ADHD can seem fun and quirky until you’re too ashamed to reconnect with people because you haven’t had the mental space to reply for 6 weeks, and now the guilt and fear of being judged is too much.
To anyone with ADHD getting less than 6 hours of sleep:
Sleep loss doesn’t just make you tired.
It reduces working memory, lowers emotional regulation, and increases distractibility.
ADHD is already challenges your executive function, sleep loss amplifies that.