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ADHD Experts Podcast

239- Sleep and the ADHD Brain: Why It's Critical and How to Get More

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sleep is vitally important for brain development and learning in children, teens, and adults—yet few of us get enough. Joel Nigg, Ph.D., & Elizabeth Super, M.D., review the optimal amount by life stage, and offer solutions to common sleep challenges.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

0:12.0

Hello everyone and glad you can attend this week's Attitude Experts

0:16.0

webinar. I think today's topic is relevant to all of us, parents raising a

0:21.3

child with ADHD or adults living with the condition.

0:25.0

We all know how important high quality sleep is for optimizing the brain and managing symptoms.

0:31.0

We also know how difficult it is to achieve. Doctors Joel Megg and Elizabeth

0:36.2

Super will discuss the science behind the link between sleep challenges and the

0:40.8

ADHD brain. They will also talk about the special challenges

0:44.8

teens with ADHD face when it comes to sleep. And most importantly, they'll give

0:50.0

us strategies and solutions to tackle those sleep challenges.

0:54.0

First though, today's webinar sponsor is Sonic Alert, maker of the Sonic Bomb alarm clock.

1:01.0

Never sleep past your alarm clock again with this extra loud alarm and powerful

1:06.1

bedshaker. The dual alarm clock has been proven to wake up even the heaviest sleepers.

1:12.0

If you want more information about that go to Sonic alert.com slash alarm

1:18.0

hyphen clocks

1:20.0

just so you know attitude webinar sponsors have no role in the selection of guest speakers,

1:25.2

the speaker's presentation, or any other aspect of the webinar production.

1:30.0

Now let me introduce Dr. Nigg and Dr. Super.

1:33.0

Joel is a professor in psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience

1:37.0

at Oregon Health and Science University.

1:40.0

He is the author of a wonderful book called Getting Ahead of ADHD, an irregular contributor to Attitude

1:46.2

magazine.

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