Many of us do have difficulty sleeping. I think you need to know what will trigger you. The more unorganized and messy it is the more difficult it is to sleep. I found giving myself a few minutes to clean up. Is the best way for me to sleep.I do have a TV in the room and a computer. The most difficulty does occur when I have a homework assignment because i am so focus n trying to get it done. Time is never easy for me to manage so I found trying to get it done quickly and using my ability to hyper focus works ; but only for a short time. What I means until the class is over I don't sleep well without medication. I recently haven't use any ; but I am organized and the room is free of distractions. everything has a place. Open closets etc may be distracting; but if things aren't seen we sometimes have a problem not seen not thought about. and will forget it because it not in front of us especially things like assignment etc. It a balance knowing what we need to leave in obvious place without constantly distracting us. TV in a room is distracting so are computers, games etc. So they may all need to be put in an area other in the bedroom.

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I do not think open shelves will work for a add/adhd adult or child. It would create more clutter for a room. It is hard to stay organized and neat bedroom. You should figure out ways that a bedroom will look good for the child or adult.

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To atrain, In response to "You should figure out ways that a bedroom will look good for the child or adult" THAT is why I posted this thread.

Elizabeth

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I have thought allot about your thread. and thinks this may help. I would put sliding doors on my closets so they are easy to open in the morning. I would also pick out my clothes and hang them on the back of the door for the next day. Yes your son will remember every little thing ; but I think you are on the right track that the TV needs to be in another room so when the light are out he can go to sleep. TV, Computer etc are very distracting. So is a night light because the shadows it cast. White noise help to relax our minds. Open shelves it really depends on what stuff is going to be put on them. Toys "NO" Books "YEAH" . I find cleaning up a little before going to be help me so I think if it becomes a routine . It should be easier for him to keep organized. I find loose paper to be the biggest thing to keep neat so if he has a particular challenge figure it out and it will help him stay organized if he can defeat it. Otherwise his room should be like every other child or teenage in America.

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Hi Elizabeth,

I suspect that open shelves are recommended for folks with ADD because most of us are "out of sight, out of mind" types. What we don't see, we lose. This is definitely true for me; with few exceptions, all of my stuff is now organized such that I can see it at all times.

That being said, I've tried the open shelf thing for my bedroom and it was a disaster. It was distracting, it was messy, and it was a dust magnet -- and given that my dust allergy test came out as 4++ on a scale of 1 to 4, that was NOT a good thing.

It took me a really long time to find a bedroom storage solution that worked, but I finally did find one and it ROCKS -- I got a set of Elfa drawers. Elfa makes built-in modular closet systems as well as free-standing dresser components. You can choose a from range of heights and various drawer sizes in white or silver metal mesh. The top of the dresser is solid, so my clothes don't get all dusty. The best thing about them is that it's pretty easy to see through the metal mesh, so the contents are visible without being "on display" they way they would be with open shelves.

I got my Elfa system from the Container Store, just because they're close to my house, but other organizing stores sell Elfa as well. I really can't recommend this system enough. It's an effective way to split the difference between stuff being "put away" and stuff being visible.

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Thanks AddaptAbilites, I will keep this in mind. I don't want anything that is a dust magnet either.

Elizabeth

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