Hi Michele:

Thanks for your post - I know so many parents face this struggle each morning and it really starts to wear on a Mom very quickly! Though I don't have any personal experience with rousting ADHD teens from a deep sleep, I did find some good resources for you...

ADHD Bedtime Battles" explains why ADHD children and adults often have such difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up. And it offers this great advice: "The patient sets a first dose of stimulant-class medication and a glass of water by the bedside. An alarm is set to go off one hour before the person actually plans to rise. When the alarm rings, the patient rouses himself enough to take the medication and goes back to sleep. When a second alarm goes off, an hour later, the medication is approaching peak blood level, giving the individual a fighting chance to get out of bed and start his day.

The Best ADHD Alarm Clocks reviews some devices that work especially well with ADDers

I hope these help!

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Hi I don't think that him getting up an hour earlier would work. He has problems getting up with the alarm clock he has. I did research the alarm clocks and was thinking of trying the one the vibrates under the bed. I wanted to know if there were any parents out there that tried it and if it worked.

Warm Regards Michele

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I'm 20 and also have trouble rousing myself from slumber heheh! I think the best way to apprach this is directly, you his mother and you should be their in person to gently but firmly get him up, be sweet, and perhaps you can get whisper sweet nothings in his ear to help. Alarm clocks are so technical and easy to ignore, however another human prescene in the room puts another flavor to the situation and I'm sure you'll get a better outcome!

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Michele, My daughter has always had trouble getting up. After she got a job and moved out she had to find a way to get up on her own. She tried two alarms with staggered alarm times and experimented with one placed across the room, but nothing worked all the time before she tried the Sonic Boom. The sound is adjustable, but it can be very annoying. She says the shaking feature really works. She now works 12 hour shifts from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am and the alarm is still working for her. Charlie

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Michele,

I had the same problem with my son a year ago, when he was 15. I woke him up 45 minutes early and gave him a drink and he took his regular does of medicine(Concerta) plus one 5 mg. tablet of Focalin and went back to sleep. This was the doctor's suggestion. When I went back in to get him up 45 minutes later, he got up with no problem. And this is a child who can sleep through a smoke alarm going off that is right outside his bedroom door!

Prior to using the medicine I would fight with him every morning, using light, noise, and even attempting to physically pull him out of bed. Nothing worked! He was late to school numerous times! Extremely frustrating!

Good luck with your son!

Elaine

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Getting any child out of bed in the morning for school has always been a challenge for parents, my own included. With the additional challenge of a diagnosed condition, the challenge can be even greater. I have worked with kids with various conditions over the years, and each situation is unique. One of my recent clients is 18 with a severe diagnosed condition and it was very difficult to get him out of bed. We tried different strategies with his parents, but what finally worked was a readjustment of his meds, change of diet, plus creating a morning activity that was compelling enough to motivate his to get up. There are no easy answers to this, but there are solutions with enough trial and error. All the best, Joseph

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maybe you could put a phone in his room and call him? i know i had a hard time waking for the alarm but i would hear the phone on the first ring every time. also you can get a talking alarm and record your voice on it for him

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