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NAS96171
4 days ago

Hi,  

I'm really confused, my Son was really struggling with sleep, focus, and anxiety amongst other things.  We've been attending sleep clinic, GP, counselling and were told to get him assessed for Autism.  We were recommended to try Melatonin to help him sleep and were told that the only way to get it was through prescriptoin and that he would need a diagnosis.  We've now had a diagnosis confirming autism and ADHD but Melios couldn't advise on how to go about getting treatment or medication and said to go back to the GP.   The GP already told us he can't prescribe Melatonin and he told us that we would need to work out the meds with Melios.  Can anyone advise who we can speak to for a prescription?

Thanks.

  • 3 days ago

    I also suggest discussing this with the sleep clinic.

    Whilst I could certainly be mistaken, the NHS resource on melatonin does seem to suggest that a specialist's instructions would be needed in order to obtain it on the NHS:

    "Melatonin is mainly used to treat short-term sleep problems in people aged 55 and over. It can also sometimes be prescribed by specialists to help with longer-term sleep problems in some children and adults."

    https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/melatonin/about-melatonin/

  • 3 days ago

    If you want melatonin just order it from all overseas pharmacy. It's not a controlled substance so it's perfectly legal to do that.

  • 4 days ago

    I'm in the middle of this process right now, actually. A friend of mine whose place I stayed at for a while urged me to speak to my doctor about potential sleep apnea. The doctor then referred me to a sleep clinic, who later got in touch with me. I was asked a series of questions about my sleep habits and issues. There's a score you have to hit with their questions before things can go further. Now I'm awaiting a machine to record my breathing while I sleep, but even if sleep apnea isn't an issue for me, because of how I scored, Melatonin is an option they're considering for me.

  • 4 days ago

    I have major sleep issues and I was offered melatonin which apparently can't take as I have an autoimmune condition.

    You can try promethazine as you can buy that over the counter but you can only use it for a few days as it looses it's effectiveness, it a drowsy type of antihistamine.

    There's a new medication that's been approved by NICE that can only be prescribed by a sleep clinic (or so I've been told) it's called daridorexant.

    I'm on the waiting list for the sleep clinic.