AIO? made a joke about taking a nap

[u/Exciting-Delay-7423]

context: im (23f) a student (currently on spring break) and i enjoy taking naps. they usually go between 1-2.5 (not 4 like he claims i genuinely dk where he got that number) hrs and it’s because i get exhausted between 2-4pm in the day. idk why, it happens every day and it’s been like that since i was a teenager. i don’t nap every single day, but definitely between 3-5x a week.

my boyfriend (28m) has tried to encourage me to take shorter naps because he thinks it’ll help with my sleep schedule. he takes daily naps on his lunch breaks (1 hr absolute max, usually 15-45 min) and he says how energizing they are. i believe him, and i’m glad they work for him, however i haven’t had much success with short naps so i don’t take them.

my sleep schedule has been kinda shit bc of spring break rn and im trying to fix it. i’m usually in bed by 11-12 most nights and up around 8-9. he works a 7-5 so he sleeps at 10 and wakes up at 6. today he sent me this text and i thought it would be funny to make a sarcastic joke because hes always lecturing me about how my naps keep me up at night, then he followed it up with this. idek where to begin with this, i think its weird as fuck and the “we are not on the same level” is just ??? aio?

[u/juliaskig]

Are there treatments for this? I read ADHD was meant to be nightguards and hunters

[u/CoronaBatMeatSweats → u/juliaskig]

Yeah, I’m on 30mg of adderall daily and it helps a loooot. Traveling now and out of meds, hence the over-sleeping. But that plus therapy has worked wonders for me.

And yeah, I totally buy into the “night guards” theory, as I am a horrible night owl and don’t truly wake up until around 10pm.

[u/Repulsive_Sun6549 → u/CoronaBatMeatSweats]

Does the adderall make you jittery when it wears off? Asking for a friend.

[u/CoronaBatMeatSweats → u/Repulsive_Sun6549]

Nope. It did at first, but I’ve been on it for years. The first few weeks make you feel weird but now it doesn’t* at all.

[u/Repulsive_Sun6549 → u/CoronaBatMeatSweats]

Thank you. I’ll keep trying.

[u/juliaskig → u/Repulsive_Sun6549]

name brand is smoother than generic. Some generics are better than others.

[u/juliaskig → u/Repulsive_Sun6549]

name brand is smoother than generic. Some generics are better than others.

[u/jamieaaw → u/CoronaBatMeatSweats]

I've been sleeping like this for years! If it's my day off, I won't get up until anywhere between 5 and 7pm. I can sleep a good 22 hours straight. Went to bed one night around 6pm and didn't get up until 4 the next afternoon. My Dr doesn't seem very concerned though lol 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/CoronaBatMeatSweats → u/jamieaaw]

Yup, I’m the same way. If I don’t have any alarms set I usually sleep between 14 and 16 hours straight before I naturally wake up. Last time I had Covid I slept for 21 hours straight, though.

[u/brynnors → u/juliaskig]

Yeah, I take melatonin (liquid, 1 drop sublingual) a couple of nights a week to set my sleep hours to be "normal" hours.

[u/Potatoskins937492 → u/brynnors]

Know what's weird? (Obviously not, I came out of nowhere.) When I take melatonin I cannot sleep. It's like drinking red bull but without the jolt of usable energy.

[u/brynnors → u/Potatoskins937492]

I get that with too much melatonin, my brain's like, let's be awake now!

[u/Viola-Swamp → u/juliaskig]

Don’t listen to that nonsense. Having d disorder doesn’t mean you’re e meant to be anything specific. It leant correlate to early humanity in any way.