sleep

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In 2024, Goodwin Procter started a program called “Thriving with ADHD,” which addressed issues around task initiation, sleep, mental health and working with colleagues with ADHD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"It was very distressing, I was losing sleep and just feeling so powerless," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"We hear them in the morning, and we hear them at night. We can no longer sleep or live in peace."

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Medications such as modafinil are sometimes used to promote wakefulness, but these drugs have mainly been studied in overnight workers and can interfere with sleep later in the day.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

As I drifted back to sleep, I wished and wished that, when I woke again, the early-morning’s events would turn out to have been a bad dream.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler