When the Clock Betrays You: How Daylight Savings Throws Off Routines for ADHD Brains

There’s something quietly cruel about the twice-a-year ritual of changing the clock. You go to sleep feeling “normal,” and you wake up with your cue-card in a foreign language. Suddenly your body, your brain, your routines have been hijacked. For folks with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Yeah — it’s worse. The hour shift might seem small. But for a brain that already needs structure, rhythm, and predictable safety lines, it can feel like the ground has given way.