TIL that a dysregulation in ADHD brains makes them skew toward having a second wind of energy and more interest in activities in the evening. Delayed melatonin production then results in later bedtimes and difficulty rising early.

Sent this to my mom. This article is like looking in a goddamn mirror and hopefully she’ll see it too and actually get me help instead of ignoring it and thinking that saying “just learn to focus” will fix everything. I was on meds briefly and got straight A grades in school. 3 years later and I’m bearly scraping by with Ds and Cs. The gorging on high carb and high sugar foods I never even associated with my ADHD but I do that shit all the time. Same thing with the example for paying the bills example “no that task is boring let’s do something else” literally my brain every fucking day. So here’s hoping my mom will actually listen to reason for once

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