Michael Schulson
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
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Yeah, so I think we should kind of divvy this up for children in different situations, right?
So I think for children with some neurodevelopmental differences that can significantly affect their ability to sleep, autism in particular, certain manifestations of ADHD, I think there has been more of a willingness to say, look, these are children who are having, in some cases, a tremendous difficulty falling asleep. Not sleeping or not sleeping well can be...
can have some really negative long-term effects. And it makes sense to perhaps use melatonin regularly in order to do that, in order to be helpful.
It might be beneficial. I think that the way that melatonin is used often right now, which is... used regularly, often for neurotypical children who are perhaps sometimes taking the hormone a few times a week or every night with very little sort of supervision or input from a medical professional is something that very few people intend.
And even the supplement makers themselves will often include language to that effect on their bottles. But there's a real disjunct between kind of where that consensus is and how I think a lot of people are actually using melatonin.
Yeah. And I want to be really clear that I am not telling families, like, don't use melatonin or this is definitely dangerous. And I really don't want to be in any way – delivering that message. I think that parents have the right to know what debates among scientists look like and understand where there's uncertainty. I also think that as parents, we're always having to weigh trade-offs.
This is just a huge part of parenting. Lack of sleep is itself something that can be really hard on families, and this makes sense. I don't want to suggest that this is a clear-cut Like, parents, stop using melatonin. I think a lot of sleep experts, you know, perhaps predictably would say, talk to a sleep expert.
And I think that one thing that they point out is that establishing good bedtime routines, doing things like avoiding screen time before bed, steps like that can be helpful. And I want to say, you know, I'm a parent who has implemented some of these behavioral interventions and still deals with totally chaotic bedtimes with one of my children.
And so I don't want, I recognize that this doesn't always work or it doesn't always feel like it's going to work or it doesn't always sound realistic.
Thanks so much for having me on here.
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