• Jon_Servo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    10 months ago

    Caffeine and I have a very strange relationship. Sometimes, it keeps me alert. Sometimes, it makes me crash within an hour of consuming it. I thought I didn’t have ADHD for the longest time because I was told of I did have it, caffeine would make me sleepy.

    • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      For me, it seems to have no effects. I’ve been known to down mugs full of coffee and still manage to fall asleep. (It gets the bowels running, though)

    • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’ve found constantly slamming energy drinks throughout the day to be a semi effective way of getting through work.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    413·
    10 months ago

    You guys keep coins in your wallet??? That seems like it would be terribly uncomfortable

  • CallMeButtLove@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    10 months ago

    I’m not sure what the ‘less sleep/mild cold’ one is trying to say but it did make me realize something about myself. When I’m sick, but not super sick, I do find it very peaceful. It makes me okay with laying on the couch watching stuff all day long whereas if I were healthy I’d feel anxious about wasting my time.

    I think that might be what it’s trying to say except for the fact that that is NOT the case when I’m running low on sleep.

    • Klordok@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I have a similar experience when I’m sick. I usually feel more calm and it seems easier to cook or read.

    • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Same for me, my internal (probably wrong) explanation for this has been that it’s quite similar to having something going on (in this case, the recovery from sickness) so that it’s a bit easier for the brain to not actively worry and be useless.

      I don’t know if what I wrote makes sense, I’m not sick right now

  • Rekonok@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    301·
    10 months ago

    I have that coin from the year where my sister was born

    No one can have it

    Maybe her child if he ask politely

    • Tyfud@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      For the same reason Adderall let’s us focus, while it makes everyone else jittery.

      • datelmd5sum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I don’t know if I have ADD, but amphetamines definitely help me focus when the dosage is medical and the intent is not recreational. I haven’t heard of anyone not being more productive if they pop 10mg of D-amph at work. People get jittery when they do lines of speed in a rave.

    • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Caffeine and AD(H)D seem to have all kinds of funky relationships/cross effects

    • SaddieTheMad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know. When I was younger, caffeine made me sleepy. Nowadays, it makes me focus.

      It’s great to finish activities, but I cannot take it frequently as it affects my mood if I do so (bipolar disorder). It’s only my emergency focus 🪄.

  • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    Caffeine addiction can also cause needing caffeine to sleep. Like, a very high amount of caffeine addiction. (Source: a phase where I needed caffeine to go to sleep.) Right up there with the caffeine withdrawal shakes.

    One can additionally have ADHD.

  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    If all the column B’s describe me, is this meme a diagnosable test of ADD?

    I didn’t phrase that right but you know what I mean.

  • Mike D.@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    Currently prepping for a nap by finishing my second cup of coffee.

  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I do indeed remember a couple of dreams from when I was a very young child, didn’t realise it was an adhd thing. At least caffeine works properly for me though.