I tried caffeine before bed the other night because I read in my ADHD book that that stimulants could have the opposite effect in some people with ADHD, and help the specific problem of racing thoughts before bed(understimulation) which I get pretty often. Slept the best I had in a long time for 4 hours, then got woke up by pets and lost 4 hours because I couldn’t sleep again funnily enough; I did tea for my first test but it definitely ran short, may try a caffeinated something else next time ~~ibuprofen~~.

Edit: Caffeinated ibuprofen doesn't exist to my knowledge and probably for the best not to test it, I got mixed up making comments too early for my brain to wake up.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

Yeah caffeine is a siren song for a select few. It's not necessarily an 'everyone and every form of ADHD thing', but it seems to present together often enough.

In my case it's tricksy because the line between "this much coffee will help sleep" and "this much coffee will make you feel like it re-activated the magic conversion machine the actual ADHD meds just shut down" is about 1 oz one way or another from a 5oz cup (a real small amount in sane units, I didn't convert).

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

tried the same thing and i feel very tired but my pulse shoots through the roof and my heart feels like its gonna stop :[

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

It’s definitely not for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Maybe less caffeine if you're so essily stimulated metabolically.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah caffeine when tired already is the best way to make my body go "ok, I sleep now, lie me down".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, coffee specifically does shit for me. Literally. Pretty sure I'd lose weight at a rapid pace if I kept drinking it. Energy drinks on the other hand are...okay? More mood stabilization than energy improvements.

Unless you count sometimes getting more anxious as energy, in which case some days I may actually be able to vibrate through walls.

Course I don't have just adhd. I also deal with separate depression and anxiety with adhd as a sort of foundation, while also not being the primary reason for either. So fuck if I know.