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Originally Posted by Rebound
At the moment I am not on any pills but I self medicate.
I find that, rather than make me anxious or anything, caffeine helps me concentrate and, relax in a way. It generally doesn't interfere much with sleep, I don't think, because I sleep poorly most of the time no matter how much caffeine I consume.
Whenever I have tried sleep aids I have found they keep me awake worse than any caffeine binge.
Do you ever experience anything like that and do you think it makes a diagnosis of ADHD more or less likely?
I don't know much about ADHD or its treatments but do stimulants help you, and do they affect you the same as people without ADHD?
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What you're describing is common for people with ADHD
There are tons of theories as to what actually causes ADHD but it is widely accepted that it's related to our brains either being structured slightly different or that our brain chemistry is different.
In my personal experience this has some interesting effects, such as the ones you mentioned. I can pop straight caffeine pills and go right to sleep yet if I take sleep aids I tend to feel more alert.
I'm not a medical professional so I won't even begin to theorize why this happens, I just know that I have experienced this phenomenon my entire life, interestingly enough though Nyquil and Zquil work incredibly well, as does melatonin.