ADHD Brains Show Strange Sleep-Like Activity During Everyday Tasks
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Brainwaves are one thing they measured when I got my second diagnosis (the first was questionnaire-based). I was told my theta waves (associated with sleep) are unusually high and my beta waves (thought & activity) low.
Understanding that hyperactivity is secondary to an underactivation of the brain in ADHD was very enlightening for me. Since then I've taken to napping whenever I feel tired instead of deathmarching through these phases whenever possible. Yes, it messes with my sleep schedule a little bit but it's better than the alternative.
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Brainwaves are one thing they measured when I got my second diagnosis (the first was questionnaire-based). I was told my theta waves (associated with sleep) are unusually high and my beta waves (thought & activity) low.
Understanding that hyperactivity is secondary to an underactivation of the brain in ADHD was very enlightening for me. Since then I've taken to napping whenever I feel tired instead of deathmarching through these phases whenever possible. Yes, it messes with my sleep schedule a little bit but it's better than the alternative.
I tried to take my meds all in the morning instead of morning + noon. I've spent the last 2 weeks napping from middle afternoon to next morning 🫣
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I've heard of that phenomenon but I don't remember what it's called. But basically late night feels like the only "me" time we get so we delay going to bed because bed means jumping fast-forward to the next work day.
I view sleep as the finish to the day instead of the start of the next day like my partner told me he does. I thought about it for a minute after he said that bc it was so foreign to me, then I was like "then how do you ever feel rested?"
It seemed relevant when I started typing, but idk, I'm tired 😂
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I view sleep as the finish to the day instead of the start of the next day like my partner told me he does. I thought about it for a minute after he said that bc it was so foreign to me, then I was like "then how do you ever feel rested?"
It seemed relevant when I started typing, but idk, I'm tired 😂
Makes sense to me :)
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