There’s a range of people with ADHD who would agree with me saying the prescription medication can be unpleasant. In my own experience, it can make you feel estranged from yourself and sort of numb. However, everyone’s personal experiences vary. But, if you’re like me, you might find that caffeine is the perfect loop-hole to get focussed on a task without medicating. Caffeine can be the perfect stimulant to relax and centre your mind, reducing disruptive symptoms of ADHD ( impulsivity, procrastination. Etc). It increases levels of the “happy hormone”, dopamine, in your brain, which is associated with motivation and attentiveness. In short, ADHD brains can thrive off stimulants. What makes someone without ADHD jittery can make someone with ADHD calm.
How Best To Use This
When starting an ADHD medication, often is the case that you have to work through several different doses to find what works best for you individually. Similarly, when I sit down to get something done, I sit with a cup of coffee or caffeinated tea to sip at until i reach my perfect level of concentration and maintain this through out. It’s also important to note that even if caffeine can have a positive affect on you, it doesn’t mean you should ignore the negative affects it can also have. Along with other side effects, Caffeine can induce anxiety (which already has high levels of comorbidity with ADHD), and can hurt under-developed brains. For more information, follow this link:
Medication and Caffeine.
In the words of Mark Twain “too much of anything can be bad”. Although stimulants can be essential to managing ADHD, don’t go rogue and over do it. Caffeine intake along with prescribed medication can ignite adverse side effects to a medication which already has so many regular ones. Check on your medication pamphlet or with your doctor/GP to see what works the best for you.
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