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[quote=Anonymous]Have you told his psychiatrist about the night waking and his coming to your room? This sounds like something on which you and the psychiatrist should work together. Any changes at school, with friends, at an extracurricular, at home? If he's anxious, even a change that seems minor to an adult could be eating at him....Please don't shut your son out of your room. The idea of a sleeping bag on your floor, where he can crash (and a gentle talk about not waking you but coming in and lying on his sleeping bag instead) seems like one possibility. It may not feel like it right now, OP, but he truly won't be doing this forever, and I would not treat it as a matter for discipline or cold-turkey tactics. It must be exhausting for you, though. That's why I'd see what the psychiatrist suggests.

OP, I would also talk to the doctor who recommended melatonin about whether it's still working as intended. In some people it does fine helping them get to sleep but does not keep the asleep through the night. I found that out from a friend (a nurse) whose elementary son takes it--he too was waking in the night after sacking out hard with melatonin. I had the same reaction to it; I fell asleep well but woke around 3 almost every night.

I hope your son's anxiety and sleep both improve.[/quote]

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