Megan hasn’t slept properley since she was about a year old. When she went for her two-week assessment, one of the things we wanted sorted out as a priority was Megans sleep as both Naomi and myself were close to exhaustion. Megan wakes for approx 2-3 hours every night between 1-4am.
One of the things it was suggested we try was Vallergan. This is an anti-histamine based drug used primarily to treat excessive itchiness in Adults and Children with ailments like Eczma or Psoriasis- the side effect of the anti-histamine is that it causes drowsiness.
We thougt long and hard about trying it. We were loth to give Megan a drug that wasn’t having an obviously beneficial effect on her- i.e. she wasn’t ill as such. However, it came to a head for us after an intense 3 week period of Megan refusing to go to bed intil gone 10pm, then waking up at about 1am and staying awake for another 3 hours, then waking up again at around 6.30-7am. We decided to try it.
It worked perfectly- Megan slept straight through. We gave it to her the two nights after that, again sucessfully, then gave her a night off it which once again she slept straight through. We’ve heard that kids become resistant to it so we hope to keep up the on/off treament and hopefully remove it altogether from her life. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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how is you child doing now. is she dependent on vallergan and are there long term effects?
Hi Daniel,
No, she’s not dependant on Vallergan but we have cut back its use quite heavily. It does seem to give her a bit of a ‘hangover’ the next day so now we don’t give it to her more than 2 or 3 times a month.
Are you thinking of using it?