Re: Exercise and sleep

[Anonymous]

bill, it was opposite for me, my ADD psychiatrist said “treat the sleep issues first, then treat any residual ADD”. The sleep psychiatrist said he was very smart to suggest the sleep study before going forward with ADHD treatment.

I slept better at night on ritalin, and have read that it helps sleep issues with adults with ADHD, but I have not had a sleep study while on ritalin so I don’t know if it helps with the fragmented sleep that I have. Very definitely family and clinical history of narcolepsy for me, so that takes priority, and getting my sleep settled down with a sedative for a few months.

I have been listening to the CD of the No More Sleepless Nights book, it’s interesting, they give different perspectives depending on the issue you might have. For example, in older people (like me, getting there) the change in body temperature overnight is less than in a younger person, normally the temp drops a few degrees and hits its low around 4 am. But for older people, it doesn’t drop much at all. So the book/CD suggested that an older person could have a warm/hot bath (I forgot which) before going to bed, in order to raise the body temp and achieve the temp difference that way.

I’m glad we’re all working on our sleep issues here, it’s so important!

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