# ADD dopers - do you get sleepy when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416 "2011-03-29T19:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/1 "2011-03-29T19:14:02Z")
You need to do something that you find particularly difficult? A couple of people mentioned this last week, and right now I’m trying to keep from nodding off while I write about how much I am needed by this company that isn’t giving me enough work to keep my busy for 20 hours, much less fourty. Zzzzzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/2 "2011-03-29T21:33:39Z")
ding ding ding. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/3 "2011-03-29T23:03:04Z")
Can’t add anything, but I love the ellipses in the thread title on the MPSIMS page. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/4 "2011-03-30T04:26:38Z")
No. I get jittery, and if I haven’t accomplished X by bedtime, I stay awake as my mind keeps returning to the thing I’m worried about being too hard so I can think of every possible thing that could go wrong and complicate things. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/5 "2011-03-30T06:50:00Z")
IANADD AFAIK, but a friend of mine who is, does. We reckon it’s partly an escape mechanism and partly a misapplication of something which under different circumstances does work: it’s as if her brain says “you know what, sometimes I find solutions by ‘taking the pillow’s advice’, so I shall do that!” ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/6 "2011-03-30T14:13:17Z")
One thing I remember reading a long time ago is that when babies have learned too much, they fall asleep, and that’s why they sleep so much. Since the time I am most likely to get sleepy is when I’m trying to learn something, I thought that was the explanation. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/7 "2011-03-30T19:12:35Z")
Is this really just an ADD thing? I don’t have ADD and find myself getting sleepy when faced with unpleasant tasks or things I’d rather avoid. I think sleepiness and task avoidance are actually fairly common. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/8 "2011-03-30T21:29:56Z")
I don’t know, that’s kind of why I threw the question out there. Although I need to find a way to compare vs. normal population ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/9 "2011-03-30T23:05:33Z")
I am waving my arm like crazy! ME ME ME ! I always get sleepy when I know I need to do stuff. Especially if I am not in crisis mode. I goes like this: I need to read 3 chapters in my text book. I have 3 days. Day one - sleep. Day 2- sleep. Day 3 sleep. 6 hours before the test, CRISIS MODE. UP ALL NIGHT AND CAN’T SLEEP! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/10 "2011-04-04T22:21:05Z")
I posted a poll about this in IMHO, please vote! > **[Do you get sleepy when you have something stressful to deal with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603385)** > > This came up in a recent ADDopers thread, and now I wonder if it’s an ADD thing, or a general thing. When I have something stressful that I need to do, I often get to feeling sleepy. I always thought that it was normal, or possibly just one more... ---
**Author:** ![Jaxererimerve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@Jaxererimerve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaxererimerve)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-do-you-get-sleepy-when/576416/11 "2011-04-06T20:31:45Z")
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