Your kids in the morning??? | ADHD Information

How are your kids when they wake up in the morning? Are they angry? Are they slow to wake? Does it take them awhile to get going? Do they jump right up and move fast?

And does it make a difference if you have to wake them or if they wake up on their own?

Holly_WA38773.4986342593My son does not want to wake up in the morning. Of course, he doesn't want to go to sleep at night either, so that is no surprise. Once I get him awake, he is usually in a good mood.Mine usually always got up full of energy and ready to go.  At 15 he's a little slower now, but it still fairly perky, just a little grumpy.  He usually gets up by 8am. now.  Rarely does he sleep in.

My son wakes us up usually at 6:30 ( he goes to sleep by 7:30 or 8). He is in a good mood  but very "hyper"  and starving ( so everyone is usually awaken) He is only 6 so he needs help with breakfast...I think I will teach him to get his own cereal so maybe I can sleep a bit more. 

What does you guy do Holly?

joemom38773.6509143518

My twelve-year-old son has difficulty going to sleep and difficulty waking up.  It usually takes about twenty minutes for us to awaken him in the mornings.  He then proceeds to take a bath and fall asleep in the bath tub.  He then gets out, gets dressed, and falls asleep in the car on the way to school. 

Honestly, my son's ideal sleep/wake cycle is to go to sleep between midnight and two then wake up between ten and noon, getting about ten-to-twelve hours of sleep a day.  No kidding.  The funny thing is, I was the same way when I was a kid, and he's adopted . 

my youngest---doesn't go to bed or get up in the morning!  i call her pokey...My daughter is so angry and moody in the morning when I wake her up, she's 7. If she wakes up on her own shes still grumpy but she doesn't blame everyone for everything, I'm not grumpy in the morning but I gotta sit around and wake-up first before I cook breakfast or do anything.oh & i forgot----once awake she talks excessively, but not to someone she doesn't know....she is as quiet as a mouse at school!My son doesn't like going to sleep at night. He also doesn't like to wake up in the morning. He comes by this honestly. I don't like going to bed or waking up. His dad used to work nights. During my pregnancy I either went to sleep and got back up at 1:30 to say goodbye to his dad or stayed up and said goodbye.Oh yeah once he's up he's fine. Somewhat hyper though.My 12 year old has no choice but to get up when the alarm goes off, we are out of the house every morning by 6:18 am. As he is getting older he hates to get up, but he has this alarm clock that has double alarms, so  by the second one he has to be up and dressed. But i keep telling him next year his bus will be coming by 6:40. So everyday he has meds. at 6:00, except on the weekends, when he has them later.

My son is 6y and he has always had sleep problems. We started giving melatonin at bedtime when he was 3y. It was the only thing that would get him to sleep.  Waking up-----well, we always allow him to sleep until he wakes----which is between 7:30-8am. That only gives him about 15 min to get ready--if school. If he is awakened.......we start slow--opening the door, trying to let "himself" wake up. But that normally doesn't work. I have to physically wake him and it's bad. He is violent and raging. I had to wake him up this past week one day. The whole day was horrible---raging on and off all day. Very irritable and angry. He was suppose to have speech---and we had to cancel. First time ever!! He refused to stop what he was doing and get in the car. He raged that time for an hour. If I had picked him up and took him to the car---he would had never gotten in his seatbelt and attempt to jump out. And it would had been a waste of the therapists time---he would had been non-cooperating and violent.

 

If he wakes on his own----he lays around for awhile and watches TV. Not too much energy--unless he is in hypomania. Then he's up at 4am every morning and can not sit for 1 min to watch anything on TV.(thank goodness we haven't seen that since he was 4y)

Holly_WA38774.4449421296I love my sleep so when im sleep deprived which is most of the time im not nice to be with.

My adhd son does'nt sleep at night & is up far too early, a typical night is : gets put to bed at 8, lights out, tv off at 9, he still awake at mid night!!! Can get up as early as 3 in the morn.

Although im use to not getting much sllep now, but it's taken along time

My son's 10.  He's in bed by 8:30, but stays awake talking to himself until 10 or 10:30.  In the mornings, he is pretty grumpy and slow.  I wake him up about 6:50 by turning on the light in his room, and then I go back in about 10 minutes later and tell him it's time for his meds.  He gets up and takes those, but then he is pokey britches from then on.  He takes Remron and benedryl for sleep.  He used to take the clonodine, but he had VERY BAD nightmares!!!!

