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[quote=Anonymous]My 11YO is on Adderall in the morning and Guanfacine at night for his ADHD, and the Adderall makes it consistently hard for him to fall asleep. I'm talking falling-sleep times between 11 and midnight. He started his meds journey on  Ritalin--it was too much so he was only on non-stimulants, but he was behaviorally a mess--and his mood and focus have gotten MUCH better on the Adderall, so I want to keep it. But -- any suggestions for sleepiness? We give him melatonin sometimes, but I hear that messes with hormones. He gets to listen to an audiobook as he falls asleep for 3 nights a week, and I get that for his ADHD brain, he may need something to occupy him rather than nothing. Then again, maybe it's too much? Then again a second time, it's not like music or silence does him much better.

Would love suggestions for routines, "natural" remedies, surprising things like "my kid fell asleep better when we gave him his last meal at 8pm"--whatever. Or maybe the TLDR is, "this is what happens with stimulants; make your peace with it." But I just want to know others' experiences. [/quote]

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