# Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022 > [!cite] > Pera, Gina. ‘Wired, Tired, & Sleep Deprived’. *ADDitude Magazine*, updated 12 March 2022, https://www.additudemag.com/wired-tired-sleep-deprived/. > [!abstract] > Kept awake by a buzzing brain or a faulty sense of time? Sleep deprivation is no joke, and ADHD symptoms often take it from bad to worse. Use these strategies to get your body — and your ADHD brain — to settle down. --- ‘“It’s important to remember that ADHD is a medical, physiological disorder,” says ADHD expert and physician Patricia Quinn.’ [[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022|(Pera 2022, n.p.)]] ^aef6fa ‘Research during the last five years substantiates what ADHD experts have suspected for decades: ADHD carries with it intrinsic challenges to sleep. In fact, “restless sleep” was part of the 1980s-era diagnostic criteria for ADHD. It was dropped because specifics as to the causes were lacking.’ [[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022|(Pera 2022, n.p.)]] ^4f20f7 ‘Today, terms such as delayed-onset sleep phase and sleep-disordered breathing (sleep apnea) crop up in studies done on ADHD populations. But just as ADHD symptoms vary among individuals who may also have co-existing conditions, such as anxiety, the nature of sleep disorders varies among individuals with ADHD. Generally speaking, though, up to 50 percent of children and 80 percent of adults with ADHD have problems going to sleep, staying asleep, getting restful sleep, and getting up the next morning.’ [[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022|(Pera 2022, n.p.)]] ^e4ad57