instruction: hello doctor this is for my 19 year old son who has been struggling with not being able to regulate his sleep schedule for several years he is up all night and sleeps all day he consulted a sleep specialist once he suggested sleep modifications but they did not work this has really not allowed him to graduate or be involved in life at all I believe it is also making him withdraw and depressed I am very scared of medications side effects and becoming addicted to them can you suggest any advise to help him
output: hello sleep disorders to the extent like your son which is continuing for so long and it is not getting better need a evaluation in my opinion thyearoid function test serum vitamin b12 are the basic blood tests need to be taken sleep modifications is must and do not worry about medicines and their addiction or side effects because his future life is more important than any medicine side effect also nothing is addictive if it is taken under the supervision of a qualified doctor you can choose to give him over the counter hormone called melatonin in doses between my to induce sleep in night this hormone is produced by the body naturally to induce sleep once your son has a good night sleep his sleep cycle would be fine and his issues will solve