Even as a toddler, he would get 'wound up' instead of sleepy. He loved not laying in bed waiting hours for sleep to arrive. He is also a very light sleeper, woken up by the slightest noise, and able to be instantly alert even when breathing deeply and regularly for 30 minutes.
This is my DS too. Never got "sleepy", just more and more wound up even as a newborn. I think I committed the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" to memory by the time he was a year old. He has a white noise machine that seemed to help a bit, but the melatonin is a real miracle so far! I've been trying to push the bedtime a bit earlier, but he is pretty rigid about 9 pm being
the moment to turn out the light (not, say, 8:58 pm).
I wouldn't say that the extra sleep makes his attention and organization issues disappear, but he is certainly more compliant (that's a relative term mind you) when he's not over-tired.
So the stimulants didn't cause sleep problems for your DS?
