Added Nutrition started with a problem I had been living with for most of my life. Sleep.
Not the cute version of "I stayed up too late watching Netflix." The kind where your body is exhausted, but your brain has other plans. You climb into bed and your mind starts replaying the day, planning tomorrow, digging up a random mistake from 2011, and opening 47 mental tabs you did not ask for.
That was me.
I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 10. Then, at 33, I was finally told I had ADHD. Like so many adults who get diagnosed later in life, everything suddenly made sense. The stress. The anxiety. The constant mental noise. The feeling that my brain had been running a different operating system the whole time.
It did not fix everything overnight, but it gave me language for what I had been experiencing, and it helped explain why sleep had always been so hard.
Some nights it would take hours to switch off. Other nights I would wake around 3 or 3:30am and my brain would switch straight back on. But the worst part was the morning. I could get seven or eight hours and still wake up heavy, foggy, and already behind.
When you are wired differently, poor sleep does not just affect your night. My food choices got worse. My stress got worse. My patience and focus got worse. Bad sleep made the next day harder, a harder day made the next night harder, and around it went.
My body was tired. My brain was not.
What I tried first
I started with sleep hygiene. Earlier nights, better routines, less chaos before bed. That helped, but it did not solve the whole problem. I needed support that worked with the way my brain worked.
So I tried sleep supplements. Some felt too weak. Some did nothing. Some left me groggy, and the stronger options felt too intense, with side effects I did not want to build my life around. I was not looking to be flattened. I wanted to wind down, stay asleep, and wake up feeling more like myself.
So we made what I could not find
I worked with a specialist who has spent more than 30 years in the nutraceutical space. The brief was simple: nighttime support for busy brains. Not a generic sleep product. Not another "just calm down" blend. Something for people whose bodies are tired but whose minds keep going.
We tested around eight formulas before landing on Added Sleep, built around three jobs:
- Wind down at night
- Stay asleep
- Wake up clear
No synthetic melatonin. And because I am a massive Oura Ring nerd (when I got married I did not even get a normal ring, I got an Oura, partly because it was the only ring my ADHD brain had a chance of not losing), I tracked every version. Not just how I felt going to bed, but how I felt the next morning. For me, that is the real test.
Why there's a probiotic in it
My gut has always been a challenge, and I became more interested in the connection between nighttime routines, digestion, and how the body absorbs what we give it. So Added Sleep includes Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, a well-known probiotic strain, with inulin, plus AstraGin®, a plant-based ingredient used to support nutrient absorption. For anyone who has struggled with both sleep and gut issues, that felt like an important piece of the puzzle.
This is not about fixing people.
I do not believe people with ADHD are broken, or that neurodivergent brains need to be "fixed." But I do know what it feels like to be exhausted by a brain that will not switch off, and to wake up tired and push through anyway.
That is why Added Nutrition exists. For the adults who spent years wondering why everything felt harder than it should. For the mums who hold the whole house together and then lie awake with their own thoughts. For the people who get through the day, then still cannot switch off at night.
Try it properly
Sleep support is personal, and what works for one person may not work the same way for another. Use it consistently, build it into your nighttime routine, and track how you feel. If it is not right for you, there is a 60-day money-back guarantee. No drama.
And if it does work for you, it is not just about the night. It is about who you get to be the next day. Calmer. Clearer. More yourself.
Stephen, founder. For us, by us.
