OMG are these people NUTS??? Where is the compassion? Why don't they use their BRAINS?? It is a perfectly reasonable request for someone in your situation. Did they even bother to look at your file? I remain completely flummoxed by the attitude towards sleep by many medicos that I have come across. Don't they understand the crucial role it plays in good health and healing? On one hand we have pretty much constant exhortation in the press about the importance of sleep, how it affects stress, our immune systems, brain health etc etc. And then on the other hand you have morons lecturing mature women in hospital at 2am about drug addiction when all they want to do is have a good night's sleep in a loud unfamiliar environment... FFS!