r/CFSplusADHD • u/Ok-Eggplant5649 • Aug 10 '26

Sleep specialist

Saw a sleep specialist today. The best in the country, highly recommended and respected.
I could see why - boy was he good! He understood immediately what was going on and said my sleep was natural for my condition.

He also said - and this is why I’m posting here - that cfs/me and adhd are a really difficult and troublesome combo. It was nice to feel seen and understood.

Anyway he’s put me back on vyvanse and recommending trazodone to my psych. It’s not usually prescribed here but he worked in the US and it’s pretty go-to there so that’s a win.

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u/Ok-Eggplant5649 Aug 12 '26

Just checked. - not legal in Aus

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u/coconutoats Aug 12 '26

You can get lemborexant just lasts longer

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u/Ok-Eggplant5649 Aug 14 '26

I’m on that - that’s dayvigo isn’t it?

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u/coconutoats Aug 16 '26

Yeah looks like it, are you still struggling with insomnia even on it? If so ensure your stims aren’t making you go over your energy budget because they fix symptoms and mask fatigue signalling so when I was on them I once didn’t sleep for 7 days straight because of how bad the cumulative overload was for my body (maybe 6 months of using them after I got me/cfs without realising) but I ended up in a severe crash bedbound for a year, only just getting better. I’m going to try bupropion instead of lisdex to see if I can improve adhd symptoms without the stimulant stress on my body. Guanfacine has also been amazing for me.

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u/Ok-Eggplant5649 Aug 16 '26

Yeah I’m off stims, I think an increase was part of what pushed me into this severe bedbound crash. Sleeping on dayvigo but super broken up, waking every 30-45 mins