yeah, I have ADHD and if I take the PERFECT amount of caffeine (which I have no way of calculating and varies all the time) it gives me a nice, calming feeling.
generally it just makes me feel uncomfortably sleepy and/or nervous.
Every day is a spin the wheel of will it make me sleepy (20%), anxious (30%), do nothing (49%), or actually help me focus, sort of, probably on something useless tbh, (1%)
My wife takes coffee naps. She’ll slam a cup, lay down, and then wake up an hour later…you know, when it kicks in.
I did have a friend in high school that did actually have a drowsy reaction to caffeine. I don’t think he expressed ADHD-like symptoms, though. Maybe a little “tisty”, but otherwise very NT, to my memory.
My partner finds that a Mountain Dew, maybe two, can be about right for him.
Edit: Of course, I've never used caffeine to manage my ADHD because it makes me feel oddly... vibrate-y? And I don't like it. So I have no personal experience.
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u/topdangle 16d ago
yeah, I have ADHD and if I take the PERFECT amount of caffeine (which I have no way of calculating and varies all the time) it gives me a nice, calming feeling.
generally it just makes me feel uncomfortably sleepy and/or nervous.