24. "Help! Is it my ADHD or am I just bad at sleep?!" 😴

Sep 18, 2024

Get ready for a fun banter-filled discussion on parenting and the chaos it brings! The hosts dive into the challenges of late-night productivity versus the need for sleep, exploring the idea of 'revenge bedtime procrastination.' Listeners share what keeps them up at night, while the hosts reveal their quirky sleeping habits. They discuss how diet influences sleep cycles for those with ADHD, alongside playful games to discover each other's personalities. Plus, enjoy book recommendations and the allure of good quality fake plants!

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Bathe Wisely and Binge with Gusto

02:03 • 2min

Automating Motivation: A Personal Approach

03:46 • 4min

The Great Plant Debate

07:48 • 4min

Navigating Sleep and Productivity Challenges

11:21 • 14min

Understanding Sleep Challenges in ADHD

25:02 • 3min

Navigating Sleep and ADHD: Diet, Routines, and Acceptance

28:13 • 17min

Sleep Challenges and Playful Quirks

45:32 • 16min

Hi beautiful ADHD babes!

On today's show:

- Grace tries relaxed parenting but gets piggy-bocked in the face, and Tara is forced to admit her STEM job from when she was 14 years old.

• Divergent Dilemma - A gorgeous listener called Ashara asks whether late night productivity and sleep issues are linked to ADHD.

Ooooofff, this is a biiig question!
We asked our audience whether they were night owls or early birds (worms?) and the results were (not very) surprising.

We talk about why the late night hours are so appealing for ADHDers and why decompressing at night is so important for our dysregulated nervous systems. Tara talks about the link between diet and sleep cycles for ADHDers and gives some helpful tips (more on eating in episodes 4, 8, 19 & 20) AND we hear from our listeners what sort of tasks are keeping you up late at night 👀.

• This week's Ireggy Seggy is a round of 'Who is more likely to...?'

We learn a lot about each other (eg. who is most likely to yell at bugs and who is most likely to send a snarky text) but mostly that Grace is mummy’s little ferret.

RECS:

• Grace recommends 'First we make the beast beautiful' by Sarah Wilson: the best book on anxiety she's ever read!

• Tara recommends non-photosynthesising plants (a.k.a good quality fake plants 🪴) 💜

Happy Thursday babes,

We’ll be back in your ears the same time next week!

Until then.

You KNOW what you can’t do (RSD)

Tara and Grace

xxx

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