the CPAP and I tried three different variations of CPAP and this really prevented me from sleeping.. so i tried sleep meds like Lunesta and Ambien Cr.but i do not advise them as they are habit forming..that is why I am up all night tonight.. but try melatonin..as it works for some people and a good health food store can giv you advice on other remedys..but as a last resort you might have to consult a doctor who specialty is sleep disoder..she is awful young to be on meds..i think..and even I am trying to get off of them...but it might me something else that is causing this problem...maybe a ENT? ear nose and throat doctor could check out her if she is having trouble breathing while she is asleep.. this is not uncommon today...

I have the same problem as your daughter. It messes everything up, I have a hard time getting up when I need to get up and I'm already tired. Maybe you should talk to your family doctor about this and ask her/him about it.

Maybe you can try to give your daughter a glass of milk before she go to bed. Or maybe she's too stressed up in school? Whenever I had trouble or stressed up, i will have difficulty in getting to sleep. You can try to understand more about her social life. Maybe it's due to that. Hope it helps.

Wooowww,, i believe she is too young to use sleeping tabs,, why not give her a glass of cold milk before going to sleep and encourage her to have a hot bath too,,light slow music in a very slow tune will help i supposed ant not the tablets which she will be get to used of it,, and its not good,,, me too has a sleeping disorder,,,even im so tired from work i cant sleep even a single minute the morning come and need to stand from my bed to prepare to work,,, and my eyes get so red and big eye bug and heavey head ache,,this is too bad,,,migrain can ruin all the mode of the day.,.

I have often wondered if the melatonin helps but have never personally known anyone who took it for insomnia. Do come back and let us know if the melatonin helps your daughter; I hope it does. Has she always been unable to fall asleep or has this begun recently? My mind went straight to thoughts of stress in her life. It seems that teens have so much more going on today than when I was young. Seems they have more to juggle and more expectations. Best of luck with her!

Wow - I'd never heard of melatonin until this week and now have heard or seen it mentioned 3 times. I actually got some myself just this week and started taking it the first night, 4 nights now I've taken it. Honestly I think the first night I went right to sleep but woke a few hours later and have not slept well since. I do have a lot of stress going on in my life right now so that could be what my problem is but I'm thinking about not taking the melatonin tonight because I'm exhausted and it certainly doesn't seem to be helping - I slept about an hour last night.

I used to have a hard time sleeping when i started working because of our rotatings shift. I didnt take any sleeping pills or melatonin, instead, i drink a luke warm milk before i go to bed and it really gets me the sleep i needed. It really helped me a lot. You can give it a try if you havent tried it yet..thats what i told my officemates to do and it worked for them too.

We've used melatonin and it seems to work. We also limit the kids' caffeine intake.

I have always had trouble sleeping at night. I tried melatonin before and it worked for a little while, then I think my adjusted itself to it and stopped working. I definitely cannot take naps during the day or I won't sleep at all at night. I hope her insomnia goes away soon.

I have not used melatonin, but I do know that doctors recommend it and it's a good alternative to prescription medicine for sleep. I believe that it doesn't work immediately, though, so she'll need to take it for awhile, perhaps a couple of weeks, before she sees any effect. Another option is Benadryl, or the OTC version, as it makes most people drowsy. Doctors often recommend that as well. Before meds, though, review your daughter's sleep hygiene habits. Does she sleep in a dark room, no TV or radio? Even the light of a clock dial can bother some people and interfere with sleep. She should not read or watch TV in bed, but use her bed just for sleep. Does she take a nap during the day? If so, she should cut that out. Does she go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning? Our bodies respond to habits and sometimes have to be re-trained. Another thing to try is "white noise," something like a fan in her room. That calming noise is often conducive to sleep. Of course she may just be a night person, like my oldest son. He stopped naps very early and has always preferred to stay up late and sleep in in the mornings. Even as an adult he prefers working the night shift (he's a cop) and is happier when he is on that schedule. Just something in his body makeup, I guess (I'm just the opposite). Of course that doesn't work well with a school schedule, so hopefully trying the above suggestions will help her. Sure do hope so!