\[ **BT: [[human beings#human health]]** ] --- # sleep [[Insufficient sleep leads to all kinds of health risks and complications (cancer, heart disease, diabetes … and less happiness).]][^1] [[The human brain adjusts to being sleep-deprived. This means you might feel fine on less hours. However, you’d feel much better on a proper amount—and your body and brain aren’t feeling fine, no matter what you think.]][^2] ## sleep and ADHD - see also: [[ADHD]] [[People with ADHD face ‘intrinsic challenges’ when it comes to sleep.]][^3] + **Practise good sleep hygiene**—a regular sleep/wake schedule, limiting caffeine, getting daytime exercise, keeping the bedroom dark and cool.[^3] - ‘\[…] several studies show that taking a **low dose of stimulant about 45 minutes before bedtime** can promote the onset of sleep as well as improve its quality and duration for some children and adults with ADHD.’[^3] + **White noise. - **Mindfulness meditation** (can help practising getting the brain to *shut up*). + **Regulate/reset your [[Circadian rhythms|circadian rhythm]].** [[Sleep quality is positively impacted by stretching and exercise.]][^4] [^1]: Gretchen Rubin, ‘[[Rubin, ‘Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep’, 2019|Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep — How to Get It]]’, *ADDitude Magazine* (online), last updated 9 October 2020, https://www.additudemag.com/get-to-sleep-adhd-brain. [^2]: Rubin, ‘[[Rubin, ‘Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep’, 2019|Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep — How to Get It]]’. [^3]: Gina Pera, ‘[[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022|Wired, Tired, & Sleep Deprived]]’, *ADDitude Magazine* (online), last updated 12 March 2022, https://www.additudemag.com/wired-tired-sleep-deprived/. [^4]: Rubin, ‘[[Rubin, ‘Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep’, 2019|Your ADHD Brain Needs More Sleep — How to Get It]]’.