Life is such....

So, my youngest started using a CPAP almost 3 weeks ago.  Things have been hectic.  He still wakes up at his normal intervals, but instead of being able to just tell him to go back to sleep, he has a massive FREAK OUT session and keeps his eyes closed through the whole thing.  On several occasions he's gotten combative, but mostly he just screams and bats at whoever and whatever is near him.

Friday, I finally got a phone call from one of the 5 doctors and therapists I've called over the week. Gotta love the holidays and everyone takes the whole week off.  His ENT suggested we try melatonin even though we both agreed it probably would not work since its been tried in the past and isn't something normally used for sleep maintenance.  He falls asleep no problem, its staying asleep we have issues with.  Major Issues!

The past two nights he's taken the melatonin (after a lot of coaxing).  Both nights he's fallen asleep earlier, but still waking up every 1.5 - 3 hours.  To me that seems like a sleep cycle problem.  Tomorrow, I plan to call the neurologist and see what he thinks.  We'll be out that way for a chiropractor appointment so maybe he'll be able to see him tomorrow and save us a drive out there.

We shall see...