Coffee is a stimulant. My oldest was diagnosed with

severe ADHD.  Meds didn't work and made his heart race to the point that he was very uncomfortable.   He is now 16 and learned coping skills, but he has been off meds since he was 8.   I always tells parents of newly diagnosed children to try giving their child coffee or Mountain Dew on a weekend when they have nothing else going on.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it makes the kids bouncing balls, which is why you don't want to have any other plans that day.  

The drugs are so bad if you can come up with an alternative it would be so much better.  The nurse at our doctor's office told me to take a pill one time to see what my child was experiencing and it was not pleasant.

• Adderall Rx - inattentive
  • ADD - sienna
    • Experts NOT leaning towards biofeedback... - sm
    • Coffee is a stimulant. My oldest was diagnosed with - me
      • If you try caffeinated drinks, make sure to use Equal or Splenda. - nm
      • adderall has less side effects that amoxicillin - sm
  • If you get a doctor to prescribe it without testing from - me
  • Before the doc would prescribe anything to my brother, he had to see a psychologist and undergo - MissouriMT
    • Your brother took the right approach...sm - My 2 cents
  • ADDERAL RX - DIGGER MT
    • I think it would be likely a doc would prescribe a trial Rx although - sm

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in the morning (used to be 4) w/Nutrasweet, a little regular powdered creamer and a little liquid French Vanilla creamer (yes, I do like it sweet!)  If I'm really sleepy and need the boost, I'll have another cup or two. 

Then I immediately start drinking diet Dr. Pepper, and not the caffeine-free kind.  Love it.  I drink diet Dr. Pepper throughout the day and night, about 6 cans a day (it used to be diet Coke).  I've joked with my friends and family that it might be time for them to hold an intervention for me with the Dr. P. 

I do sometimes worry about the mass quantity of Nutrasweet I consume each day.  Anybody else? 

People who grew up with it and have moved have it sent to them now or stock up when they visit Louisiana.

However, there is hidden caffeine in quite a few places, so read your labels.  You can either wean yourself off the coffee or go cold turkey, but be prepared for a headache and foggy feeling for a few days.  Take an OTC anti-inflammatory for the headache.

I also wonder what's wrong with one cup of coffee per day?  I did the half caff mixture for a while, too, until I decided that I could have one habit in my life.  I can live without everything else, but I'm going to have my coffee.  I don't have candy bars or cola any more.  I cut out sugar.  I can live without smoking or alcohol.  Darnit, I want my coffee!!!  LOL

with this?  From what I read, it doesn't sound like manic depression to me.  Sure, she has some issues going on there, major depression would be a pretty good guess, but does she have any manic episodes?

My ex-husband and ex-mother-in-law were both bipolar which is the new and improved way to say manic depressive and they were the exact opposite of hypochondria.  During the manic phase, they felt like they ruled the world.  According to them, they had never felt better, thought more clearly, or got more done, but the exact opposite was true.  They never slept.  They never finished anything they started.  They were incoherent at times, basically jumping from one subject to the next so you could not carry on any kind of coherent conversation with them.  Sometimes they were even delusional - my mother-in-law thought she was in love with a televangelist and divorced her husband and moved to be closer to the televangelist.  My ex-husband thought he was the victim racism when he got a speeding ticket.  He claimed the officer had something against Hispanics.  Nevermind that my husband was maybe one-eight Mexican on his mother's side and has a German last name.

Those are just a couple of examples of manic behavior.  It can even be more bizarre.  I could write a book based on what I've seen first hand and it can be very scary.

I miss him like crazy even though he comes home every weekend with his laundry!   He is also a drummer in a band and for some reason, their new drum set is at my house.  But, I realize that soon enough my house will stay clean and the noise (i.e. - drums, guitars, laughing, fighting - not sure I'll miss the fighting!) will quiet, so I try to enjoy it all as much as possible.  (excuse me while I go have a quick cry and then get back to work!  ) 

Happy New Year, everyone!

Whole bean and grind it yourself.  It blows away the stuff in the can already ground.

I buy what is on sale, because it all tastes good when you grind it yourself.  But I prefer 8 O'Clock Coffee, which may or may not be available in your area. 

Whole bean all the way. 

I gave up caffeine a few years ago.  I used to drink 8 to 10 LARGE mugs of coffee a day but gave it up. 

The bad part about being caffeine free was waking up in the morning and thinking "This is as good as I am going to feel all day long."

But....I got used to it.