{"id":197218,"date":"2026-07-01T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/?page_id=197218"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:43:32","slug":"adhd-medication-and-sleep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/bucks\/adhd-clinic\/adhd-medication-and-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD Medication and Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ADHD Medication<\/h2>\n<p>We understand you may have questions about ADHD medication and what to expect when you meet with our team. To support you, we\u2019ve included a webinar led by one of our senior clinicians.<\/p>\n<p>In this session, we explain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The types of ADHD medication we use<\/li>\n<li>What to expect during the process<\/li>\n<li>Additional strategies that can support your young person alongside medication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ADHD Medication Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LjT4hAUGjes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Support with sleep<\/h2>\n<p>We also recognise that many children with ADHD experience difficulties with sleep. <span style=\"color: #000000\">If you need support with sleep while waiting for your appointment, please visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/bucks\/adhd-clinic\/support-while-you-wait\/\">Support While You Wait <\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/bucks\/neurodiversity\/sleep\/\">sleep<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">sections for helpful resources and strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sleep Medication<\/h3>\n<p>As an ADHD clinic, we are unable to prescribe sleep medication on its own and therefore cannot accept referrals solely for sleep-related concerns.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a change to guidance for the prescribing of medication for sleep challenges from August 2026. If a child or young person is diagnosed with Autism and\/or ADHD and various sleep strategies have been trialled, GPs are now able to prescribe Melatonin and should be contacted directly to explore this option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADHD Medication We understand you may have questions about ADHD medication and what to expect when you meet with our team. To support you, we\u2019ve included a webinar led by one of our senior clinicians. In this session, we explain: The types of ADHD medication we use What to expect during the process Additional strategies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"parent":197078,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-197218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197218"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197410,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197218\/revisions\/197410"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}