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  • x87_floatingpoint [he/him, it/its]
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    2 days ago

    Why am unable to fall asleep at a reasonable time?

    This has been messing with me a lot the past week. Tired all day, brain isn't working properly due to the lack of sleep, then when it's time to try sleeping, I suddenly am excited and not sleepy, like right now.

    Is this an ADHD thingy? I have been suspecting myself of having it on top of everything else, but no proof, and I don't fit the stereotype of it

    If I was able to go to sleep right now, I could do cool stuff on the weekend tomorrow while at peak mental capacity, but no, now that would be a good time to sleep I can't actually fall asleep catgirl-flop

    • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      Is this an ADHD thingy? I have been suspecting myself of having it on top of everything else, but no proof, and I don’t fit the stereotype of it

      Poor sleep schedule is definitely an ADHD thing! Makes it hard to focus on trying to sleep instead of just thinking yourself awake

    • x87_floatingpoint [he/him, it/its]
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      2 days ago

      The lack of daylight for waking up is probably not helping, but also I can't open the window because it always makes me feel like I'm being watched and then I can't asleep screm-aaaaa

      I can't rearrange the furniture so that there isn't a direct line of sight from outside to the bed where I'm sleeping, either, no space here for rearranging any of the furniture

      • The_sleepy_woke_dialectic [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        I literally got one of those sun lamps aimed at the ceiling and put it on a christmas tree timer set to turn on when I want to wake up. It helps.