Chronic Insomnia: Followup Post (piefed.social)

submitted 4 days ago by weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Hey everybody! I wanted to follow-up on my original post from a month ago.

A few comments suggested taking Magnesium supplements. I did more research and found other examples where magnesium appeared to help with ADHD related insomnia. Specifically Magnesium Threonate. I've been taking it for just over a month and have definitely noticed improvement.

I actually feel tired when it's getting close to bed time. I typically fall asleep within 30 minutes of laying down and sleep through the night with minimal interruptions. It's hard to quantify but if I had to guess, my sleep habits have improved by 85 - 90%.

I also feel like my emotional state is more "stable" throughout the day. Not sure if this is an effect of the Magnesium, getting adequate rest, or maybe a combination of both.

I stopped taking melatonin supplements because I think they were making me feel groggy the next day. I also stopped wearing blue light glasses since they don't seem to be necessary.

At any rate, I'm liking the results so far.

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[-] searabbit@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

That's great! Since there's so much overlap between ADHD and sleep disorders, I wonder if sleep disorders should be ruled out or addressed before prescribing other medications for ADHD. I say that because I'm diagnosed with sleep apnea/ narcolepsy which has a lot of symptom overlap with ADHD, and stimulants really just masked the issue. I also never felt much symptom relief until I got my sleep fixed (with medication). Stimulants actually made me get worse over time.

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