(Last paragraph barely related but talks other stimulants so kinda related)

Do you find yourself sensitive? Have you noticed something of a “dose limit” like, you can have a cup of coffee (~100mg caffeine) fine, but the second or third cup+ or something higher in caffeine content (like a couple of those 100-200mg caffeine pills, for example) will make you anxious or elevated (or some other negative effect)? do you think it depends on the source (like tea vs coffee vs energy drinks vs pills, etc. )?

I’m just curious because I was tired as hell this morning so went to the local convenience store and got the cheapest low cal energy drink (which happened to be Bang which I hear is what the EMTs use when they’re understaffed and have crazy scheduled because it has 300mg of caffeine). Drank it on the way to the park near where I get my meds and honestly feel even more tired and nauseous. Won’t repeat. Couldn’t survive on an EMTs schedule (which sucks because that was one of my future career wants a ways back).

(Also, peeps with ADHD, how do you find a balance of treating symptoms without feeling tired? I was okay from 9:30-3pm on 30mg Adderall XR and then was thought tornadoing the rest of the day so they added 10mg of IR to take at 3pm and I don’t like the IR compared to XR because of it hitting harder, faster, and wearing off like 2 hours later, but I understand why they wouldn’t want me to take another XR dose at 3pm. Ideas? I don’t know much about ADHD meds other than the stimulants are pretty much all amphetamine or methylphenidate variations, and some people take Wellbutrin, Strattera, and a couple others I don’t remember the names of. Oh, Clonidine too, which I take at night already to help with sleep anxiety/PTSD nightmares, and recommend if that’s an issue but prazosin isnt your thing.)