GP will not help my son

[mummytotwoxo]

To sum it up my son is neurodivergent. ADHD. We have struggled with sleep for years. The past 6 weeks it's getting really bad, he's taking 3-4 hours to get to sleep and waking and wondering through the night. My daughters HV mentioned discussing melatonin with the GP, I've contacted every day this week, they cannot even call me back for several weeks due to high demand. I called 111 because we had to keep him off school due to not sleeping, 111 doctors booked me in for a same day phone call with my sons gp surgery on Wednesday it's now Friday and no one has contacted me. I don't know what to do☹️

Do you have the link for the GMC?

Not funny !!!

You can buy melatonin over the counter or online from certain countries I've bought it from Poland in the past .

You won't get the melatonin prescription from the GP, it will have to be either a pediatrician or a psychiatrist. Alternatively, if someone you know travels to France, they can easily buy melatonin in several forms without prescription. We buy Melatonin Gummy ZzzQuil Sommeil melatonine ( Vitamine B6, Valeriane, Camomille, Lavande) - 22.99 euros for 60 gummies.

I get it prescribed from my GP a regular basis with no referral to anyone else. Low dose slow release and it really helps.

edited: as my post reappeared

OP do you know anyone living in Germany? Some supermarkets, all 'Drogeriemaerkte' and all pharmacies there store it.
The company 'Doppelherz' do tiny pills with 1mg of melatonin, and a spray version where one puff is 0,5mg - that would probably be easiest for you boy.

https://www.doppelherz.de/produkte/doppelherz-aktiv-melatonin-spray

Looks like you can buy it online (click on 'online Angebote') but thanks to Brexit I'm not sure they'll ship to the UK.

You dint need to go to germany t9 find me,at onin. It’s sold in the U.K.,

Example only - I don’t know anything about dosage for children!
But for adults, 3mg the highest dose for sleep and it often works better at lower doses.
https://www.biovea.com/uk/productlist/categorydispatch?CID=23699&deptID=22&FiltersObject=%7B%22SortValue%22:%7B%7D,%22PageSize%22:36,%22CompareProducts%22:%5B%5D,%22Brands%22:%7B%7D,%22FormValues%22:%5B%5D,%22PriceRanges%22:%5B%5D,%22Categories%22:%5B%5D,%22objects%22:%5B%5D%7D

Is this for me? Im asking if the poster has the reference that GPS will get sent to the GMC. ,I think that is rubbish and they wont

I thought you were joking as she was being sarcastic. I think melatonin was off licence but it also depends if it's in the Gp formulary and if it's only a secondary care prescription

There's no specific GMC link re the prescribing it's just it ( used to be ) off licence

So no gps have been threatened?

Melatonin is specialist initiation only. GP cannot initiate. Look it up in the BNFC. They will not be trying to 'fob you off'

Try 'right to choose' for expediting ADHD referral.

Pharmacies can prescribe antibiotics for UTI.

Yes but GP can’t prescribe without direction from consultant

You can by magnesium or antihistamines over the counter. You can order melatonin offline. The nhs doesn't have massively higher standards than the FDA (in the US you can get it over the counter) the difference is that fewer drugs in general are prescribed here because the individual doesn't pay (directly)

Yes, that’s what I said.

Anti histamines or mast cell stabilisers could help. Something like cyproheptadine

No pretty sure they sell it in supermarkets