Sleep Cycle | ADHD Information

My son now 10, wakes every am at 5-5:30 but he does go to sleep at 9pm. This seems to be enough sleep for him although he has periods where he will wake at 6am. My friends has 2 sons with ADHD and they both get up at the same time as my son. I would try to ride it out. You are using Melatonin as do I and my son. You are doing the right thing. ADHD kids just have weird sleep cycles. You could also have a SLEEP STUDY which we will do when he is a little older and can deal with it.I need advice on sleep issues. My ds is 8. He has always seemed to "cycle"
so to speak on sleep. He will be fine for a few weeks and then start waking
up at 5 or 5:30 all of a sudden. His sleep cycle gets thrown off. As a result,
he can't seem to get it together the next day despite the medication. He is
just not all there in a way. It is driving me crazy. I was thinking that on
those mornings, to give him a diet soda for the caffene. He typically only
sleeps 9 hours each night and could probably use an extra hour. I put him
to bed early last night (around 8) and he woke up at 5:30. I have to lay down
with him to get him to settle down and sleep. I usually give him 6 mg of
melatonin as well. He played video games last night, I am wondering if this
has an effect as well. I was thinking of cutting out computers/video game
during the week. Any advice would be great.