Daylight Saving & Circadian Rhythms

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Hey team, this week we’re going to be talking about the upcoming change to Daylight Saving Time in the US - but don’t worry, if you’re not one of those places that experience a spring time-switch, there is still going to be a lot of great stuff we cover in this episode.

Our natural sleeping and wake times are controlled by our circadian rhythm, so we’re going to be discussing that in some detail and what we can do to help get ready for the time change so that it doesn’t hit us like a ton of bricks.

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This Episode's Top Tips

When we’re preparing for an upcoming time change, we can start moving our wake and sleep times gradually to match up with the change.
While it can be tough to adjust our bedtime if we focus on setting a strong bedtime routine, we can use that help us get sleepy and work on adjusting when we’re starting to get ready for bed instead of just when we want to fall asleep.
Our circadian rhythm dictates our sleep cycle and energy throughout the day - we can influence it with things like morning sunlight, exercise, when we’re eating, and in some cases, melatonin.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewire Podcast Network.
0:08.5	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:11.9	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:20.0	Hey, team, this week we're going to be talking about the upcoming change to daylight saving
0:24.4	time in the U.S.
0:25.7	But don't worry, if you're not in one of those places experiencing the time switch, there's
0:29.6	still going to be a lot of great stuff that we cover in this episode.
0:32.6	Our natural sleeping and waking times are controlled by our circadian rhythm, and so we're
0:37.4	going to be discussing that in some detail rhythm, and so we're going to be
0:37.6	discussing that in some detail as well as what we can do to get ready for the time change
0:41.7	so that it doesn't hit us like a ton of bricks. If you'd like to follow along on the show notes
0:46.2	page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com slash 133. Today's podcast is brought to you by Athletic Greens.
0:57.8	AG1 has been part of my morning routine for years.
1:00.6	I started taking it because I was looking for a better way to hit all those
1:03.8	nutritional needs that I might have throughout the day.
1:06.6	While getting a variety of foods as important for my diet,
1:10.4	with my ADHD, it can be hard for me to
1:12.2	remember to get everything in, or even to eat in general sometimes. And with one scoop of AG1,
1:18.5	I'm getting 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, and whole-foodsortous ingredients, probiotics, and
1:23.9	adaptogens to help me start my day right. What sells me the most is just how easy it is.
1:29.3	I can easily just pop a scoop in some water and then I'm good to go.
1:32.3	And that really works with my executive dysfunction.
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