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First off: I am still undiagnosed. I've followed the ADHD topic for more than a year now since I seem to match a whole lot of symptoms and behavior patterns. An official diagnosis will most probably still take another year. I live in Germany.

One thing that got me wondering was caffeine. As I've heard, drinking coffee will make ADHD folks not feel any more awake, maybe even a little tired.

While it doesn't make me feel awake as well, I very vividly remember my first coffee a long time ago that caused a massive outburst of productivity when all of the time I was known for being 'lazy' and distracted. However the effect quickly diminished with each subsequent coffee over the next year.

Isn't this a contradiction though? If I actually had ADHD, why did coffee have this awakening effect on me back then?

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[โ€“] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

and thats the reason i can drink coffee and go right to sleep. i was always confuesed why people made such a fuzz about me making a cup of coffee late at night.

[โ€“] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Nothing better than a warm mild stimulant drink to put me to sleep ๐Ÿ˜‹

[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

This was the one that made me think, oh, I might have ADHD!