As a child, I’d often lie awake and ponder life’s mysteries, like what would happen if you drilled a hole from one side of the Earth to the other side, and dropped a rock down the hole. For me, nighttime has always been a time to think, which is part of the problem. I have spent countless hours lying in bed, unsuccessfully trying to fall asleep.
We wake up tired the next day, which exacerbates our ADHD symptoms. This predictably leads to frustration and more trouble falling asleep. When it should be asleep, the ADHD mind starts racing and thinking about all sorts of things - none of which are actually conducive to sleep. The ADHD brain feels almost innately incapable of rest. It is almost universally understood that those of us with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) simply have a harder time going to sleep at night.
