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Permalink Reply by Larche Osborne on December 11, 2009 at 12:54pm

I'm not allowed caffeine as well. It used to fuel my manic excursions before I was medicated. I think my Doctor just uses "interactions with meds" as an excuse to get me away from caffeine. Damn, but I miss it.

Permalink Reply by Larche Osborne on December 12, 2009 at 11:07am

I miss the manic episodes I experienced before my doctor came up with the particular batch of meds I now take, but I don't miss crashing after a period of mania. That depression was often hard to take.

Permalink Reply by Sean M Hebner on December 12, 2009 at 3:12pm

chemically speaking ... Caffeine and most ADD/ADHD meds are VERY similar..so yes..your counteracting your meds by drinking/ using caffeine

Permalink Reply by Tedster on December 12, 2009 at 6:21pm

That's sacrilege.

Permalink Reply by Sean M Hebner on December 13, 2009 at 1:08pm

no rest for the wicked??

Permalink Reply by Wonderist on January 31, 2010 at 9:10am

Update: I've since given up caffeine almost entirely, except for occasional recreational use. I've found that it makes me anxious and jittery when used in combination with my medication.

I also heard about the acidity issue. I now take my meds with only water in the morning, and have since found that they have not been fading in effect as I was worried about. (Never found a good explanation for why the effects of the meds should *come back* after the first Coke wore off, though, considering I hadn't taken any more pills.)

One source told me that there's a kind of asymmetry with caffeine and amphetamines. The amphetamines will boost the effects of the caffeine, but the caffeine will not boost the effects of the amphetamines. So, basically, I was getting anxious and jittery for nothing. So I just gave up my caffeine strategy entirely.

"Hope this might help. I've been working on my ADHD for a while and if anyone has questions feel free to ask. I help on an ADHD site and have a pretty large information base to work from."

Which site? I just posted my latest problem here: http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=835672

Today, I'm cutting down to 20mg from 30 to see if it helps. I really need to get my procrastination under control, ASAP. Any ideas?

Permalink Reply by Wonderist on January 31, 2010 at 12:41pm

"As to procrastination - creating a rigid schedule for taking the meds helps."

I take my meds just fine. I'm talking about getting real work done. I explain in the post I linked to.

"Going from 30 to 20? I'm not sure if that is going to help. Are you taking regular release or spansules?"

Again, I explain in the post I linked to. I went up to 30 and now have more side-effects, no help with procrastination, and it *seems* (could be wrong) that it's even harder to get out of hyperfocus. So I wonder if I went too high. (I'm taking IR.)