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Suggest Medication For Sleeplessness

My name is Taylor. I am 19 and weigh 190lbs and am 5'11". I have recently messed up my body's internal clock. I was awake until 4 am last night. Then I napped during the day on Wednesday. Now it's 3AM and I can t sleep and i must be awake at 6:30. What can i do to get myself back into a healthy sleep cycle and stop feeling constantly tired? Some have said that I should stay awake until the next night without napping so ill be good and tired to fall asleep at 10 pm.
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for positing your query.

I have noted your problems and noted that you are suffering from sleep-wake cycle disorder.

This disorder was caused by habitual staying up until 4 am.

For you, the best option is the use of melatonin tablets.

The usual dose of melatonin is 3 mg taken 2-3 hours prior to sleep time. The onset of action of this drug occurs within 30 minutes, and it is very safe.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Suggest Medication For Sleeplessness

Hi, Thank you for positing your query. I have noted your problems and noted that you are suffering from sleep-wake cycle disorder. This disorder was caused by habitual staying up until 4 am. For you, the best option is the use of melatonin tablets. The usual dose of melatonin is 3 mg taken 2-3 hours prior to sleep time. The onset of action of this drug occurs within 30 minutes, and it is very safe. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in