Weekly threads to plan and notice the positive in our lives. From the magic point across a plateau nothing changes. I do find myself falling asleep after drinking caffeine sometimes. That is to say that adults with ADHD and persons with bipolar may have ADHD symptoms or bipolar symptoms which phase in and out like the moon, directly correlating to the sympathetic (stimulating) or parasympathetic (peaceful sleepy) affects of caffeine (or some other, but not all, stimulants). It is widely believed that caffeine boosts attention in normal adults, but research results are unclear. I drink it because I love it! This often makes us distracted and or hyper because our brains need to be stimulated. Caffeine withdrawal may trigger headache, fatigue, irritability and nervousness. Coffee is a very mild stimulant, most people drink it to get that boost. I have no idea but I get sleepy after I smoke cigarettes. With not enough stimulation, we are unfocused or restless. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. A place where people with ADHD and their loved ones can interact with each other exchanging stories, struggles, and non-medication strategies. Because you cross the stimulant threshold for your brain. They unconsciously realize they can focus better while drinking coffee so they drink it all the time. This happens to me too. The caffeine does not always wake a person up. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. For Children I don't get it I love coffee but can only drink it at night because it makes me extremely tired . He said that caffeine affects glucose and adenosine reception. Ok there is a lot more to it then that according to my psychiatrist. Thats why people with ADHD can take adderall and it calms their ADHD, but if a neurotypical person takes it, it amps them up. Thats why people with ADHD can take adderall and it calms their ADHD, but if a neurotypical person takes it, it amps them up. ADHD flips what stimulants do to our brain. A fair analogy would be to compare this to eyeglasses. I was talking about this with my SO a few days ago. He’s an MD who knew my dad, who could down a whole pot of double-strength coffee and crash right afterward. It doesn’t give me energy at all. Pre-training caffeine improved the learning deficit in the ADHD rats, but had no effect on the other rats. But just like adderall, coffee slows us down and helps us focus. Usually people with adhd are people that “at baseline” are under stimulated. The glasses themselves work exactly the same regardless of who wears them, but vision is affected differently depending on the eyesight of the wearer. It clams your mind and makes it so that you can sleep. You need to drink it and then have an adrenaline rush and then see if it helps you stay awake. Press J to jump to the feed. Some studies find better performance on memory tasks; others find that caffeine aids concentration but impairs short-term memory. The differences we're speaking of relate to those drugs addressing receptor and neurotransmitter deficiencies, which is why there is a 'paradoxical' effect.