A Boy Ate 180 Gummy Melatonins For Lunch. This Is What Happened To His Brain.

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References:
Pediatric Melatonin Ingestions — United States, 2012–2021. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / June 3, 2022 / 71(22);725–729.

[InfernalBanana]

That mother couldn’t have possibly thought her son *wouldn’t* accidentally eat a whole bottle of melatonin gummies when she *deliberately mixed those into his bag of normal candy* . I’m sorry, but she knew what she was doing, and took him to the hospital out of guilt and to cover her ass.

[jeffreysnow]

Reminds me of “all kids deserve parents but not all parents deserve kids.” So damn true

[TheLegendsmith]

Really starting to think making these medicinal substances into gummy form was a terrible idea.

[rubberuke]

Imagine being a 14 year old boy, abandoned by your father, then sent to the hospital with a mega dose of melatonin by your mother.

[JD]

Honestly the thing that was damaged the most was the trust between mother and child. I would be heartbroken to find out my mother tried to literally poison me just to get peace and quiet. If you feel like you can’t communicate parent to child what kind of relationship is this?

[RayPoreon]

If you're looking for some quiet, it's important to remember that ear plugs are generally cheaper than:
-Melatonin gummies
-Medical costs from poisoning your own child
-Legal fees

[gliiitched]

First we had 150 gummy vitamins for breakfast, and now, we have the sequel that we did not deserve, but the one we needed.

[QuinnInk]

Honestly, this kid needs to be adopted by an actual caring set of parents.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This mother is a prime example of a “Karen”

I feel bad for the boy being poisoned by his own mom like this. But as you’ve said it’s a good thing there weren’t any real long-lasting side effects from this.

[cherenkov_blue]

This sort of (what is essentially) intentional poisoning by caregivers makes me sick. I was somewhat hyperactive as a child (which I now know is due to ADHD), and rather than actually have me seen by a professional, my parents decided that the best way to deal with that during trips was to almost knock me out with allergy medication. I'm thankful simply that I don't have any long-lasting effects from that, but the fact that it happened at all still infuriates me.

To parents with "problem children": your children are human beings with rights, not annoyances that you can "shut up" whenever you need a day off. I guarantee that trying to communicate with them and finding strategies to help them deal with problematic behavior (and seeking professional help if all else fails) will have a better outcome for both parties than the potential permanent disability and death that comes with abusing medication.

[marcogray]

I really hope there is someone in this boys life who unconditionally loves and values him because both his parents have failed massively at that.

[pollo]

Bro really got hit with the ‘dad going for milk’


Edit: I just removed the crying emoji because I disliked seeing it as there has been an increasing amount of saturation when it comes to the iconic crying and skull emojis which makes everything cringe.

[RCTCrashes]

So, what have we learned?
*Drugging your children is no substitute for discipline, no matter how desperate you might be.*
It's like those parents who feed their kids Benadryl so they're too wasted to be active on long flights; not only is it a blatant misuse of medicine, but it's also not being given for their benefit, and it also puts them in a dangerous situation, albeit a different one to the case seen here. What if the plane gets into difficulty and has to perform an emergency landing? All of a sudden, you've got a potentially dangerous situation, but the people you should care about are drugged up to their eyeballs with depressants and can't react to the situation properly.

[BMN_Prime]

I remember seeing someone online eating a bunch of melatonin gummies as a challenge, I like how this is basically referenced by that

[sirflimflam]

I remember buying melatonin supplements cause I heard you could potentially increase your odds of lucid dreaming with them. I remember the first night I took them, I had the wildest, most ridiculous dream. And then after that night it never happened again no matter what I did. Wagering a guess I psyched myself up the first time and it was more of a placebo. But man, I still have memories of that dream 10 years ago.

[KornyShit]

After watching 90% of this video, i feel im closer to becoming a doctor than to knowing what happened to HB

[andyt]

Poor kid, both parents failed him so much he ended up at the ER: and similar accidents being on a growing trend is incredibly scary.

[jcm]

That mother knew what she was doing and should have received child endangerment charges, and or abuse. As you stated in the beginning of the video, she was tired of his hyperactivity and substituted the melatonin gummies. She knew with the anticipation of him eating them because he thought it was candy gummies. SMH

[Keshlynne]

Young parents especially don't always understand how melatonin works. I had a parent I worked with mention to me a while back about her daughter acting strange and especially sleepy. After asking the mom if she did/gave anything different with her daughter, she mentioned they tried a single melatonin pill the night before. I asked how big the pill was (1 or 2 mg being normal child doses), and after she checked, she found the pill was for 10 mg! She had absolutely no idea she was supposed to cut the pull into quarters for her child! It does state on the warnings not to give to children under six, but who reads the warnings, anymore? One pill means one dose, right? That's too much for most ADULTS, much less a 4-year-old girl!

Fortunately, it was melatonin and not something like a pain pill, which had to be stated after my supervisor found about this and was demanding to know why I didn't report the mom to CPS right away. Young mom, gave kid ONE PILL, she didn't know the dose was too high. It's not like this is something they teach in school, and it's far from parenting 101. Thankfully, the girl was back to normal within a few days, but I felt so bad for that young mom. She really was doing what she thought was right.

Edit: For those saying I should have called CPS anyway and I'm as horrible as the young mother who gave her kid ONE melatonin (NOT like the mother in the story, which people seem to be getting seriously confused about) - It's easy to be judgmental when you're not directly involved in the situation and even easier to be judgmental behind a keyboard. I guarantee you're not quite so aggressive when face-to-face with real people. Maybe grow up a little and learn some compassion and stop being the judgmental narcissist behind a keyboard.

[AmarilloArmadillo]

No one going to talk about how this "Mom" committed attempted murder?