Verona, I am so glad to hear your DS is happier and I definitely wouldn't give up looking for a better school situation. The neurospych eval will be helpful for understanding what is going on and how to help him use his strengths to bolster the weak areas etc, regardless of whether or not you end up trying the meds. We are going to try the melatonin over spring break (in case it works too well :-)
Ha! Yes, I did have trouble getting DS out of bed for school this morning. But he's probably getting 1-2 more hours of sleep per night than before the melatonin, and he looks so much better too -- no dark circles under his eyes.
The fact that he responded so well to the the melatonin makes me think even more that maybe a neurological issue like ADHD is at play, since I read that kids with ADHD or ASD often have low or no melatonin production. Does anyone have an opinion about this? The melatonin is helping me sleep too (and I don't have ADHD, just insomnia!) but not so dramatically as DS.
