Comment by kace91
1 month ago
This is weird.
I’m friends with a doctor (med student until recently) who I remember telling me about 5 years ago as a fun fact that adhd is somewhat related to sleep regulation, that the tendencies of adhd people (hyperfocusing on topics, fidgetting, etc) are mostly compensating behaviors to maintain wakefulness.
I remember because I’m actually diagnosed (very recently). Is this not common knowledge?
It doesn't make sense to me. I was diagnosed with ADHD at the start of the year. I've had consistently good sleep for several years prior to the diagnosis and I never particularly felt tired
I see what you mean. For me it’s not exactly about being tired without meds, but I would describe the effect of the meds as “awaking”, in the sense that their effect on my focus is similar to what I’d get taking caffeine on a day I haven’t sleep.
The “mental clouds dispersing” effect is similar, if that makes sense? So my mental model was something like the brain showing “lack of sleep effects” (without the feeling) when it shouldn’t.