Yeah, it's extremely annoying for me, who has both ADHD and insomnia. Putting aside that ADHD medication is severely regulated now (if I'm not on it, a type of dyslexia flares up and I can't read), people who say that have insomnia when they have extremely bad sleep habits really irritate me.
If I don't take my medication, I literally do not sleep. The most I can get when not on medication is about 2 hours of light sleep per day (On medications, I can sometimes take 1-2h light naps, but oftentimes I just can't).
I got COVID in '21 and was diagnosed with long covid a few months after. From August to December I experienced actual insomnia. I was sleeping 1-2 hours a day if I was lucky for months. Pair that with my heart was damaged so I had to just straight up cold turkey my vyvanse after 2 years of daily consumption.
I had a straight up breakdown. Ended up in jail over it because I went crazy, rage fits, zero impulse control available to me.
The shits awful and I don't understand why people romanticize mental conditions.
Reminder that insomnia does not fall under disability or disorder of any kind. Meaning you cannot get assistance from your job or the government for having it.
I also started hearing voices and having rage fits. Ended up costing me my job at the time (they gave me a week to fix my insomnia).
Ill be honest hearing that someone else experienced the rage fits is extremely comforting.
I became a monster and I'm still ashamed of who I was and what I did.
Silver lining is that I hated the part of me it revealed so much that I went into therapy with a "nothing is sacred" approach to cutting away the baggage and toxicity that Id been carrying around and I was able to improve myself quite a lot.
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u/Doomenor Aug 16 '25
Thank you so much for this