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?
In: Biology
fwiw this could be a tough ELI5 cuz its very anectdotal regarding wether you’d get these side effects, i work in mental health and the majority of my clients have ADD/ADHD as one of multiple neurodiversities – i have one client with ADD who has one or two BIG energy drinks in the AM before/during our sessions at 10am (CONTEXT: i teach rap to NDIS clients one on one and do my own rap for a company that does mental health support and also has a label side for releasing music fwiw – but i get paid for making my own music on company time etc)
Point is – some days he says’s he can’t feel it, some days he feels like he has too much energy – i think there’s one HUGE variable and thats the fact that everybodys body chemistry is diff and can change day to day based on diet and other variables plus they are on other medications many times and that can cause it to interact differently
FWIW No-Doz Pills work WAY slower than a 200mg caffeine drink would which can avoid jitters a bit as its less up and down than caffeine when in liquid form like coffee/energy drinks etc – one thing though, no doze PLUS is WEAKER, its 100mg caffeine PLUS a vitamin or two, reg no doz is just 200mg caffeine, i find that a good alt but could work for you as my client tries them sometimes and finds they work but more for long term than a quick pick me up…
hope that helps!
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