- 78% of people with ADHD have sleep issues
Sleep Assessment for ADHD and AuDHD
Struggling to Sleep with ADHD or AuDHD? You Are Not Imagining It.
Exhausted all day, wide awake at night. Your body clock runs late, your brain will not switch off, and no amount of sleep hygiene advice has fixed it.
That is not a character flaw. It is your neurology. And with the right clinical support, it can change.
- Clinician-Led
- UK-Wide for All Ages
Common Sleep Difficulties
- Racing thoughts at bedtime
- Sensory sensitivities (AuDHD)
- Tired but cannot switch off
- Delayed sleep phase (DSPS)
- ADHD burnout and poor sleep
- Difficulty waking in the morning
- Restless sleep and night waking
- Mood crashes before bed
- Sleep anxiety and bedtime dread
How Our ADHD Sleep
Support Assessment Works
Five clear steps from booking to ongoing support. Here is what to expect.
Book Online
Appointment
Choose your slot. No GP referral. No waiting list, fully online across UK.
*Already diagnosed by another provider? Just bring a copy of your outcome report and we will take it from there.
Sleep History and Clinical Review
You will receive a 14-day sleep diary to complete before your appointment. Your clinician reviews your sleep patterns, ADHD profile, medication and daily impact.
Personalised Sleep Plan
You receive a practical, evidence-based plan built specifically around your neurodivergent profile.
Clinical
Prescribing Decision
Where a prescription is clinically appropriate, it is discussed openly and agreed with you.
Ongoing Review
and Support
Regular check-ins track your progress and adjust your plan. Consistent access to your clinician throughout.
Sleep Support Pricing
Transparent pricing. No surprises. Your costs depend on the type of support you need, and everything is explained up front before you commit.
- Melatonin Sleep Support
For patients starting melatonin as part of their sleep treatment plan:
- Initiation appointment
£150
- Follow-up review
£85 Per review
- Monthly medication
- Already on ADHD Medication?
If you are already receiving ADHD medication through ADHD Certify, your sleep support can be added as part of a combined package tied to your existing monthly costs.
There is no need to pay separately for a new initiation.
Contact our team and we will build a plan around what you already have in place.
Spread the cost
Klarna
(3 x interest-free)
Clearpay
(3 x interest-free)
(0% for 4 months, 18+, T&Cs apply)
Why ADHD & AuDHD Brains Struggle to Sleep
Sound familiar? You know you are tired. You just cannot sleep. Here is why.
Delayed Sleep Phase in ADHD
You are not a night owl by choice. Up to 78% of adults with ADHD have a biologically delayed body clock, with melatonin running around 90 minutes behind schedule. Your brain genuinely is not ready to sleep at 10pm, which is why every tip about earlier bedtimes has never worked.
Racing Thoughts and Bedtime Anxiety
The minute the room goes quiet, your brain finds everything it ignored all day. Tasks, conversations, random thoughts. You try harder to sleep. You become more alert. This is not a mindset problem. It is how the ADHD nervous system responds to a lack of stimulation.
Restlessness and Waking Through the Night
You fall asleep eventually, then wake up at 3am for no reason and lie there for an hour.
ADHD is linked to lighter, more fragmented sleep with fewer periods of deep rest. Poor sleep then worsens the very ADHD symptoms that made sleep hard in the first place.
It is a cycle that is genuinely difficult to break without clinical support.
Sensory Sensitivities and Sleep in AuDHD
If you are AuDHD, add sensory processing into the mix. The texture of your sheets, a faint hum, a slight change in light.
Things others do not even notice can keep your nervous system switched on. Between 50% and 80% of autistic people experience persistent sleep difficulties. When that combines with ADHD, you are dealing with a delayed sleep phase, racing thoughts, and sensory overload simultaneously.
ADHD Burnout, Emotional Regulation and Sleep
Everything feels worse when you have not slept. You are snapping at people, catastrophising small things, and exhausted by midday. That is not weakness. Broken sleep directly impairs emotional regulation in ADHD, making the next night harder too.
Over time, this tips into burnout. Breaking that cycle takes more than a sleep hygiene leaflet.
What Your Sleep Assessment Covers
A clinician-led assessment, not a questionnaire. Here is what we cover before making any recommendation.
Neurodevelopmental Profile
Sensory environment, arousal regulation, and co-occurring anxiety. Especially relevant for AuDHD.
Clinical Prescribing (if appropriate)
Regular clinical reviews to track progress and adjust your plan. You are not left to manage this alone.
Please note: Prescribing, where it occurs, is always part of a broader assessment and personalised plan, never an isolated or automatic outcome. Our approach is clinician-led and evidence-based throughout.
Is This Assessment Right for You?
This service is designed specifically for people whose sleep difficulties are rooted in ADHD or AuDHD, not as a generic insomnia clinic, and not as a replacement for support where a different medical cause is suspected.
- This service is suitable if:
- You have a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD or AuDHD
- Sleep difficulties are persistent, longstanding, and not explained by a recent life event
- Poor sleep is affecting your work, mood, relationships, or mental health
- You have tried standard sleep advice and it has not worked
- You want structured, clinician-led assessment, not generic lifestyle tips
- You are an adult, a young person, or a parent seeking support for a child with ADHD or AuDHD
- This may not be suitable if:
- Sleep difficulties are short-term or clearly situational
- There is no ADHD or AuDHD context to your sleep difficulties
- Sleep difficulties are better explained by an unrelated medical condition such as sleep apnoea
- You are seeking general lifestyle coaching or a non-clinical wellness programme
Why Choose ADHD Certify?
Specialist sleep support for ADHD and AuDHD is still rare. Most sleep services are not built around neurodivergent neurology, and most ADHD services do not go deep enough on sleep. ADHD Certify sits at the intersection of both.
Neurodivergent-Specialist Clinicians
Every clinician on our team has specialist expertise in ADHD and AuDHD. They understand how your brain processes arousal, time, sensory input, and emotional regulation, and they assess your sleep through that lens. You do not have to explain what ADHD feels like. They already know.
Assessment-First Approach
We do not hand out advice or prescriptions before understanding the full picture. Every recommendation, behavioural, environmental, or clinical, follows a thorough assessment. That means no generic plans and no guesswork.
Fully Online, UK-Wide
All Ages
We support adults, young people, and children with ADHD or AuDHD sleep difficulties. Parents seeking help for a child with ADHD-related sleep problems are welcome, as are teenagers and adults of any age.
Ongoing Support
Evidence-Based
Everything we recommend is grounded in current clinical evidence on ADHD, AuDHD, and sleep neuroscience, including UK consensus guidance on managing delayed sleep onset in ADHD adults.
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Sleep Assessment
- If you are in crisis or require urgent support, please call NHS 111 or attend your nearest A&E. This form is not monitored outside of business hours.
Please read before completing this form
Our sleep support service is currently available to individuals who have an existing diagnosis of ADHD and/or autism. We are not able to accept sleep assessment referrals for those who do not yet have a confirmed diagnosis.
If you are currently waiting for an ADHD or autism assessment, you are welcome to submit this form and let us know your expected assessment date. We will make a note on your record and reach out once your diagnosis has been confirmed.
If you do not yet have an assessment booked, please visit our ADHD assessment page to find out how we can help.
Frequently Asked Questions
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