Growing evidence suggests that a segment of children with ADHD are misdiagnosed and actually suffer from insufficient sleep, insomnia, obstructed breathing or another known sleep disorder. But the most paradigm-challenging idea may be that ADHD may itself be a sleep disorder. It showed that study subjects with ADHD had levels of the hormone melatonin that rose 1.5 hours later in the night than those without ADHD. Still, Pelham has noticed an increasing number of children with ADHD and sleep issues in recent years. Read more:New thinking on kids with ADHD: ‘Healthy lifestyle’ could be effective interventionKids with August birthdays are more likely to get an ADHD diagnosis.

Source: Washington Post September 20, 2017 18:45 UTC