As someone with ADHD I find it’s a common experience for many that we stay up all night. I’ve fought that in the past but now I kinda feel like I should just accept it. Go to bed late, get up late. However that’s not very conducive to a normal business routine.

How do you all handle your mornings and nights? Is it worth it even to try to change?

  • heeplr@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    8 hours sleep is pretty normal but your inner clock is off a bit. There are tons of reasons I’ve heard off over the time (not an expert, just hating alarm clocks).

    Some of those reasons are:

    • Coffee/Alcohol/Substance consumption
    • suboptimal sleep hygiene (especially light is vital to set your inner alarm clock)
    • emotional stress
    • not enough physical activity

    If any of these fit for you, try working on it and see, if it changes after a few days/weeks.

    If not: Chronobiology is still kind of a young field and not all doctors know about it. You could try to give your local university a call/visit if they have chronobiologists. They will have excellent sources and probably can name doctors near you or even might be interested in you as subject to study.

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      1 year ago

      The reason I post here on neurodivergence is because, yes I know these things, but also I can’t stick to a habit for more than a week that requires executive function. I will always relapse on exercise, diet, sleep, work, or social life. Idk how people do all 5.