Published on 12, July, 2020
Can the NHS prescribe melatonin to adults? I went to see my gp about sleeping issueso im having. They can only give me 7 sleep tablets that I can only take a maximum of 1 a week as a short term solution. They want me to go as see my asd phycologist to see ifull they can prescribe melatonin as the gp cannot
Melatonin works to re-establish a normal pattern of day and night. There seems to be growing evidence that prolonged exposure to daylight is persuading the body that the day part of our lives is getting longer and longer and that we are, as a consequence, pushing the night time activity of sleep into smaller and smaller segments of the day. The "daylight" comes from TV, computers phones etc that shine with the mix of colours that looks like daylight. People are being advised to turn off these devices for an hour before bedtime to give the body the message that the day is over and it is time for sleep.
The following two sources tell this story...
www.bbc.co.uk/.../b08hymf3
www.theguardian.com/.../go-school-two-half-hours-sleep-british-children-arent-sleeping