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Yes but it’s just a sedating antihistamine. Much cheaper options out thereBetter than an hours kip a night
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Yes but it’s just a sedating antihistamine. Much cheaper options out thereBetter than an hours kip a night
It sure is abuse, I'm 99% certain its happening, the poor bairns don't deserve it.I’m not surprised. We dispense very little of it and mainly adults.
That’s abuse tbh but I have no idea what you could say or do
You did make it clear. I really don’t know what you can do about it and tbh if it’s worth you putting yourself out there. I suspect it won’t be any different or looked at any more then parents who overdose their kids on calpol.It sure is abuse, I'm 99% certain its happening, the poor bairns don't deserve it.
Don't know if I made myself clear further up the thread but I think it's been passed on by a 3rd party to a Mother and Father who give it to their kids to help them sleep.
It could cause potential ructions like, but I've started to notice certain changes in one of the kids and I'm sure it's this. Part of me thinks I should bring it up to protect the kids.You did make it clear. I really don’t know what you can do about it and tbh if it’s worth you putting yourself out there. I suspect it won’t be any different or looked at any more then parents who overdose their kids on calpol.
My daughter takes itDo you take this to help sleep?
I sometimes do but always get wierd dreams
What makes you think that? Edit, saw the other posts. My daughter has it prescribed.It's dodgy stuff like, it's a word familiar with me at the minute as I believe someone I know is misusing it with their kids.
Curious, what changes does it bring?It could cause potential ructions like, but I've started to notice certain changes in one of the kids and I'm sure it's this. Part of me thinks I should bring it up to protect the kids.
Yeah, that's why my daughter has it. She won't fall asleep without it. True about not keeping her asleep too. Apparently the tablets are better at that, but she can't take them.Prescribed off license for autistic children relatively commonly. In my experience it is effective at helping kids get to sleep if you already have a routine but won’t always work and only helps get them off to sleep, not necessarily stay asleep for more than three or four hours. Never noticed any negative side effects in kids I’ve known that had it.
Changes in behaviour, demeanour, attitude, sudden meltdowns.My daughter takes it
What makes you think that? Edit, saw the other posts. My daughter has it prescribed.
Curious, what changes does it bring?
So does my daughter.Changes in behaviour, demeanour, attitude, sudden meltdowns.
I suspect the kids get given it every night too.
Don't need it.Do you take this to help sleep?
I sometimes do but always get wierd dreams
Maybe it's just a trait in kids, I'm not a parent so I'm probably less experienced about these things.So does my daughter.
She has all those things too, but also prior to the melatonin.
It is likely child abuse.It is, and is causing me quite the quandary.
Good medical expert advise on such a threadShouldn’t take it without a chat (and prescription) with your gp. There are some contradictions and cautions when prescribing it.
Not sure how it would work after a night shift. It’sa hormone produced by your body in response to darkness.
Prescribing guidance is it shouldn’t be taken before 8pm or after 4am.
I haven’t seen anything to suggest that it causes those kind of behaviour changes but the context to why it’s being used might if it isn’t prescribed and agreed with a GP. If it was prescribed it would almost certainly be every night so that in itself isn’t an issue but I’d be asking why it’s needed. Not that unusual for parents to medicate their perfectly ordinary kids to get some sleep unfortunately, MediSed sales used to rocket when the clocks changed for summer and kids wake up early because it’s sunny. The age it could be used was gradually increased to respond to what was essentially an epidemic of drug abuse!Changes in behaviour, demeanour, attitude, sudden meltdowns.
I suspect the kids get given it every night too.
This is not true. One of the benefits of melatonin is you don't build dependency/tolerance like you do with some other sleeping tablets.I take it but only one week every three. Quite easy to become dependent or for its effectiveness to wane on continuous use.
Here in Spain you can get it over the counter and someone at work told me that parents at their kid's school talk about giving it to their kids. I don't find that too bad to be honest, especially if it's just once in a while. It's a natural hormone.It's dodgy stuff like, it's a word familiar with me at the minute as I believe someone I know is misusing it with their kids.
This isn't once in a while though, it's almost every night.This is not true. One of the benefits of melatonin is you don't build dependency/tolerance like you do with some other sleeping tablets.
I take it a couple of times a week and find it really helps. I much prefer it to the harder stuff like zopiclone or zolpidem, to which you can build up dependence/tolerance.
My brother who gets insomnia worse than me has tried it but gets the stomach side effects unfortunately.
Here in Spain you can get it over the counter and someone at work told me that parents at their kid's school talk about giving it to their kids. I don't find that too bad to be honest, especially if it's just once in a while. It's a natural hormone.