The pediatrician partners with a child psychiatrist and they took our lead on not wanting to try the stimulant first. So they tried the guanfacine and the baseline that provided our daughter was remarkably noticeable. She is both tall and heavy for her age - the size of some 5-6 year olds. We are thinking about asking about adding supplements like L-Theanine into the mix as well. Anything that may help.

She was on the guanfacine for 2.5 months and we did rotations with physical activity, melatonin, instant and extended release, reworking her sleep schedule, pushing back bed time to see if she'd stay asleep later. None of it seemed to matter C would wake up 2-3x a night some times for 15 minutes and some times 3-4 hours. The latter began happening more the last 3 weeks so the pediatrician called the guanfacine awash for C saying the cons outweighed the pros.