*I copied this post from New to RLS section: Will leave in both for now.
My 5 year old son has had sleep issues for the past three years. After trying all the behavioral suggestions we finally had a sleep study which resulted in surgery for tonsils & adenoids. Almost one year later we are not much further ahead. Our Dr suggested that we start him on .5 mg of Clonazepam to control RLS. I am highly concerned about medicating him, but we cannot go on like this for much longer. It has started to affect him at school and they have suggested he repeat a year as he is not emotionally ready to move on. Does anyone else have a young child on this medicine and has anyone used any herbal/natural remedies?
Many thanks for your help.
cpb
Clonazepam vs. natural remedies and children
Read the sticky post here in this thread.
Also this link is to Helping toddlers, but you may get some ideas.
http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?t=1124&start=0
There is another thread and this one has the name and email address of the parent of a child with RLS.....This woman and her daughter spoke at the national meeting. Her name is Karla.
http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?p=11307 ... ght=#11307
I know you have some things to work out brfore making a choice for you kiddo. I wish only the best and hope your going to hear from some of the other parents. Like you, they are busy and pop in every so often, I hope it's sooner than later this time.
Also this link is to Helping toddlers, but you may get some ideas.
http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?t=1124&start=0
There is another thread and this one has the name and email address of the parent of a child with RLS.....This woman and her daughter spoke at the national meeting. Her name is Karla.
http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?p=11307 ... ght=#11307
I know you have some things to work out brfore making a choice for you kiddo. I wish only the best and hope your going to hear from some of the other parents. Like you, they are busy and pop in every so often, I hope it's sooner than later this time.