As someone neurodiverse, coffee acts to simply make me sleepy. It doesn’t give that high that most people experience, nor add to anxiety. An awful lot of people with neurodiversities find similarly, it’s something to do with the way caffeine reacts with the hit of your brain that adhd meds target. I’m completely brain farting on the science though!
Yes, yes, yes
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It's cause it's a stimulant so it's kinda of like self-medicating (without realising) but with the wrong medicine!
Realising that other people get a wee pick-me-up or a boost from drinking their coffee blew my
bleeping mind. Some of the
best sleeps I've ever had have been right after a coffee
and always at the worst time 
Stimulant medications are to help with so many ADHD symptoms, generalising here, but like to quieten down the ADHD brain, increase focus etc. Caffeine isn't the same level of stimulant and wears off quickly, so can actually have the opposite impact on this with ADHD. Short impact on the brain and then feelings of sleepiness or brain fog
So not recommend for prescribing.
Obviously everyone can also have a more natural tolerance to caffeine or can build up their own too.
AimeeHD saying coffee was making her anxious just shows she definitely doesn't have it
Coffee = ADHD naptime, not anxiety.
Just like is someone without ADHD took the medication (strictly forbbiden). They would be absolutely buzzing, chaotic and energetic. Causes intense focus and severe adrenaline rush . But for us ADHD peeps, it's not an upper. It regulates us, can just make us calm down a bit or feel tired for a change
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Brains are wild
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🥲 and I fear we are seeing more and more proof that thesocialmama was never blessed with one 🥹
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