ADHD is this normal question?

[Anonymous]

My child who has been diagnosed with add at 4 but who also has had two seizures is recently having an insanely hard time controlling his body all day but especially at bedtime. He's literally thrashing himself about the bed to get to sleep. It's violent and scary and takes hours. Is this normal at all?

[Anonymous]

My son twitches around some, but then completely conks out. Is he getting daily exercise? Have you tried melatonin?

[Anonymous]

At that age,my son did the same. Our psychiatrist had him try melatonin which was an amazing help. We gave him 1 mg 30 minutes before bed and it calmed him down and allowed him to fall asleep.

[Anonymous]

My son has difficulty controlling his body - ADHD, but no seizures. But, there isn't so much thrashing around - some when he was younger, but just not to the extreme you are describing. When this happened, I would sort of roll him into a ball and rock him until his body settled down. Is it possibly related to the seizures or medication wearing off?

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's a normal ADHD thing. Talk to your doctor and make sure there's not something else going on (like medication withdrawal or something related to the seizures).

[Anonymous]

No does not sound normal. My ADHD kid is constantly talking and moving around at bedtime but no more than during the day. Just seems more out of place at bedtime. Thrashing around and seizures don't sound like ADHD behavior to me anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No does not sound normal. My ADHD kid is constantly talking and moving around at bedtime but no more than during the day. Just seems more out of place at bedtime. Thrashing around and seizures don't sound like ADHD behavior to me anyways.

Same here. My kids' activity level actually increases right before bedtime (I believe it's related to fatigue even though that sounds counter intutitive) but nothing like you describe.