Caffeine! Wow. Trying to self medicate.

[Anonymous]

I drink up to 4 or 5 cups of green tea a day. I used to drink black tea, but when I started University, I figured that I’d be drinking a LOT more. So thought I might as well drink the healthiest out there. It works very well! It makes me feel very revitalised and restores my energy at times. I would definitely recommend it.

I have a terrible intolerance to alcohol. Energy drinks, too. Anything high in caffeine.

When I drink, I get very, very tired. I only have one drink of alcohol (if that) when I’m out on occasions. Alcohol gives me a high for about a solid 10 minutes, then I go back down to an extreme low (tired, cranky, upset, cannot be bothered to socialise). I have not met anybody who shares this weird intolerance. Sure, I’ve met lightweights…but not as leightwight as I can be!

And Tiddler, did you mention that you can’t be put on a prescription for your ADD in England?

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[Anonymous]

Berry, not sure where you are located, but we just bought a Cuisinart dordless electric kettle to replace the hot water dispenser that died on us (for the second time). The nice thing about the Cuisinart kettle is that you can select from 6 different temperatures for the kind of tea you are preparing (like delicate, white, green, oolong, black, etc) – and it also has a half-hour keep warm option so you can go back for that second perfect cup of tea. It wasn’t cheap, but we like it, and now we can enjoy the specialty teas we’ve purchased.

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[Anonymous]

typing is not my forte today, if I’m not typing the opposite of what I mean (like off, when I mean on, and I do this when speaking as well, thankfully my husband can translate), I’m creating new words. Dordless should be cordless.

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[Tiddler]

Hiya

I’m not sure that I can’t be put on prescription – I think I may be able to get one but it would be off license, which means I need a doctor who is prepared to do that, hence the long wait for help.

Fingers crossed, February I’ll begin to get that help!

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[Anonymous]

Ah I see. I’m also in England.

no_dopamine, that is wonderful. I am really envious! Sometimes you just need something like that for finer teas. I find that I have to wait at least 7 minutes or more for green tea to be at a pleasant heat. When I used to drink black tea, I added a bit of milk, so it was instantly cooler and I didn’t have to wait around.

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[Anonymous]

I’m really into tea, I love discovering new blends! Bit of an odd student, haha. I hope the best works out for you, Tiddler. Hopefully I’ll have my diagnosis by February! I’m really considering medication. Perhaps not to start with, but there are times when I get very frustrated with myself, and wish I had something to take that’d make me less inattentive and more focused. There are times in a life that require intense focus, as Uni is already proving. Tricky stuff!

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[Anonymous]

Caffeine makes me feel relaxed and focused, but if I drink even as little as two cups of tea in one day I can hardly put two thoughts together the next.

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[Robbo]

I was trying to make caffein help me for weeks. I used to add lot’s of milk and protein powder to it, trying to make it last longer, smoother. Caffein just doesn’t work like ritalin. A psychiatrist told me months ago “if caffeine helps ritalin will help better”. Finally a little over two weeks ago I started a more therapeutic dosage of ritalin, 5 mg 3 times a day. It’s better. But I can’t drink caffein at the same time as ritalin. Maybe I can have it when I’m very sure the ritalin is out of my system. I really like coffee, n I haven’t found any decent decaf.

It’s worth it to see a good specialist, or at least in my case a couple short but very productive appointments with a psychiatrist. I got super lucky n found one who used to be a pharmacist. Maybe that made her more careful about the advice she gave me, and careful about telling me to make very small careful adjustments. And under close supervision.

Most of the information that helped me came from here. Lot’s of pro’s here. Spend a bunch of time here, you won’ t regret it.

Meds affect us all differently, that’s important info. Very!

I need to remember to get some good green tea, I like tea. I just don’t like the way tea eats away at my teeth. I know, just brush em, huh? Doh!!

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[Tiddler]

I got a bit carried away with all this caffeine trialling. I found that one cup made me feel a bit more focussed but not enough to be of any real help, so I got to a stage where I was havign a couple of cups in the morning, with a heaped tablespoon in each one, then I’d get shaky and sweaty and bad tempered and I’d cry.

I did my degree on pro-plus but it’s not helping me this time.

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[Robbo]

I’m enjoying a very delicious cup of coffee. It’s half decaf, actually good decaf too. Even though it’s a bit more expensive than what I’m usually willing to pay. It’s one of the only “treats” I’m able to let myself have that won’t come with side affects I’m not going to want to deal with. I just have to remember, 1) can’t drink it all day – just one cup, 2) can’t take it the same time as my ritalin. 3) Lighten up a little for crying out loud, huh? :o) [notes to self BTW]

I got up late today, my life hasn’t been this busy in a very long time. So I’ve just been in bed watching show’s like -the doctors. Today it was about all the side affects medications have and if they are worth taking… Interesting, considering all the junk we go through with side affects and symptoms… Then I escaped from that darn idiot box.. (TV)

-Song playing in my head- Throw Away You Television Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way [Song name, Band, Album]

3-12-12

PS I did manage to stop a lil bit past half-way through drinking my cup-u-mud, added an ice cube, a lot of milk, took another gulp, topped it off with milk, n put the rest in the fringe for later. I’m still weary of caffeine.

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