Can the doctors give you sleeping tablets? I'm finding it hard to switch off at night and sometimes I'm not going to bed till 3?

There are plenty of o.t.c. meds to help you sleep including Melatonin.

UK answer.

It really depends on the individual GP and their practice policy. Sleeping tablets such as Zopiclone and Zolpidem are habit forming so if they are prescribed to you it will be at the lowest dose for only a few days. A low dose of a tricyclic antidepressant such as Trazadone or a low dose of a sedating antipsychotic such as Quetiapine may be prescribed instead. Many GPs will just lecture you on sleep hygiene and not prescribe anything. All you can do is try.

Of course. No one but a doctor can give you them. I've had some luck with trazedone which is not narcotic so it's not addictive, Doctors are real careful about letting anyone get the good stuff unless they are on their death bed.

They might prescribe sleeping tablets, although in the first case they'd be more likely to suggest one of the over the counter sleep aids.