why does caffeine make many people with adhd tired or have no effect?

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here is a post from the adhd $ub containing a couple thousand annecdotes showing that it either makes us tired, or has no effect for most people with adhd:

(link in comments else aut0m0d flags this as being about r3dd!t drama)

one of the top comments was a guy saying he drank it to sleep at night,

and i personally wanted to test this on myself, i dont consume much caffeine regularly, i usualy have one cup of coke containing 30mg per day, but today i drank two cups of coffee (the first two of my life it, was fucking disqusting) and 3 energy drinks. i got 8.5 hours of sleep last night, and its 6pm, i feel incredibly tired, and have done all day, the most awake i felt today was in the morning just before my first cup. my heart rate is 58bpm as writing this, which is the same as usual, maybe a tiny bit more. despite me consuming about 350mg, and about half of that was chugged about 45 minutes ago, this is the most tired i’ve felt today.

i’m interested in the science behind why this happens to adhd people?

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I sleep very well after a cup of coffee. I sleep terribly and often only for about three hours if I have more than one alcoholic drink. No idea why.

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