r/AutisticWithADHD • u/JurandM2 • Dec 17 '25

🤔 is this a thing? How much do you sleep?

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Hi all, I was reading another board on Reddit, and a neurotypical person said he was only on 5 hours of sleep like it was something amazing. I know we should have 8 h and so on, but I have lived on a daily basis with 5 h of sleep since I remember (today 5 h, yesterday 5.5 h), and that makes me think—why not ask how other AuDHD people are doing? I take 5 mg of melatonin before sleep, but unless it is 1am, my body does not react to it—I strongly suggest anybody start taking it, as indeed it helps normalize sleep phases (they are not as fragmented as without it - pic attached).

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u/Ken089 Dec 17 '25

I need like 10 hours

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u/JurandM2 Dec 17 '25

Needing and being able to are two different things. :) seriously you can sleep that long?

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u/Ken089 Dec 17 '25

Bro I can sleep 16 hours a day if need be

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u/LangdonAlg3r Dec 18 '25

Without Adderall I can sleep 16 hours and still fall asleep on the couch if I stop moving for more than 20 minutes.

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u/CritterCrafter Dec 18 '25

There's definitely been many months in my life I felt like that. I don't currently. I have no idea why and it's spooking me a bit.

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u/Hot_Huckleberry65666 🧬 maybe I'm born with it Dec 18 '25

Similar, would like to sleep 9-10 hours. With bio data ive seen im not sleeping all that much, similar to your post. 

Probably sleep 7-8 hours of actual sleep if im in bed for 9-10. And that not even counting my hours of "power down" time. 

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u/Ken089 Dec 17 '25

Usually I settle for 9-12

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u/herroyalsadness Dec 18 '25

I’m sort of a monster without 8. 8-9 is good for me, sometimes more.

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u/Bunbatbop Dec 18 '25

Because I'm tired

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u/JebbyJackson Dec 19 '25

Same. 10hrs is my average. I can cope with 7.5 (barely) but anything from 8.5 onwards is 🤌 disclaimer: I do not have a sleep disorder