I had a pretty busy day yesterday Sunday, and yet at bed time around 11:30 PM I still was restless and played Cyberpunk 2077 for about 3 hours before finally hitting the sack.
These 3 hours are an #ADHD tax, and I’m going to pay for it in reduced energy until Wednesday, if and only if I don’t get restless again at bedtime for a couple nights, which may not happen, independently of my will.
I couldn’t have slept on time even if I had tried, I know it because it has happened to me before and I just ended up lying in bed, wide awake, with my brain still obsessing over something. In this case the best I can do is give in to my brain’s terrorism and do the thing I’m obsessing over before finally be ready for sleep a few hours later.
And it has nothing to do with my mood, I can be content like yesterday and still need this time for my brain to quiet down.
How does it work for you?
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MikeK
•Only discovered my ADHD after 67 years last year.
This is exactly my experience.
At least I know what it is now.
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•MikeK
•Certainly does.
Last year was pretty tumultuous for me, both the realisation and the hoops I had to go through to get medication.
Been a hell of a ride so far.
Two things I've discovered about telling people about ADHD.
- The ones who need to be told what it's like say, 'but everyone is like that'
- The ones who have heard of it repeat the line 'it's a blessing and a curse'.
so I'm quite circumspect about who I tell.
Thanks for the nice response.
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•chronic mismatch between a person's normal daily rhythm, compared to other people and societal norms
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•I have to listen to podcasts to fall asleep, and have to queue them up carefully to get myself to rest:
1) a really fun one OR heated politics one that I'm absolutely NOT going to fall asleep to, just to give my body a chance to acclimatise to laying in the dark without my brain panicking that I'm trying to shut it down.
2) an interesting science one to emotionally come down but still be interested
3) a contemplative one, meditation, or some sleep sounds.
Sneaky lull to sleep.
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