Effects of coffee!

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Drinking coffee suppresses my appetite, causes me to be more alert to my surroundings, and calms my emotions when I'm upset. This, combined with recent readings of the diagnosis, causes me to wonder whether I'm actually aspie, or in fact ADHD-I (according to the writeup in the DSM-IV, one of the criteria for ADHD-I, inattentive ADD, is that it not occur "during the course of a pervasive developmental disorder" - like for instance Asperger's Syndrome).

It also tastes really yummy, especially with creamer, mocha frappe mix, and banana syrup...

Except for the brief period between leaving bed and having my first large cup of coffee I do not know how I am without coffee. But a during this brief period I am the most unpleasurable, grim, bad tempered person on earth.

For the rest of the day, one cup of coffee follows the next one. It hard for me to image a day without a nearly constant impact of coffee.

Those are the normal effects of caffeine - there is a slight problem with caffeine that you can develop an addiction, but a caffeine addiction is not a real problem, because the substance is cheaply and legal available, socially accepted and being under the influence does not hinder you to function in society.

Yeah, but it'll make your boobs feel like beanbags. Oh wait, you won't have that problem. Never mind.

It's true though. Too much caffeine can cause breasts to get kind of lumpy inside. Completely harmless, but there it is. Can't imagine why I felt the need to mention it.

I don't have any reaction to coffee, good or bad.

Toxin build up generally only happens when the body's normal metabolic functions are hindered in some way. Usually the only lasting effect that drugs of any type have on the body comes in the form of cell damage, and amphetamines certainly don't cause less cell damage than caffeine.

I believe you have been grossly misinformed about how the metabolic functions of the human body work, unless there's some information of which I am not aware. Please direct me to where you found your science so that I might be able to review it in case I am mistaken.

Me without coffee = Zombie.

'Zombie' being the only way I can describe it.

The effects of caffeine are quite mild compared with amphetamines. You neither get a real rush with caffeine, nor the hunger feeling could be suppressed that you stop eating for three days nor you would loose your ability to make judgement with coffee.

I also never heart about a ruined existence because of a caffeine addiction ...

Caffeine is mild and nice drug - very suited to use every day.

So enjoy your coffee, if you like!

Thanks for the replies guys

It's good to know that it's normal to have these effects

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http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2005/Coffee.cfm (Short-term memory)(not a cure)
http://coffeescience.org/alert (Mental alertness)(not a cure)

I am very sensitive to the effects of caffeine, (as well as most drugs). I get jittery if I take too much at a time (3+cups or more). Overall, has a positive effect on my life and gets me active. I drink it every day.

I have been diagnosed as co-morbid ADD-Inattentive type (along with Nonverbal Learning Disorder, although the diagnostic criteria that some use to differentiate NLD from AS, namely, special interests and ritual behaviour, apply to me as well- but that's another discussion) and coffee tends to have the following effects on me:

After 1 large mug of strong coffee, I'm relaxed, less anxious, and could go to sleep more easily if I wanted to.

After 2 mugs, I am alert and better able to focus on projects and conversations.

After 3 mugs, I'm scary happy, and avoid people who aren't as wired, lest I disturb them.

Now, after a big wooden mugful of iced toddy that has been cold-brewed from last night to mid-afternoon, I am in a state of bliss for the next 7 hours.

But I don't tend to have coffee everyday, because I'm picky about the quality. Living in the South of the U.S., I tend to drink iced tea religiously. When traveling to Ireland and Scotland a few years ago, that was one of the few home comforts I found myself missing, in spite of the fact that they do hot tea much better.

Coffee makes me a lot more focused, it doesn't make relaxed it puts me on edge and make me twitchy and agitated. But I love it for its energy boosts.

Coffee gives me acne.

The way you describe them they seem fine for you. For some people, coffee gives them the shakes and they have trouble sleeping.

ruveyn