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Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee lower stress, depression and impulsivity

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Re: Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee lower stress, depression and impulsivity

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bluefirebrand wrote: post #58
dofm wrote: post #57

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FWIW that is borderline diagnostic from what I understand. The fact that you say "time stops" if it's something you want to, and the fact that you describe starting a task you don't want to do as painful to engage with and you procrastinate until you find some pressure to start… I don't think this is necessarily everyone's experience at all. And one of the problems with inattentive ADHD is that because it feels so in…

> And then when they begin to burn out in any given job, they confuse the burnout with structural failures of the job (it must have got worse) or with wanting a better job, so off they go to a new one, and unless you keep in touch with them over several job changes you never see the actual pattern. You know, I've been diagnosed for almost a decade now and working on my ADHD with counsellors and my doctor and medicati…

It is really not that helpful to know that it's not a unique problem, is it? :-/

Re: Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee lower stress, depression and impulsivity

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shinycode wrote: post #59
bluefirebrand wrote: post #58

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> And then when they begin to burn out in any given job, they confuse the burnout with structural failures of the job (it must have got worse) or with wanting a better job, so off they go to a new one, and unless you keep in touch with them over several job changes you never see the actual pattern. You know, I've been diagnosed for almost a decade now and working on my ADHD with counsellors and my doctor and medicati…

Oh wow so sorry to hear that, never thought taking about my insensitiveness to cafeine would yield such discussion. I’m not going through what you feel and I might never know if I save some form of ADHD or not. Maybe there’s a bright side to it or at least some hope for things to get better with time. I deeply wish you the best and to find relief

Hey, no worries. I've been doing a lot better since I was medicated, but thank you :)

Re: Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee lower stress, depression and impulsivity

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Post by bluefirebrand »

dofm wrote: post #61
bluefirebrand wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> And then when they begin to burn out in any given job, they confuse the burnout with structural failures of the job (it must have got worse) or with wanting a better job, so off they go to a new one, and unless you keep in touch with them over several job changes you never see the actual pattern. You know, I've been diagnosed for almost a decade now and working on my ADHD with counsellors and my doctor and medicati…

It is really not that helpful to know that it's not a unique problem, is it? :-/

It makes it a little easier knowing there are others out there toughing it out like I am. Thanks for chatting, friend
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