Sleep deprivation is a big, big deal when it comes to ADHD.  It makes ADHD symptoms worse; it makes it harder to control your emotions; it diminishes your performance; and it interferes with becoming more reliable in your life and relationship by interfering with creating new habits.

Phew!

Sadly, (and inconveniently!) the majority of those with ADHD have significant sleep issues.  Everything from natural diurnal clocks that don’t align with many jobs to sleep apnea and too much (exhausting) REM sleep.  What do you do?

I have put together a list of ideas on the science of getting more sleep.  I urge you to check out this blog post on how to get better sleep.  It may help you create a more regular sleep schedule.  If you try, and those ideas don’t work, consider going to a sleep specialist to see if you have a hard-to-notice sleep issue that can be corrected.  I know one woman, for example, who just felt exhausted all the time.  A sleep specialist diagnosed that not only did she have Sleep Apnea but that REM sleep was too large a portion of her sleep cycle.  Since REM sleep is quite exhausting to the brain, this was contributing to her feeling constantly tired.  The combination of a C-Pap machine and an anti-depressant (which diminishes REM sleep, as it turns out) has made a huge difference in her energy and ability to perform to the levels she chooses.

For those who sleep with a snoring partner, I’ve just discovered the joys of pink noise.  You can get 12-hours of uninterrupted pink noise through Spotify that does a great job (at not a very high volume) of smoothing out the ‘bumpiness’ of snoring that wakes partners up.

Do you or your partner struggle with getting enough sleep?  Take it seriously!

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➤  Non-ADHD Partner Support Groups - Limited to 10 participants.  Two topics per day.  Recorded for the confidential use of participants.

The objectives of the support group are to:

• have you be part of a community of people exploring similar issues
• learn from each other's successes and struggles
• find new, more effective ways to be your best self in your relationship

SEMINARS, GROUPS:

ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My premier, highly acclaimed 9-session zoom seminar  has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. The next LIVE seminar will start in Fall 2024. (There will be NO spring seminar in 2024.) 

Non ADHD Partner Support Group (Registration open) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group - Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.

New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.  

FREE RESOURCES:

How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD; 

Downloadable chapters of my books;

A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;

A large number of blog posts on various topics;

Referrals

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