ADD/ADHD

[elSicomoro]

I sometimes wonder if I have it, but I think for me, it's a matter of interest. If I'm truly interested in something, it has my total attention. Otherwise, I can stray.

[DucksNuts]

My nephew has ADD and has been on valium or equivalent since he was about 6yrs old (now 22yrs).

I'm pretty similar to you, bbro and Clod, but just accepted that its the way I am.

I dont sleep unless I have the air con (fan setting in winter) running or some white noise and occasionally, I still usually take drugs by the end of the week because I am exhausted.

The days at work are taxing, but I have learned how to deal with it and some days at home are worse than others.

People just say I am generally *up*, hyper or scattery.

The exercise advice is GREAT!! It works for me anyways.

To sleep, a book is the best thing for me. I've done a lot of research on sleep and I think it has helped me to understand how to help myself get to sleep. You have to train yourself how to settle and fall asleep....like sleep schools train babies/infants.

I always pay attention to my bodies signs that it WANTS to sleep, and understand that *tired/sleep* cycles usually run in 15 mins group.

There is no point going to bed because its *time* you went to sleep, you need to go to bed because your body is telling you its sleep time.

That said, you have to offer your body the right environment to want to sleep.

Routine is good and some little thing that helps take your mind off whatever it is racing about and helps relax you into sleep.

For me, its......Laying in bed and trying to sink further and further into the mattress, then....Starting down near my toes...I focus on the smallest group of muscles I can....clenching those muscles...holding them for 15 seconds then releasing them. I then move on upwards onto the next group of muscles, like the calf. I dont really remember getting past my stomach muscles.