Are the effects of caffiene different on aspies than NTs?

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06 Jan 2007, 10:54 pm

I've wondered the same things about caffeine, I don't think it has any affect on me at all, one way or the other and I drink a lot of pop, soda, whatever it is. I thought it was making me sleep so about 5 months ago I stopped drinking it all together for about a week. I felt absolutely no different so I just started drinking it again.



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08 Jan 2007, 6:32 pm

When I drink coffee, the only thing that happens to me is that I get a headache very quickly. Perhaps I'm caffeine-sensitive? It doesn't seem to make me wired or hyper or keep me awake... just gives me a headache.



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08 Jan 2007, 7:50 pm

caffiene either puts me to sleep or makes me stressed out and everything seems to go 2D.



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08 Jan 2007, 10:02 pm

Caffeine doesn't affect me... unless I have too much of it. If I have too much, it makes me very hyper and unfocused, and makes me feel creative but in a scattered way. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground; it has no effect right up until I put too much in my system and get overcaffeinated.



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11 Jan 2007, 11:55 pm

When I was younger it'd make me sleepy, now it tends to have the more typical stimulant effect.



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12 Jan 2007, 12:20 pm

Coffee has way to little cafeine to have any effects on me.
It's the some when i drink 1 can of red bull.
People say they get all hyper but it seems to do little for me.
Only if i drink alot of that stuff i wil really get more active.

On the other hand when drinking redbull i have to go to the toilet about every 5 minutes :lol:



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11 Sep 2010, 12:07 pm

Yupa wrote:
This is something I've wondered about, since most people tell me that caffiene makes them hyper, energetic, and possibly irrational whereas I find that under the influence of caffienated beverages I'm a lot more calm, thoughtful and laid-back.
Does anyone else here believe that caffiene has a different effect on them than on most people?


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Coffee - caffeine - for me works noticeably better than Ritalin for my ADHD Inattentive. For me, caffeine works very much like (not exactly like):

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