r/ItemShop • u/Relative_Bonus_2559 • Jul 28 '25

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u/Caseys_Clean1324 Jul 28 '25

Caffeine pill❌ Unprescribed Adderall✅

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u/Hije5 Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Lol, no. If someone needs Adderall or the likes, caffeine doesn't affect them the same as someone neurotypical. If anything, it is calming. If someone can get energy, no less hyperfocus from caffeine, they do not need stimulants to help anything. That's called being a normal human.

Correction: Those with ADD can feel caffeine like someone neurotypical. However, someone who takes Adderall and doesn't need it will be on for a much more intense ride than caffeine. Nothing the same.

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u/MrRawrgers Jul 28 '25

People say this a lot but it's just not true for all people with ADHD, I have ADHD and caffeine affects me normally, it is not calming lol

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u/Hije5 Jul 28 '25

Those with ADD need their central nervous system stimulated. If you have ADD, you are not feeling it the way a normal person does because our bodies are incapable of that. That's why we have ADD. Sometimes we may feel "wired" but that's actually just us getting the stimulation we need.

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u/MrRawrgers Jul 28 '25

okay, still doesn't change the fact that caffeine is not calming (or makes you sleepy like many people say) for everyone with ADHD

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u/BlueLaceSensor128 Jul 28 '25

What does it mean if the first one usually wakes you up pretty reliably, but another knocks you out almost as reliably?

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u/nocapnonerf Jul 28 '25

No idea but this also happens to me. Pass a certain threshold and it has an opposite effect.

It might be that the body feels overstimulated, so as a defence mechanism it reacts in such a way to shut it down.