Re:Me and ADHD
by rejectfinite on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:54PM
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>The safe dosage is ~200mg for an adult if I recall
No? It is 400mg
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...
Yeah, without diving back into it myself right now, the health effects of caffeine are quite different depending on a single SNP. For fast metabolizers some doses of caffeine above 300mg/day can actually have net positive effects on cardiac health, while the opposite is true for slow metabolizers. I got into a habit of 400mg+ doses per day and the cumulative effect that had on sleep quality alone was a good reason to find an alternative.
I completely agree with your comments about looking for opportunities to use medication to bootstrap into better habits around exercise, mindfulness, and building better systems and habits.
I hadn't seen that before, so thank you!
I ran into this same thing accidentally, I was regularly 'overdosing' on caffeine by drinking 300 - 400mg of caffeine per day in college.
The safe dosage is ~200mg for an adult if I recall, but I can only do about 100 - 125mg absolute max or my heart starts pounding. I am not sure if this lowered limit is due to 'abuse' or if I also have different caffeine metabolization. I will have to take a look at my data.