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Hey guys! Random but I’ve found that having a fan on in the room at all times helps with my sound irritability. Because of my ADHD I found myself angry at all sounds outside my room. I have it on in the day and during the night to help me sleep. The sound eases me and helps me sleep through the night. It covers any noises my roommates might be making and I’m less irritated wondering what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. I felt bad that I was being annoyed by others just doing normal everyday things.

It also helps with focus. The droning noise just helps! I hope this helps someone :)

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Zande

I agree 100%! It really helped me sleep thru the night when I had roommates. Now it helps block traffic noise & voices from nearby cubicles at work. It really works for me!!!

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply toZande

Yes! "Normal" people may find it strange but it helps with hypersensitivity!

Same here, except I usually have a TV show on. BUT, the show can’t be too interesting or I’ll be paying too much attention and won’t sleep. And if it’s too mundane it won’t work (I know that sounds weird). At my last place, I had a window unit A/C. And something about the sound it made was just right. I should have made a recording of it. It blocked out background noise, and helped by ‘drowning out’ the thoughts going through my head at 100 mph.

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humble-rasberry

I love this tip!! I also use a humidifier at night and its marketed as “no sound” but thats def a lie, I don’t even mind it because it is so soothing that it ended up working out, I cant stand sleeping in complete silence and hearing random noises

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply tohumble-rasberry

Yes! At bedtime I have the fan on and I play rain sounds on Youtube on my ipad :)

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BlessedLady

They have noise makers. Sorry I can't remember the correct name for them right now. They are little motors that make a soothing sound.

Sleeping with a TV on interferes with getting into REM sleep. I did this for a while and did not pay much attention to it. Until someone mentioned it to me. If you have to have a TV on to fall asleep. It is best to set your TV to automatically turn off. Have the volume as low as possible and darken the picture.

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Charumbe in reply toBlessedLady

Dhom makes good mechanical noise machines. Is that what you had in mind? I do like mine, discovered at a hotel that had them in the rooms and loved it.

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BlessedLady in reply toCharumbe

Charumbe, that's it ! They are not expensive. The first time I saw one was back in 1982. My husband started working nights. He got one to drown out the daytime noises. He had ADHD but was not medicated at that time.

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply toBlessedLady

I tried that but when the tv turns off during the night, any sound wakes me. Im such a light sleeper ;/

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Baxter83

Yes! Totally agree. I have Alexa play “brown noise” it really helps.

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply toBaxter83

I love brown noise! I havent tried to sleep with it though. Maybe I'll try tonight :)

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Toofers

I’m a huge fan of white noise machines for sleep. I have the OG style white noise machine that’s existed for ages. During the day I was using alpha wave music through YouTube to concentrate. And just discovered pink noise, which is like white noise but slightly different, which I listen to through the White Noise app on my iPhone.

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply toToofers

Hi! Ive found that pink noise gives me anxiety. I dont know why :/ but brown noise is soothing

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Toofers in reply toSunshinegrl25

Oh interesting. I'm excited to try brown then

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Nicolai41

Yep I’m just trying out brown noise myself via YouTube

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G7BK

Thumbs up for brown noise, reminds me of the aeroplane where i'm just chilled(after i got over the flying phobia!), a bit geeky but star trek next generation is awesome, as it has brown noise playing in the background constantly! 😀

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Sunshinegrl25 in reply toG7BK

What? I love star trek! I never knew that :)

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