Intersting update re son's insomnia

My son had another sleep study. The doctor found that he jerks his legs an average of 264x/hour and wakes an average of 17x/hour. These numbers don't include the number of times he follows the leg jerks with limb jerks. The doc was shocked and is advising that I wean him from Zoloft to see if this is the culprit. It's my belief that the Respirdal caused these jerks. Hopefully what he has is not the tardive dyskanasia that the Respirdal warns of. Anyway, the doc doesn't think that weaning him from Zoloft will fix him and so MORE meds may be in order. I feel so sorry for my son. He's tired all the time because of this.

Any thoughts?

Well, he's 14 and physical activity in the summer months is hard when they're bored and becoming lazy, but I will do my best to rouse him. HA!

I've often thought how miserable he must be with all these problems. I don't remember my childhood so full of woe. Did I mention that he sleeps with a CPAP mask on? The doc would like to find a mouthpiece that will aid with the sleep apnea so he doesn't have to be bound by a mask at such a young age, but I don't think this will be successful as the temporary mouthpiece that he tried did not work. We'll see. This has been a sad, long, expensive road.

On a more positive note, he has had a great week emotionally. This is very encouraging to me and him, and this has been with only 25 mg. of Zoloft. God is good.

Thanks for the prayers, hugs, and blessing! :)

Wow, Randy! You do move a lot! Then you know how miserable life can be, huh? Well, the sleep/pulmonary doc said he will resort to that if my son still has this after being off Zoloft. Have you had your iron checked? The name of the blood check starts with an F. The doc says that more and more they are thinking that iron might be playing a part, although I believe tha the Risperdal did this to my son.

The only thing I can say is that my 8 yr. old grandson has ADD, ADHD, Aspergers, Autism and is on a lot of medication. He is still wild. Leg jerking is illness. I am trying to think of what they call it. I will check and post you back.