I am a racoon. Stay awake and eat at night. Sleep/hide during the day.

My pattern: 3am-8am schedule for a few weeks. Something throws that off, anxiety/stress/crying/the usual. Stay awake for 4 days straight. Crash and sleep for 18 hours. Then go back to a 3am-8th pattern for a few weeks. Something throws it off. Stay awake for 4 days. Crash and sleep for 18 hours. Back to the 3am-8am schedule. etc. The pattern continues. 

I need something to help me sleep. Melatonin, something over the counter or even meds from the doctor.

**PROBLEM:** My doctor is leaving the clinic I do to, so I'm about to get a new doctor in a month or two. So...maybe i don't want to feel like the druggie by saying "Hey, new doc i've been assigned! Can you prescribe me some new meds!??!" during our first appointment. Or at least that's not how I want to be perceived.

**What do I do?**