 

Brandi

Mother of Cody (10) ADHD

My son wakes up easily and very happy.  He usually prances into the living room.  He is also very hyper until he gets his meds.  He goes to sleep easily sometimes, other times not so easy.  He usually gets up before he needs to.My daughter is 6, almost 7 and she is up every morning at 6:30 but usually by force! She does not wake up well and is usually quite angry and argumentative in the mornings.  Nothing can please her until she is fed and has her medication.  I really don't know why she is so grumpy in the mornings because she goes to bed at like 7:30 every night but I think she is just off in the mornings without her meds. So the mornings are a big struggle for us!

My almost four year old goes into bed for a story at 8.30 but is still laying awake in her bed talking to her teddies until about 11pm. At least now she stays in her own bedroom after many many long hard nights!!

She's up by 7-8 the next morning trying to drag me out of bed and telling me "come on Mum, the bright circle is in the sky, it's time to get up" all with a beaming smile. To which I reply "No way. Its too early to get up"

Im a night owl, hate the mornings

My son is typically mean and angry every morning.  There are endless fights between the kids in my house in the mornings because my son hates it if you even so much as breathe his way.  He imagines infractions and the fights are on. It is hard to get him out of bed and there are times he is so whiny about it.  However when he wakes up on his own he is all over the house and invaribly gets himself in trouble but the attitude is better.My daughter usually wakes up without difficulty, and in a good mood.  This seems to be about the only time of the day that she is hungry, so there is no difficulty with breakfast.  However, she seems to be the most distractable at this time of the day, and it can be quite difficult to keep her on track through the process of getting dressed and out the door. 

I hear that mikmum

What's with the 3am wake up anyway? Amelia gets up at 3 every morning without fail and has done since she was born.

The pediatrician told us that has the ability to POWER NAP. Ever been told that one?

Have you guys ever tried any meds to help with sleep? My son's been on melatonin since 3y. I know that they use clonadine alot for sleeping issues. I think we are headed in that direction. He isn't waking up much---but still can't get to sleep well.

Have any of you used Benadryl? I know it works---but when I take it---I'm very out of it the next day. I feel like I can't wake up until 3pm. I don't want that for my son.

Hey I want the ability to POWER NAP!!!!

Okay my dd goes to bed without any problem most of the time.   I have never had a problem getting her to sleep.  now getting her to wake up is hard,  She never wants to get up.  It use to be really bad.  She has been improving but she has to have at least 30 mins to just be before she can start her day.  I have an alarm clock that has two rings too but she sleeps thru both of them One is set for and hour before she has to get up and one is set for 30mins before.  I can not believe how she can shut the sounds out.  they drive me crazy from the other side of the house but I don't turn them off until I can not stand it any longer.  I have the best luck if I make her laugh.  This morning I asked her if she wanted to get up or if she wanted to be eaten by a bear.  then preceded to growl and chew on her nose.  she just pushed me away so I told her I guess you want  to be squished by an elephant.  I then made the worst elephant noise I have ever heard and laid on top of her.  she said that hurt and I told her squishing is a painful business.  She started laughing and finally woke up.  If I don;t get her to laugh she is angry, grumpy and mean.  I just don't listen to her in the morning when that happens because she would have all of her privileges pulled I would spend the whole day unhappy.  When I don't take the time to get her to laugh we both have a bad morning. 

I personally have always been able to just get up and be fine.  I would rather sleep during the day and run around all night but have no problem getting up.  Her Uncle my brother is horrible so she can probably blame my side for her grumpiness.

My non-adhd son, 14, gets up really fast. In fact, one day about a month ago he raced out of bed and passed out clean away! His bedroom is directly over ours and we heard the loudest noise - we thought furniture had fallen. He had a huge goose egg on the back of his head and was lucky he didn't hit anything on the way down! (except the floor)

My adhd son is NOT a morning person. He brings a huge blanket wrapped around him to the breakfast table (even though he has dressed). It's like he brings his bed with him.
my son is 9 and he takes clonidine to sleep. i usually give it to him about 830 and put him in bed and he watches tv tile he falls asleep which is about 10 in the morning when he wakes up during the week i wake him at 6 am he is grouchy loud jumps up and down horrible. after he eats and has had his meds it takes him like 30 mins to get dressed. it's horrible the dr said they are called rebound effects. but i've tried regular benedryl before the clonidine and it dind't work.