Sleep and Circadian Rhythmicity in Adult ADHD and the Effect of Stimulants

Snitselaar, Mark A.; Smits, Marcel G.; Heijden, Kristiaan B. van der; Spijker, Jan

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“…Generally speaking, sleeping disorders can have a major impact on many areas of day-today life. Insomnia alone was found in 66.8% of ADHD patients (Brevik et al, 2016;Snitselaar, Smits, van der Heijden, & Spijker, 2017), and could add even more stress to the lives of anyone with ADHD. According to the participants psychiatric comorbidity such as burnout, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, and sleeping disorders were described, as well as abuse or overconsumption of drugs, alcohol and food.…”

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Being Different but Striving to Seem Normal: The Lived Experiences of People Aged 50+ with ADHD

Nyström

Petersson

Janlöv

2020

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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This qualitative study explored the day-to-day life of people aged 50þ diagnosed with ADHD. A phenomenological-hermeneutical method was chosen for the analysis. Two themes including subthemes were revealed. The first theme, Being different and trying to handle my inner self, concerned emotional self-regulation, emotional resilience, social skills, and personal resource management. The second theme, Trying to adapt to fit in with people around me, concerned relationships, work, and personal finances. The comprehensive understanding was interpreted as Being different but striving to seem normal.

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Being Different but Striving to Seem Normal: The Lived Experiences of People Aged 50+ with ADHD

Nyström

Petersson

Janlöv

2020

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…Emerging evidence suggests a similarly high prevalence of both subjectively- and objectively-measured sleep problems in adults with ADHD (see Snitselaar, Smits, van der Heijden, & Spijker, 2013 for a review), including reduced sleep quality, increased SOL, more restless sleep and frequent nighttime awakenings, shorter sleep duration, greater difficulty awakening, and non-restorative sleep. Adults with ADHD also experience specific sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness more often than healthy peers.…”

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“…Notably, stimulants’ impact on sleep may depend on gender, dose frequency, and length of time on stimulants (Kidwell, Van Dyk, Lundahl, & Nelson, 2015). In adults, results are mixed but generally support a positive impact of stimulant medications on sleep (i.e, reduced SOL and awakenings, more restorative sleep; Snitselaar et al, 2013). …”

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Sleep disturbances in adolescents with ADHD: A systematic review and framework for future research

Lunsford‐Avery

Krystal

Kollins

2016

Clinical Psychology Review

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Background Biological mechanisms underlying symptom and prognostic heterogeneity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are unclear. Sleep impacts neurocognition and daytime functioning and is disrupted in ADHD, yet little is known about sleep in ADHD during adolescence, a period characterized by alterations in sleep, brain structure, and environmental demands as well as diverging ADHD trajectories. Methods A systematic review identified studies published prior to August 2016 assessing sleep in adolescents (aged 10–19 years) with ADHD or participating in population-based studies measuring ADHD symptoms. Results Twenty-five studies were identified (19 subjective report, 6 using actigraphy/polysomnography). Findings are mixed but overall suggest associations between sleep disturbances and 1) ADHD symptoms in the population and 2) poorer clinical, neurocognitive, and functional outcomes among adolescents with ADHD. Common limitations of studies included small or non-representative samples, non-standardized sleep measures, and cross-sectional methodology. Conclusions Current data on sleep in adolescent ADHD are sparse and limited by methodological concerns. Future studies are critical for clarifying a potential role of sleep in contributing to heterogeneity of ADHD presentation and prognosis. Potential mechanisms by which sleep disturbances during adolescence may contribute to worsened symptom severity and persistence of ADHD into adulthood and an agenda to guide future research are discussed.

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“…The fact that ADHD is associated with biorhythm problems seems to imply a link between the two. Research on circadian rhythm and circadian preference (chronotype) in adult ADHD is rapidly growing (22,23). Various sleep problems in patients with ADHD are not infrequent (24).…”

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Biological Rhythms Disturbances in Drug-Free Adult Adhd Patients

Tarakçıoğlu¹,

Sakarya²,

Aksoy³

et al. 2019

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The aim of study was to examine the biological rhythms in drug-free ADHD patients with healthy controls in a cross-sectional study. Methods: 50 adult ADHD patients %26 female) between 17 and 42 years old (M=27.76 SD:6.80) and healthy controls (%56.6 female) between 18 and 63 years old (M=31.39 SD:8.12) were recruited from Health Sciences University's Bakirkoy Mental Health Training and Research Hospital. Participants were assessed with clinical interview, Wender-Utah Adult ADHD Rating Scale and the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN). Results: Adult ADHD patients scored higher on total scores (t=8.75, p<0.001), eating patterns (t=2.55, p<0.001), sleep patternssocial rhythm (t=3.41, p=0.001) and activity levels (t=3.0, p<0.001) in regarding to biologic rhythms. In the BRIAN subdomains; activity levels (t=4.59, p<0.001) and sleep-eating patterns (t=3.62, p<0.001) were also significantly different between the two groups. Conclusions: Our findings suggested that there was a significant difference between ADHD patients and healthy controls in most dimensions of biorhythm.

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Sleep and Circadian Rhythmicity in Adult ADHD and the Effect of Stimulants

Abstract: Adult ADHD is associated with delayed circadian rhythmicity and analogous sleep characteristics, which are typical of a delayed sleep phase disorder. Stimulants induce delay of circadian rhythmicity.

Cited by 59 publications

References 35 publications

Being Different but Striving to Seem Normal: The Lived Experiences of People Aged 50+ with ADHD

Being Different but Striving to Seem Normal: The Lived Experiences of People Aged 50+ with ADHD

Sleep disturbances in adolescents with ADHD: A systematic review and framework for future research

Biological Rhythms Disturbances in Drug-Free Adult Adhd Patients

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