[blparent] melatonin was: Re: Explaining vision loss to children

Fri Mar 2 21:05:51 UTC 2012

I found that it works ok if I take it and then don't expose myself to any 
kind of light, or it stops working. Then again, I have some usable vision, 
but not a whole lot.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children


> The thing to remember with melatonin, no matter what the dose, is that you 
> typically have to take it at the same time every night, and then go to bed 
> within a half hour or so of that time.  I found that melatonin didn't work 
> for me when I tried it because I couldn't keep to a strict enough routine. 
> Maybe I could now, since my life has gotten more predictable--at least in 
> some ways--after having a child.  I ought to try it again.  But that was 
> the drawback I found with melatonin.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifersjackson at att.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:45 PM
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>
>> The amount needed has something to do with how much your body produces
>> normally. I am totally blind with no light perception so my body does not
>> get any of the light signals that trigger production. The higher doses 
>> are
>> also sometimes used by people who work nights to help them be able to 
>> sleep
>> during day light hours.
>>
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tay Laurie
>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:25 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>
>> I use melatonin 1-3mg a night for sleep. 10-20 mg is major overload, but 
>> I
>> could see how it could be helpful. nearly take that much when I haven't
>> slept in nearly a week.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>
>>
>>>I have a noise machine from Sharper Image.
>>> Works great and there are a bunch of different sounds you can use, mine 
>>> is
>>
>>> set to rain.
>>> You also may want to try melitonin(sp?) to help you sleep. You can get 
>>> it
>>> at CVS in 10 mg capsules. I've found 20 mg's works for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Tay Laurie
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:39 PM
>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>>
>>> Ah, yes. I found a similar audio-only one that I nearly got for myself, 
>>> as
>>> I'm a horrible insomniac and have some other things that make it hard to
>>> sleep. In fact, if I can find that particular model, I may get it this
>>> Christmas.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>>
>>>
>>>>I know of blind baby's whose parents got mobiles for them but even more 
>>>>so
>>>>I
>>>> know parents of blind and sighted children who are going with the
>>>> soothers
>>>> like I got for my son.  It hooks to the side of the crib and is much
>>>> sturdier than a mobile and less likely to break down.  They not only 
>>>> play
>>>> music and lots of times offer a variety of songs and nature sounds, but
>>>> there is also a picture that moves on a screen for babies to look at.
>>>> The
>>>> great thing is that on a lot of the soothers you can have a choice of 5
>>>> minutes all the way up to 20 minutes or longer.
>>>>
>>>> Erin
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:21 AM
>>>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>>>
>>>> Now I'm wondering if babies who are blind get mobiles??
>>>> Anybody know?
>>>> I remember my daughter being very frustrated when her mobile would run
>>>> down
>>>> after a few minutes because she was looking at it.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:38 AM
>>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
>>>>
>>>> Wow that is a really interesting story and I can see why you would be
>>>> jealous knowing what you believed.
>>>>
>>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>>
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