The hidden link between circadian entropy and mental health disorders - Translational Psychiatry
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The hidden link between circadian entropy and mental health disorders - Translational Psychiatry
for more than 80 percent of those with ADHD, the sleep cycles are flipped.1 Instead of sleeping deeply in one of the first two sleep cycles like their neurotypical counterparts, they wake up multiple times until about 4:00 a.m. Then they fall into “the sleep of the dead,” from which they have extreme difficulty rousing themselves.
•How much natural light am I really getting in the morning and throughout the day? •How much true darkness am I getting at night? •Am I in the presence of a lot of artificial light in the evening?
disruptions in their activity have been implicated in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, Alzheimer’s
In the absence of natural light, morning light exposure using a light box has also been shown to be helpful for circadian timing problems.