ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)

Re:ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018) by adamrmcd on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:50PM (#22131113)

Nor coffee or other "normalized" liquid stimulants. The coffee sweet-spot-of-productivity is so difficult to attain, or even find. Is it even worth experimenting with if other avenues have failed?

It would be interesting to hear the author's thoughts on this, and on alcohol.

EDIT: ...and on exercise.

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Re:ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018) by falcolas on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:21PM (#22133442)

For me, to have a meaningful effect on ADHD, I have to drink so much coffee (or other caffeinated beverages) that I have heart palpitations.

That's one of the advantages of the prescribed stimulants; they're effective at doses that have no physical side effects.

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Re:ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018) by tokamak-teapot on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:53AM (#22136771)

I've been using caffeine as stimulant since early teens, to try and help with focus, but it's been really hard to avoid over-stimulating.

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