I feel like I'm tired most of the time. I seem to need 9 hours every night, when most people I know are fine with 7. My husband is a horrible sleeper and I tend to stay up until he goes to bed around 11:30 to midnight. Then I try to get up around 7 during the school year. I rarely have trouble falling asleep, usually asleep in minutes. I find waking up to be hard.

I read a lot of dream books when I was younger and read sleep books when my older (SPD) son was a baby. We sleep in 90 minute cycles. If you can time your wake up time with those cycles, you should feel better, have an easier time waking up. So 6, 7 1/2, 9 hours of sleep a night.

I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and just have the self diagnosis of SPD. My older son is officially SPD and anxiety. I often wonder about depression/anxiety and SPD. Sometimes the line between the two seems to blur. Low self-esteem too. I see that in my mom, my older son, and myself.

My older son also has low muscle tone as part of his SPD and I wonder if that relates to being tired. He is not athletic at all because of being clumsy (sensory related) and tiredness. I'm pretty clumsy too, can remember spraining my ankles at least once a year growing up.

I know that I need alone time every so often to recharge my battery. I feel very drained after being with more than 2-3 people at a time. Gets overwhelming in large groups.

I haven't found an OT for adults with SPD. But I haven't tried overly hard either. I've been seeing a psychologist since Feb (also saw one in '05-'06, and on and off in 90s) and try to go weekly to an exercise class. I know the movement and exercise help me physically, mentally, emotionally.