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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]Shocked at how many people would give their children benadryl off labe[/i]l. Or at all. Our allergist warned us never to use it because it crosses the blood brain barrier and can cause cognitive impairment over time.

Melatonin is a natural hormone your body already makes, also induces feelings of calm and sleep (if you're tired) and doesn't have the same negative effect as benadryl. [/quote]

Many many psychiatrists will have you use that as a first line of defense. Melatonin won't touch the aggression the OP is describing. If you haven't had a kid like this, you should just stop typing. You think you're helping, but you're not.[/quote]

I do have a kid like that, I'm pp. You put him in his room and sit at the door (on the inside) to make sure he doesn't throw anything through the windows or hurt himself. You don't react but you do give hugs when he's ready. You do give melatonin and you don't dope your kid up with an off label use that doctors (should) know better than to recommend in 2023  
Ice had bruises and bloody noses from my son. His walls still need repairing. But I never gave him a substance knowing it damages his brain. Sorry bud.[/quote]

Please take this vendetta about Benadryl somewhere else. Among other things, for kids with severe seasonal (and some other) allergies it is a necessary rescue med.

Like all drugs that are anti-cholinergic, there is an association with dementia in long-term use, esp in much older people, but it is absolutely not at the level your posts are implying.

Many medications (including psych meds—by design!) cross the blood-brain barrier. That is not in itself a problem.

OP, I so hope you get some relief soon.[/quote]

Page after page of results when against using Benedryl.  It is easy and convenient for you. It is not a first, second or third line of treatment for you child. Period.[/quote]

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