Isn't tylenol supposed to make them tired?- EDITED

smilee

Holy cow... it has the exact opposite effect on my kid- I really thought he was going to get up and start dancing!!!!

ETA: 

I guess I should re-phrase.  I know tylenol does not make them sleepy.  What I meant is: don't they usually sleep more readily after taking it because the pain goes away?  

I was just taken aback by D's reaction- I guess it worked so well that he thought it was time to party. 

oct11bride03

I know there's a medical term for it, but Google isn't helping me. For most children (and some people who never outgrow it) medications can have the opposite effect - something that's supposed to make you drowsy can actually make you hyper.

RoxBride

Oh dear!

I don't think there is anything about Tylenol that makes them sleepy.  It can facilitate sleep if it relieves pain that has been keeping them from sleeping, but it shouldn't have a sedative effect.

dana316

Tylenol shouldn't make children drowsy...

It is strictly a pain reliever. 

Caroline always sleeps better after she gets a dose of tylenol, but she has been teething forever, so it helps with that.

 

emmyloustu

From what I understand, tylenol and motrin don't cause drowsiness, they only relieve the pain or make them feel better so that they can sleep. Sometimes motrin makes Eliza a little hyper and I usually attribute it her to feeling better.

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there is nothing in tylenol that makes people tired.... generally kids sleep better if they are in pain and you give them tylenol- simply b/c they aren't in pain anymore... but it doesn't make them tired.

benedryl makes people tired- but with children it can often have the opposite effect.... even some adults have the opposite effect with it (my dh is one of them).

 

GuitaristsGirl

RoxBride:

Oh dear!

I don't think there is anything about Tylenol that makes them sleepy.  It can facilitate sleep if it relieves pain that has been keeping them from sleeping, but it shouldn't have a sedative effect.

I asked a similar question a while back and received the same answer! Maybe your LO became hyper due to feeling better?!