| ▲ | CuriousRose 2 days ago | |
In my experience, this is common among people with ADHD (myself, friends with ADHD, family with ADHD, psychologist’s patients anecdotal evidence). YMMV | ||
| ▲ | BatteryMountain 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
I have adhd too, but cannot use stimulant medications (they are too strong). I've had to use non-stim meds. What if long term caffeine use causes some of the adhd symptoms? It interesting to ponder because if I stop using caffeine for a month, some of my adhd symtoms go away completely. I've done stints of complete caffeine breaks, content consumption breaks (one week or more without screens) and I felt amazing and alive. The first couple of days of using caffeine feels amazing but then I feel dead inside again and live like a robot. So in my mind, caffeine is my main target when I try to adjust my routine/behaviours. | ||
| ▲ | sph a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
It's not, really. Coffee is an anxiety and insomnia machine for me, while nothing made me as calm as amphetamine (even my heart rate was lower). I do have a professional diagnosis for ADHD. | ||
| ▲ | orphea 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Hmm, this is an interesting observation. I do have signs of ADHD. | ||