I was diagnosed with ADHD and started on medication at 12, but not really told anything about what it meant for me or how to deal with it, and when I was 18 -literally when my parents dropped me off at college- was told I was autistic

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  • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm 19 and in college. I've had severe lifelong sleep issues that I just never thought much about. Did some research and turns out I have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder. After talking to some people with it I found out it is usually comorbid with ADHD. I didn't think much of it at first but after about 2 months I started considering the possibility that I had ADHD.

    Basically for my entire life I've thought "Hmm most of my extended family maternally and paternally has ADHD, and all their stories about what it's like for them sure is relatable, however I am just a lazy piece of shit and don't want to discredit their legitimate struggles" and then after thinking maybe I did have ADHD I did a lot of research and turns out oh wait I do have it

    • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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      4 years ago

      Oh my god you have just changed my entire fucking life. I thought I was just a lazy asshat. That is me. Like. Completely. Just....holy fuckballs.....

      If they are allowed to follow their own schedules, e.g. sleeping from 4:00 am to 1:00 pm, their sleep is improved and they may not experience excessive daytime sleepiness.

      If left to my own devices, I sleep from like 3am-noon give or take...

      A chief difficulty of treating DSPD is in maintaining an earlier schedule after it has been established, as the patient's body has a strong tendency to reset the sleeping schedule to its intrinsic late times.

      I work opens (6am). It takes me weeks to get myself going to bed on time and getting up on time....and one fucking day to destroy it.

      I am serious. I am sitting here just mouth agape. I did not know this was a thing. I didn't know I was, if not normal, at least explainable.

      • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Right? That's exactly what I was feeling. It sucks too because I am a heavy, heavy sleeper. Right now, I sleep through my alarms which include: My phone alarm, two alarm clocks, a thing that vibrates my pillow, and a garage light on a timer positioned about 3 feet from my head

        • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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          4 years ago

          Yep. Just read the whole wikipedia thing and am feeling really called out right now (Insert Facebook "I'm in this image and I don't like it" meme)...I have 2 alarms plus my fitbit that vibrates, captchas to turn the alarms off, and a horrendous addiction to coffee.

            • SeizeDameans [she/her,any]
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              4 years ago

              It keeps me alive at 6am until I actually 'wake up' around noon at work. Otherwise, it doesn't do much for me, either. I seriously wish I could convince my psych that just cuz I can function doesn't mean that I wouldn't appreciate not having to put quite so much concentrated effort into it. I know I'll always have to work harder with executive functioning and crap but I really would like a wee bit more help.

              • Janked [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Hey y'all are also me and have unlocked yet another piece of my undiagnosed ADHD, holy shiiiiiiiit

    • goldsound [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Fall asleep after midnight? Trouble with mornings? Comorbid with ADHD?

      Fuck. Looks like I need to investigate this... glad every therapist I've ever had is just like "practice good sleep hygiene lol".

      EDIT: Reading that article further, I would like to put a restraining order on the author of that page because clearly they have been stalking me my entire life.