My tactic of drinking a fuck ton of coffee to help me write has backfired intensely (hexbear.net)

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[-] Moss@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

Dirt owl you're supposed to take ADHD meds not coffee for an essay

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

NOW you tell me

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Don't worry! You can just crunch down on those pills right now! Mmm yummy cronch cronch

[-] shath@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

we should all do stimulants together

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

The Stimulant Council, whose combined knowledge and alacrity allows for rapid breakthroughs (within a certain time window, after which the breakthroughs drop off considerably)

[-] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of the Ballmer Peak xkcd gag.

[-] milk_thief@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

best essays I write on coffee-energy-green-tea-benders (I love my country being too shit to get me adhd meds)

[-] the_itsb@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

hell yeah

who's buzzing louder, you or the bees?

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

I'm buzzing so loud the bees think I'm trying to date them

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

all those floppy-owl in a row make me think we need :owl-haddaway:

[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

faith-car-jam

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Looks like my colon if I drank all that coffee.

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

owl-pissed

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

I feel that, I'm super easily overstimulated by caffeine and theobromine, it's so fucking evil

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Slam some water, it helps me pretty quick when i od on the juice.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Some more anxiety tips:

-Be cold, can’t feel your shakes when your shivering

-Splash cold water on face, slap your vagus nerve in the face.

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

I cannot relate, I'm so utterly unaffected by caffeine. Though odd from what I know, does it really help with getting down to writing (in reasonable amounts)?

[-] MonsterRancher@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'm the same. I've been doing ice coffees, but I think it's just the sugar energizing me.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Do you have ADHD? Stimulants don't work for people with ADHD

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No. And that isn't a blanket case, it does affect some with ADHD, but does often work differently.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's of course an oversimplification, but with a sample size of approximately 5 all of the people I know with ADHD told me that coffee/energy only calms them down