ADHD, the Science of Sleep and Why We Need It
Refocused, A Podcast All About ADHD
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The Importance of Sleep for ADHD
According to the National Institutes of Health, sleep deficiency can be incredibly detrimental to both our brains and our bodies. Dr. William Dotson said because sleep problems tend to show up later in life, it has made it really difficult to fit issues with sleep into the diagnostic criteria set in the DSM for ADHD. For people with ADHD, finding a healthy balance with sleep can be a complicated equation. We use dream sleep to work for emotional lives and emotional struggles that we're having. Our brain kind of washes itself of toxins while we sleep. There are a couple of mechanisms that take place while we're sleeping that just is like a wash cycle for our brains.
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