r/ADHD • u/Dry-Amount-3033 • 17h ago
always tired Seeking Empathy
does anyone else just always feel tired no matter how much sleep they get? I’ve tried every amount of sleep, five hours seven hours nine hours 12 hours shit even 14 hours and no matter what, I’m still always tired! and caffeine only works if I take it literally once a week. If I take more than that, it just makes me MORE tired. I’m about 97% sure I have ADHD, but in the process of being diagnosed, but when I take addie, I actually feel awake. does anyone else have the same problem?
edit: i always sleep through the night too, it’s not like i’m waking up or anything.
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u/Sad_Meringue_4550 17h ago
I am also and have always been very sleepy no matter how much sleep I get. I can sleep a solid 10 hours, wake up for two hours, then nap another 4, multiple days in a row.
Going on Strattera helped a lot, literally the morning after I first took it. It felt like sleeping had actually done something. I'm still sleepier than I want to be but it's still a lot better. I'm slowly figuring out the pattern of sleepiness because for me it comes out of nowhere and also can disappear without sleeping. It seems to be strongly related to lack of useful stimulation, like if I'm reluctant to stay focused on work, bam I'm so sleepy I could cry. It tends to not happen when I'm at home engaged in something. I'm still working out how to get that stimulation someplace like work, but also am planning on asking my doctor to try stimulants, just to see if they help.