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This tiny maneuver is going to cost us a day's worth of productivity (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

"Sleeping early" ha, no such thing. Just setting yourself up to stare at the ceiling.

We're supposed to force ourselves to get up still dead tired instead even if we didn't get much and "eventually" says the doctor, "you will get tired enough to sleep on time". LIES. ALL LIES.

[-] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

I read somewhere people with ADHD often have either a delayed circadian rhythm or one thats longer than 24 hours. No amount of pigeonholing life into the usually prevalent circadian rhythms is going to fix that I think.

Startup idea: We slow down the earth's rotation to adhere to these longer cycles.

[-] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Or we go to mars, days are slightly longer there.

Never been diagnosed adhd but my body def wants a 26hr day.

[-] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, that's what I was told every time I brought up my sleep issues. Yeah, it's been a few decades and surprise it's never worked. Overtired me tends to be awake for longer. And then when I eventually crash, because it is inevitable, I crash HARD and sleep for 10+ hours completely dead to the world. Thankfully so far I haven't slept through anything super important. I can only go to sleep quickly if I run myself absolutely ragged.

[-] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Same. My brain doesn't want to sleep "early" even if I have gone all week on less than 3 hrs each night, and waking early is pure hell. But staying up and then letting my crash hit at a time I know I will then wake when I -want- to is almost trivial if nobody interferes.

[-] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yep, like just like everything else, not everything works for everyone. I've been awake for 26+ hours to the point I'm hallucinating and still unable to fall asleep. But apparently I just have to wait till I'm tired enough. As if being awake for 26 hours straight isn't enough? I also can generally make it so I can be awake at the right time if left to my own devices. Which is why I'm really glad I'm out of my parents house, because they would decide "you've been sleeping long enough" and wake me up an hour after I fell asleep.