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    19 hours ago

    Caffeine doesn’t do much for me, in fact it often seems to make me sleepy

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      15 hours ago

      An atypical response to caffeine is one of the most consistent markers of ADHD I’ve seen in the wild. I’ve yet to meet someone who has it and didn’t have some level of ADHD symptoms as well.

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          14 hours ago

          True. I tend to hang out with a lot of high functioning weirdos. We worked out that about half of us either were diagnosed with various neurodiversities, or reasonably could be. Several got diagnosed, after the caffeine point.

          Unfortunately, high functioning ADHD diagnosis can be VERY hit and miss. My diagnosis was apparently fairly blatant. A friend, with very similar experiences and issues, got the opposite end of the deal. Since he could hold down a job, he obviously had no issues. A depressing chunk is down to the personal opinion of the assessor.

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            13 hours ago

            Yep!!! Hold down a job so you’re fine! Not to mention the last time my house was clean was 7 years ago when i took a half dose of adderall…

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              13 hours ago

              My house might be tidy… one day… I don’t think it’s been truly tidy in over a decade.

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      18 hours ago

      Caffeine doesn’t do much for me, unless I have taken my Elvanse. Then it can be like I am too focused to actually focus on things.

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      19 hours ago

      I struggle with falling asleep and it gets worse with caffein. So I never drink a lot of it after 16:00