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[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I take meds to help me sleep at night. My crippling ADHD keeps my mind from resting without help. I'm on stimulants, but my last dose is at noon. Any later than that, and they'll just cancel out my sleeping meds.

[-] Rukmer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I set an alarm and wake up an hour before I wake up to take my stimulants. I take them then sleep for another hour. That's the only way they don't worsen my insomnia. And I'm in the smallest dose and I take it before the sun rises.

I had severe insomnia before I got my stimulants and as long as I keep that very early regimen they don't worsen my insomnia.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That is a good idea, but I can't go back to sleep once I've woken up on most days because my dogs get way too excited about it being morning and have to play as hard as they can be and harass tf outta me. My goldendoodle puppy gets in my face and licks my nose every morning and demands that I flap her ears around while she does slammy-whammies. My beagle has to get big morning hugs every day, or he'll just stare at me and yell at an ever-increasing volume.

I take my stimulant in the morning once the dogs have left me alone so I can get ready for the day. My afternoon stimulant is during or right after lunch and is mostly to try to keep the afternoon sleepies at bay. My work tends to slow down in the afternoons, so I get pretty sleepy on a lot of days lol. I took it at 2 pm once and I did not sleep that night. My ADHD is super bad, but I'm sensitive to stimulants. A low dose works incredibly well for me. I'm on other meds that can work as stimulants a bit, so I'm sure they're giving my ADHD medication a lil boost lol.

[-] Rukmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haha I'm the same, severely ADHD but really sensitive to the stimulants. But my metabolism is slow, so it lasts me most of the day when I take it early. And yeah I have cats... I keep my pill in bed, and when I roll over to take it, they literally step all over me on me face and slam their heads into my head hahaha.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao. Cats are so silly.

[-] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have the opposite issue as I'm unmedicated for my ADHD, I can drink coffee at around noon and it'll quiet down my brain enough that it can help me sleep

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that's interesting. Coffee doesn't really wake me up or relax me. I still have like 3 cups a day though lmao

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