Hate to give seroquel but...

[trintiybella]

My child is on the foliowing combination and still she does not sleep. Her eyes flutter all night and she sits up all night long. The only time I have seen her sleep is when I add 6mg seroquel into to mix, but I am hesitant because then I won't see what antibiotic or antiviral helps with the insomnia. I think I will probably have to give in soon since sleep is crucial. Any advice is welcome. This insomnia is probably her most major symptom.

 

10AM

1 cobiotic

1pm

1 bactrim

1 mino

2 ampho

1 vitain D3

1 Valtrex

6pm

2 ampho

1 valtrex

1 1/4 caps lysine

Glutaloemine

10pm

2 ampho

1 bactirm

2 mino

1 valtrex

12pm

1 melatonin

200mg magnesium citrate

1 biotin

1 cobiotic

[PowPow]

If she is not sleeping (on all these abx and supplements) then it seems they are not going to help her sleep.

Give her the seroquel!

 

She gets minocycline, amphotericin, bactrim and valtrex? Is one doctor in charge of all of this?

 

this seems like a lot, especially if it is not helping!

 

Have you tried backing off any of this, whether combinations or single medications to see if there is any change.

 

Sleep is imperative for her brain to heal, her sanity and yours.

Consider that the seroquel may be only a temporary measure-- who knows how long, but give her some rest.

[Rachel]

Sleep is very important. My son has sleep issues. If he does not get a certain medication, he will not fall asleep or stay asleep. He goes to bed at 10pm and the alarm goes off at 9:00am the next morning. I do not give any meds after 10:00pm. My son does take magnesium citrate at night. However, he also takes a probiotic, P5P, vitamin C, and GABA. An hour before this he takes extended release clondine. Sometimes it does take him an hour or so to fall asleep, but once he fall asleep, he stays asleep. My son has trouble with hormone levels at night and will wake up drenched in sweat if I do not give him this combination. Clonidine helps with high norephrine levels. Is there anyway to move your 12pm dosage to another time frame? I realize your daughter must have these meds due to her medical issues. Is there a way to do a dosage at 8:00pm? Sleep is important for her and you. I know this is a tough issue to deal with because I had to have help from a doctor to get all my son's medications on the right schedule. Keeping a bed time routine is must for healing to occur.

[trintiybella]

Thanks. I added the seroquel.

I remember one time that giving goldenseal put her to sleep but made her pretty hyper. I wish I could figure out what is was helping with: inflammation, viruses, infections???? So I could try to pinpoint was is causing this terrible insomnia

Edited July 23, 2014 by trintiybella

[Rachel]

Is she back to sleeping? I know when my son gets a new infection or virus, his sleeping cylces are terrible for at least a week or more. So anything I find that will keep the sleep cycle in place I stick with it. My son does have a hard time falling to sleep at night and some nights are worse than others. I've learned that his quality of sleep is determined by what's going on in his body. You might want to look up the side effects of your medications and see if any of them will affect sleep habits.