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Sleep strategy: Reading in bed with a kindle
Sleep strategy. Reading in bed with a kindle. To help corral the thoughts in a busy ADDH brain many report reading and using the engagement of the story to help flow into dreams…
- To help corral the thoughts in a busy ADDH brain many report reading and using the engagement of the story to help flow into dreams and sleep as useful. Many also report that using a dedicated kindle (epaper rather than a screen) useful in providing less distractions of a device and useful in that if you fall asleep with the book it keeps your page.
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Ratings and comments come from people with ADHD sharing what helped them. They are experiences, not medical advice.
I prefer a real book or magazine to a kindle. I often read gardening magazines in bed, as I find the photographs of lovely gardens or scenery really soothing and the text similarly so.
Only way I can get to sleep is by reading until I drop my Kindle on my face!
This is my nightly routine. Fall asleep holding my kindle. It saves the page for next time. I used to read books and the frustration of losing my page was immense.
I've never got on well with ebooks, because the "books" on the electronic device are easily forgotten. Physical books have a physical place in my space which helps me remember that they exist! And after a day of being on one device or another, I've found the act of reading a physical book in bed before sleep, to be quite relaxing and a nice "offline" activity.
That said, for those who like e-readers, I'm sure this is equally a good strategy for them too - especially for the mentioned benefit of keeping your page!
I've never got on well with ebooks, because the "books" on the electronic device are easily forgotten. Physical books have a physical place in my space which helps me remember that they exist! And after a day of being on one device or another, I've found the act of reading a physical book in bed before sleep, to be quite relaxing and a nice "offline" activity.
That said, for those who like e-readers, I'm sure this is equally a good strategy for them too - especially for the mentioned benefit of keeping your page!
This is my nightly routine. Fall asleep holding my kindle. It saves the page for next time. I used to read books and the frustration of losing my page was immense.
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