Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is inextricably linked with sleep problems. Clinically diagnosed poor sleep is common in ADHD, and subclinical sleep difficulties are frequently reported. However, the mechanisms which underly poor sleep in ADHD are poorly understood. Since one of the most consistently reported sleep difficulties is sleep initiation, it is plausible that pre-sleep arousal plays an important role, but this has not been confirmed. We investigated this by assessing…
