#adhd sleep

[starkid256]

sleep is such a scam for people with adhd.

lets go to sleep. but it will take you 30 minutes. is something wrong? oh, your positions uncomfy? well then, go change it. oops! you just lost half the sleep fuel you were saving up. oh, are you too sweaty? you might wanna do something about that. promise it wont take too much sleep meter to shuffle your blanket around a bit. oops! just drained some more. wanna remember that cringey thing you did when you were 10? yeahhh. hey. hey. hey. hey you. yeah you. i have something to tell you. you have to pee. and once youre done... oops! back to ground zero!!!!!!!!

[thatadhdmood]

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[adhd-community]

Hi, newly diagnosed ADHD friend here. Any tips or strategies for waking up in the morning? No matter how early I get to bed I'm always sleeping in and running late to things...I'm on medication but I gotta wake up to take it and half the time I can't manage it 😭 I hate the feeling of wasting half the day but don't know how to stop...

The only solution I have found to this in my own life is using apps like Alarmy (I use the free version) which allows you to set a 'challenge' you have to complete before the alarm will turn off.

For me this challenge is to scan the barcode of the soap bottle in my bathroom. Because I HAVE to be on my feet in the bathroom for it to stop I can't instantly fall asleep again or turn it off accidently. I keep my meds near the soap bottle so that the next steps of my routine (take meds, get in shower) happen before I have actually processed that I am awake.

By the time I get out of the shower my meds have kicked in, I'm clean, and I'm a semi-functioning, mostly conscious human once more!! Then the prospect of nice cereal gets me down the stairs.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

“Winners don’t hit snooze” drop dead actually. Fucking die.

Winners don’t go around assuming everyone is just as privileged and healthy and well rested as them

Winners don’t shame others for whatever accommodations they might need to maintain a decent quality of life

Winners don’t act like pretentious ableist assholes in fact I’m pretty sure winners are perceptive open-minded kind and understanding. Idk

[evrthngisallknownbutwhatsunknown]

https://www.additudemag.com/delayed-sleep-phase-syndrome-signs-treatments-adhd/amp/

[penguicorns-are-cool]

Sleep Tax

so I've been thinking about something and I'm gonna call it sleep tax

basically, because of my ADHD I need a bit of extra time to get ready in the morning, but also the earlier I wake up the more time I need cause I'm also dealing with sleep deprivation.

So like, if I need to leave home at 8:30 I need to fully wake up by 7:30 so my first alarm has to be at 7:00 so I have time for a few snoozes and an hour to get ready. If I have to leave by 8:00 though I need to wake up fully by 7:00 to even have a chance of getting ready in time and my first alarm has to be around 6:20.

And it gets worse if it's cold cause now there's the extra step of forcing myself into the cold and the cold makes everything else harder to do. So now I have to wake up like 15 minutes earlier to give myself time for that but really my first alarm is way before that so I can have proper snoozing time. Like, Now to leave at 8:30 I have to fully wake up around 7:15 or earlier and my first alarm will be at 6:30.

Now, if waking up this early makes me sleep deprived for whatever reason. Like maybe I had a lot of work the night before, or I had a bad day and ended up staying up late on Tumblr trying to decompress to the point that I could get to sleep, or I just couldn't sleep. Then it'll start a cycle of not so great energy-sapping days where it's hard to sleep and I consistently get to bed closer to 1-2am. Now I'm getting like 6 or less hours of sleep a night and am getting very sleep-deprived so getting ready is even slower. Now I have to wake up even earlier to compensate for that. My first alarm now is at 6:20 (or earlier) so I can wake up at 7:00

And if I have to wake up earlier when I'm already waking up at 7:00 and have to leave around 8:00 instead of 8:30, well I just kind of die cause now I'm waking up at 6:45 with my first alarm at 6:00 or 5:55 all while getting less than 5 hours of sleep a night

So now I'm in this horrible cycle of getting more and more sleep deprived because the sleep deprivation and other stuff makes it harder and harder to get ready so I have to wake up earlier and earlier which makes my days more and more energy-sapping which means I stay up later and I get more sleep-deprived and I'm even slower getting ready and have to wake up earlier and on and on and on

[vulpisnocturna]

Right, I’m really curious. Do any other neurodivergent people (esp ADHD/autism) have weird dreams? I’m talking mostly negative ones, where nightmare scenarios happen, but mainly long and bizarre, often with fully fleshed out storylines, characters, and plot. I have found some studies linking ADHD to more negative dreams, but it was in children only, and didn’t talk about how bizarre and vivid they are. I’ve always been told my dreams are wacky or that I should write books from the storylines in my dreams. I’m wondering if anyone else has a similar experience?

[alexthelankyfae]

✨If your adhd affects your sleep - i love you💛

✨If you can't fall asleep without a youtube video - i love you💛

✨If you can only fall asleep when it's light outside - i love you💛

✨It's not your fault. You are doing your best. There's nothing wrong with you💛

✨You deserve to rest in a warm, soft bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and beloved pets. Even if you can't sleep, honey💛

✨Sleep will come, but the chance to be kind to yourself is already here💛