Dr. Nnamdi Orakpo: The ADHD Diagnosis Nobody Is Testing For

<p>Most high performers treat sleep like a negotiation.</p><p>Something to borrow from.Something to sacrifice.Something to fix later.</p><p>But the body does not negotiate forever.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Nnamdi Orakpo joins Lloyed Lobo on Traction to unpack why sleep is one of the most important operating systems behind performance, mental health, metabolism, recovery, and long-term function.</p><p>Dr. Orakpo is a Stanford sleep medicine physician, psychiatrist, MD, PhD, and clinical assistant professor. His work spans insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, trauma-associated sleep disorders, ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, ketamine therapy, TMS, virtual reality neurofeedback, and GLP-1 medications for sleep apnea and obesity.</p><p>This conversation is not about generic sleep hygiene.</p><p>It is about what sleep reveals.</p><p>Why insomnia is often not just a sleep problem.</p><p>Why sleep apnea can silently wreck energy, mood, blood pressure, metabolism, and cognition.</p><p>Why trauma shows up at night.</p><p>Why founders can feel productive while their brain is running on fumes.</p><p>And why the future of sleep medicine may combine psychiatry, neuromodulation, metabolic care, and technology.</p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li><p>Why sleep is foundational to founder performance</p></li><li><p>The difference between insomnia, poor sleep, and sleep apnea</p></li><li><p>Why high performers often normalize sleep deprivation</p></li><li><p>How sleep impacts mood, attention, decision-making, and emotional control</p></li><li><p>The hidden relationship between sleep and trauma</p></li><li><p>Why obesity and sleep apnea reinforce each other</p></li><li><p>How GLP-1s may change the sleep apnea conversation</p></li><li><p>Where ketamine and TMS fit into modern psychiatry</p></li><li><p>What virtual reality neurofeedback may unlock for insomnia and chronic pain</p></li><li><p>Why sleep trackers help some people and make others worse</p></li><li><p>The practical sleep reset every founder should understand</p></li></ul><p>This episode is for founders, executives, parents, clinicians, and high performers who want to stop treating sleep like a soft topic.</p><p>Because your sleep is not separate from your performance.</p><p>It is the foundation underneath it.</p><p>Lloyed Lobo</p><p>- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo</p><p>Dr. Nnamdi Orakpo</p><p>- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nnamdi-orakpo-md-phd-47793835/</p>