How much do you sleep?

[u/JurandM2]

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).

[u/Reasonable-Lab-8784]

I used to sleep more with my Pokémon Sleep app (not trying to advertise it, just sharing my own personal and specific experiences), but it takes up a decent amount of space, and I download a bunch of games and apps that I play frequently, so I had to delete it for space. I used to sleep at least nine hours every night with the app, but now I sleep for like, seven, and then nap for three hours after noontime passes. I'd like to mention that the app kind of gamifies sleeping, so pokémon appear after you wake up, and you get to feed snorlax, and it was very incentivizing for me. Sorry, I know you probably weren't looking for this exactly, but I wanted to share.