Home
Symptoms
Difference ADHD ADD
Disability Act
Assessment
Accommodate
ADHD Achiever
ADHD Help
Visitor Responses
Tips for Sharing
Articles
ADHD Research
Have ADHD?
Gifted
Case Study
Toddler
Test
Teachers
Adult
Causes
Video Request
Sleep
Combined Type
website
Child Diet
Iron Deficiency
Videos
Calendar
Message Boards
Adult ADHD
Cure Treatment Diet
Diet Review
Cure
Alternative Treatment
Omega 3
Herbal Medicine
Remedies
Medication List
Medicine Treatments
Site Info Newsletter
About Me
Contact Me
ADHD Blog
Site Search
Store
Deborah Merlin

[?] Subscribe To This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

 

ADHD Sleep Disorders - ADHD Insomnia

Click on this link to ask a question or comment on ADHD sleep disorders, View other's comments and questions.

ADHD and sleep don't seem to go well together. We seem to suffer with some kind of ADHD insomnia. This can be for many reasons and as I covered the in the video, I think I left one off and I will talk about that on this page. That is about the effects of medication.

As I discussed in the video, one of the reasons people with ADHD have problems with sleep is the energy level. We tend to have more energy and stay up late at night and wake up late. For most jobs, this wont work and there is a way to help this.

The extra energy levels may come from a die that has sugar in it or to much carbs. Sugar is extremely bad for someone with ADHD. Carbs turn into sugar, so if someone with ADHD has to many carbs, then they will have a lot of sugar.

There can be certain things effecting the person that is causing symptoms, like chocolate, gluten, casein, or other ingredients in food.

So, eat a proper diet and eat a good amount of protein and the right amount of carbs (fruit & vegetables) for your body. Only you can determine that. If you eat some fruit and you feel fine to only eat more and then can't concentrate or focus and get hyperactive, then you have eaten more than you can handle.

One of the other things that causes ADHD sleep disorders is medication. People with ADHD are prescribed stimulant medication. Stimulants are "speed". They make people have ADHD insomnia, so then a doctor has to prescribe a sleep medication.

When the medication wears off, people usually fall asleep. Hopefully it wears off early enough though, which it doesn't in all cases.

There are many other problems that come along with these medications which are discussed on the medication pages.

Have a question or something to share?

Have a question or something to share? Ask or Share it!

Enter Your Title

What Other Visitors Have Said

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

Melatonin Supplements and ADHD.  starstarstarstarstar
ADHD Kids have a lot of trouble concentrating. In the day they are hyperactive and at night the hardly sleep.

In a bid to help their ADHD child sleep ...

ADHD Insomnia  starstarstarstarstar
My son has been diagnosed with ADHD since he was about 6 years old. I wouldn't accept that diagnosis at that time because it was a "FAD diagnosis" at that ...

I have extra energy at night  Not rated yet
Ok so not necesarilly em I extremely tired the whole day but if you were to offer to go somehwere or do something I'd pass... THEN AT NIGHT... I want to ...



Return to ADHD Help homepage from ADHD Sleep Disorders - ADHD Insomnia

footer for adhd sleep disorders page