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This forum may be used to discuss the sleeping issues that many of us ADDers have.

a good book for reading when a goodnights sleep is not possible is Chopra's book on Insomnia

I'm ADD and my problem is deep sleep, such as, we just had a new roof put on our small barn, my husband came home from work and wanted to know when and how long it took the roofers to roof the barn, found out they came around 7a.m. and finished around 9:30a.m. not to far from our bedroom,
I slept through it all, I do this alot. I always have, my mother had a terrible time trying to get me up for school.

well, just wondering if I'm the only one with this kind of sleeping problem

over and out for now

fasthummingbird

No, your not the only one. I also have ADD and (when I find the time to sleep) I sleep rather deep myself. Yes, I will also consider it a problem to get out of bed. But, Fasthummingbird, if you would consider the other side, you might not find it to be so bad. If a thunderstorm rolles through your town, more times than not, you won't be awakened by the light or medium thunder crashes. Minor things that wake up others will not usually wake you up.

Once again, I completely agree that its a pain to get out of bed, but you just gotta pull yourself together and do it. But on the other hand, its kinda cool to be able to sleep longer without disturbance.

My parents from time to time will say, did you hear that thunderstorm last night, and I often reply, "What? There was a storm?.." :D

Wish I had a problem deep sleeping... :P

It takes me a long time to fall asleep, and then I wake up every 20 - 40 minutes. I wake up tired. I'm tired most of the day. And yet, I still cannot sleep. I don't even take naps.

Clonidine helps a little teeny bit. It's very aggrevating.

Cyndi

great idea for a forum! i have gone days without a wink of sleep and know others struggle with this as well.

i was thinking about this just this morning because i was up until 5 am, finally drifted off, and awake again at around 8. the good news is that before i started taking my adderall, i dreaded the very idea of trying to fall asleep because my thoughts were the ole freight train going 500 miles an hour. at least nowadays, when i can't sleep, i don't feel edgy or wonder if i'm going nuts. i just feel awake. so generally i check out the forum, read, do some work (i write), or watch cnn. i'd still like to sleep a bit more, but hey, it's definitely on the upswing so i'm not complaining!

Wish I had a problem deep sleeping... :P

It takes me a long time to fall asleep, and then I wake up every 20 - 40 minutes. I wake up tired. I'm tired most of the day. And yet, I still cannot sleep. I don't even take naps.

Clonidine helps a little teeny bit. It's very aggrevating.

Cyndi
i have the same problem. i don't fall asleep for along time. and when I do sleep i don't stay asleep that long. I also am tired during the day. i don't understand why i feel tired but don't sleep. What are you going to do about your sleep disorder?

I have bad sleep problems. I can never fall asleep and when I do I am so active in my sleep I get no rest. Then when I do get rest I wake up every hour instead. I wake up more tired then when I fell asleep a lot and my eyes and head pounds

crumb. Had typed a whole post, and accidentally lost it. :( and I'm trying to get to bed "early" tonight! Grrrr.

Anyway, I've had sleeping problems for a few years. I'd fall asleep at
work, and take one or two 15 minute naps, one in morning, one in afternoon.
It's been getting worse. Last fall, my pdoc sent me to sleep center for overnight sleep study, he thought I had sleep apnea. Didn't, they said I had RLS and was on meds for that for a few months. Didn't seem to help. I'd have trouble falling asleep and/or wake up it seemed every hour or two through the night. Then I quit (with permission) the RLS meds, and took 10mg Sonata most nights. Then, pdoc switched me from 30mg/day Focalin to 60mg Ritalin. That helped the falling asleep at work. The past week or so, however, I've been getting sleepy, around 2 hrs. after taking 40mg Ritalin. I read elsewhere on this forum about someone taking their Lexapro right before bed, and sleeping through the night, so I've done that the past two nights, and have been sleeping through, maybe waking up just once or two. I'm not sure why I'm falling asleep at work again. On bad days, I take a 15 minute nap in morning and afternoon, and sleep for about 30 minutes at lunch. I have been working extra hours at a second job, but last night, for example, I got about 6.5 hrs. sleep. And it's only going to get worse the next few weeks being peak time.

crumb. Had typed a whole post, and accidentally lost it. :( and I'm trying to get to bed "early" tonight! Grrrr.

Anyway, I've had sleeping problems for a few years. I'd fall asleep at
work, and take one or two 15 minute naps, one in morning, one in afternoon.
It's been getting worse. Last fall, my pdoc sent me to sleep center for overnight sleep study, he thought I had sleep apnea. Didn't, they said I had RLS and was on meds for that for a few months. Didn't seem to help. I'd have trouble falling asleep and/or wake up it seemed every hour or two through the night. Then I quit (with permission) the RLS meds, and took 10mg Sonata most nights. Then, pdoc switched me from 30mg/day Focalin to 60mg Ritalin. That helped the falling asleep at work. The past week or so, however, I've been getting sleepy, around 2 hrs. after taking 40mg Ritalin. I read elsewhere on this forum about someone taking their Lexapro right before bed, and sleeping through the night, so I've done that the past two nights, and have been sleeping through, maybe waking up just once or two. I'm not sure why I'm falling asleep at work again. On bad days, I take a 15 minute nap in morning and afternoon, and sleep for about 30 minutes at lunch. I have been working extra hours at a second job, but last night, for example, I got about 6.5 hrs. sleep. And it's only going to get worse the next few weeks being peak time.

Thanx for your post. I'm a newbie trying to slog thru the site. I've been taking Effexor for depression but taking it 1st thing in the AM. It never occurred to me to take it at night so I could get to sleep sooner. I loved the line about sleeping at work. I was an outside salesman before I retired and can't tell you the number of times I was awakened during the day in some parking lot by a cop asking if I was OK. Had a terrible time almost falling asleep at the wheel. Your post pretty much describes my condition except I am such a light sleeper that when I finally fall asleep I am literally awakened by everything. When I was on the road I dreaded checking into the hotel every night because of the constant noise. I hope you have solved your problem, you may well have solved mine.

I find it hard to get to sleep, even when I'm etremely tired I can lay awake all night and be awake all day, and still not be able to get to sleep the next night. I found that playing classical music as I try to sleep sometimes helps me, but other times I'll just lay awake and listen to the music. Also if I know that I have to get up early the next morning for an appointment, there is no hope of me getting to sleep,and I get aggravated with myself and count down the hours until I have to get up. Does anyone else have that problem?

I found a .25mg or .5 mg dose of xanax about an hour before I want to go to sleep will help on those nights that I know that I HAVE to sleep. I don't do it often because I don't want to be dependant on the xanax but it helps in those situations where I know I need to be 100% in the morning. The only thing that sucks is I have to decide early enough to do it or else getting up is HORRIBLE. :eek: