[petuniasevan]

A large number of children with ADHD have untreated obstructive sleep apnea. You treat that and they are miraculously off the Ritalin

Tell anyone you know who has a child being treated for ADHD. Maybe their doctor doesn't know about this!

Poorman has all the symptoms of sleep apnea.
I'm going to put this article under his nose and encourage (read, nag) him to go to St E's for this clinic.

[JustPiper]

Thank you!

[anniegetyourgun]

Lauderdale agreed. “With obstructive sleep apnea, we see connections with hypertension and high blood pressure. There are also associations with heart disease and stroke. Cardiac and stroke conditions occur more frequently in patients with sleep apnea that is not under treatment.”

I never knew about these connections. Seems like a pretty important thing to investigate if one has a family history of stroke, etc.

[weikel]

I suffer from both ADHD and insomnia.

[Alberta's Child]

I never seem to have any trouble falling . . . uh . . . aslee-- . . .

[ZZZZ, ZZZZZ, ZZZ]

:-)

[HangThemHigh]

I had many of the symptoms mentioned here. No way could I stay awake through a sermon, even with my wife poking me in the ribs every other minute. She also complained about my snoring a lot. I also had heavy night sweats (another symptom of sleep apnea).

Finally, I went to a sleep clinic and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. They said I stopped breathing over 100 times per hour. This is very hard on your heart, which beats heavily trying to compensate for the lack of oxygen.

My doctor prescribed a dental device like a retainer, but it holds your lower jaw forward and prevents the soft tissue in the throat from closing off your breathing. This works very well for me, I fell much better now and while I still have to take blood pressure medicine, the dosage is much reduced.

[Coleus]

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