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I mean, I dunno if you have ADHD yourself, but...
People with ADHD have understimulated brains (but are also prone to overstimulation)
As such, our brains *generate* stimulation in order to keep us awake, at the cost of being able to control our focus.
For a neurotypical person, caffeine gives them energy and makes them lose focus.
For an ADHD person, it actually relaxes our brain because it provides us with stimulation and the brain itself no longer needs to work overtime.
And so sometimes the result is we have a cup of coffee and then need a nap.
People with ADHD have understimulated brains (but are also prone to overstimulation)
As such, our brains *generate* stimulation in order to keep us awake, at the cost of being able to control our focus.
For a neurotypical person, caffeine gives them energy and makes them lose focus.
For an ADHD person, it actually relaxes our brain because it provides us with stimulation and the brain itself no longer needs to work overtime.
And so sometimes the result is we have a cup of coffee and then need a nap.
Okay, science lesson:
Caffeine blocks the enzyme "N" responsible for the production of Melatonin. Melatonin makes you sleepy. If no Melatonin is produced, you don't get sleepy.
At first, it works. You don't get sleepy.
But your brain realizes that something's off. "Fuck this, my Melatonin production has been way too low recently. Let's make more enzyme N to even it out!"
So it does. And your Melatonin production rises again. And now you have to drink EVEN MORE coffee to block the NEW enzymes N, so they stop producing Melatonin!
And your brain... instead makes more enzyme N.
This is why after a certain point, you feel like "coffee doesn't even do the trick anymore." Because it literally isn't. Your brain is outpacing your caffeine intake.
This is also why you feel completely demolished after you stopped drinking coffee. You have WAY TOO MANY enzyme N now, which produce WAY TOO MANY Melatonin, which makes you EXTRA sleepy.
The solution to this is... stop drinking coffee. Literally. You win the game by not playing it.
Your brain will take 2 or 3 days to recover to normal enzyme N levels and your Melatonin production will be normalized as well.
Learn to be awake by yourself again, don't rely on caffeine. If you need sleep, you need sleep. And your brain does everything to ensure that.
Caffeine blocks the enzyme "N" responsible for the production of Melatonin. Melatonin makes you sleepy. If no Melatonin is produced, you don't get sleepy.
At first, it works. You don't get sleepy.
But your brain realizes that something's off. "Fuck this, my Melatonin production has been way too low recently. Let's make more enzyme N to even it out!"
So it does. And your Melatonin production rises again. And now you have to drink EVEN MORE coffee to block the NEW enzymes N, so they stop producing Melatonin!
And your brain... instead makes more enzyme N.
This is why after a certain point, you feel like "coffee doesn't even do the trick anymore." Because it literally isn't. Your brain is outpacing your caffeine intake.
This is also why you feel completely demolished after you stopped drinking coffee. You have WAY TOO MANY enzyme N now, which produce WAY TOO MANY Melatonin, which makes you EXTRA sleepy.
The solution to this is... stop drinking coffee. Literally. You win the game by not playing it.
Your brain will take 2 or 3 days to recover to normal enzyme N levels and your Melatonin production will be normalized as well.
Learn to be awake by yourself again, don't rely on caffeine. If you need sleep, you need sleep. And your brain does everything to ensure that.
It works a little differently, and adenosine is involved in it. Caffeine replaces adenosine, thereby blocking the adenosine A1 and A2 receptors for adenosine itself, preventing it from plunging us into a drowsy state. Over time, under the influence of caffeine, new adenosine receptors are formed, which weaken the effect of caffeine (it simply becomes insufficient for a new volume of receptors). After stopping drinking coffee, adenosine occupies the entire formed set of receptors, which is expressed in a difficult and long awakening.
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