The issue I’ve always had is that I can’t sleep without noise. Without a show/podcast, my brain just won’t stop…wanting to think? But with something on, it’s like it goes into passive mode and falls asleep. It’s the difference between falling asleep in 15 minutes versus staying awake until 3AM 🤷🏻‍♀️

I always have trouble with sleep. I feel like I have a routine and BOOM a week later I’m staying up until 3 a.m. This drives me crazy. My ADHD ass can’t hold on to self-imposed routines for very long.

Edited to add: after reading (ok, skimming - It’s long!) the article, maybe I’ll have to try using my SAD therapy lamp year-round to get my sleep rhythms a bit more regulated.

I am I the inly one that has to drink extra, extra strong coffee to even contemplate sleep?

@kepic Thank you, @kepic , for the link to https://BrainClinics.com. They have links to a huge number of @Scientific studies on @Sleep, @ADHD, @depression, and various therapies.

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I know this is hardly a solution for everyone, but I got a cat a little less than a year ago that I’ve conditioned to eat at 8 every morning so that encourages me not to stay up late, even if I feel like “the rest of the night is being wasted.” I could probably get her to eat later, but the consistency is helpful to the both of us. Nowadays the absolute latest I’m asleep is 1:30, but usually I’m in bed by midnight and almost always out by 1. The longer it’s been going on the easier it’s been to maintain too, these days I start getting tired around 11:30.

@kepic currently trying to read and really understand this, because I’ve been experiencing sleeping problems since as long as I (#ActuallyAutistic) can consciously remember.

Sleep is not the easiest topic in scientific research for a layperson to understand, I’ve just discovered.😅