>  MW> That's how caffeine works for me. I drink about 20 cups a day and
 >  MW> need one just before I go to bed or I have trouble sleeping. A lot
 >  MW> of meds works backwards on me. Codine peps me up and anything that
 >  MW> causes most people to bounce off walls puts me to sleep....we are
 >  MW> all different. I am begining to think I have a touch of ADD or
 >  MW> something. I have a lot of the same symptoms some of my kids and
 >  MW> grandkids have.... 
 >  TW> 20 cups a day?!  Even for an ADDer, that's TOO much for a healthy
 >  TW> system! 
 >  TW> Any road... if you see yourself, maybe it's time to get yourself
 >  TW> tested for ADD.  It's never too late to get control of this.... as 
I've
 >  TW> read in _Driven to Distraction_!
 >      Perhaps for a "normal" individual, 20 cups may be too much but my 
 >      system seems to be able to handle it. I have always reacted in a 
 >      different manner to all types of stimuli. I have the ability to
 >      concentrate on things. I was very hyper as a child but not anymore.
 >      I still can listen to the radio, read and understand what is going on
 >      around me. I feel in control of myself and have for many years. I 
ust
 >      realize that since I had children and grandchildren with ADHD and 
DD,
 >      that I may, too, be a part of the pattern. If I had ADD, I must have
 >      just had a touch of it. I was a talker as a child, I had trouble 
 > sitting
 >      still unless I was reading, I was impatient. As I grew older, I was
 >      able to control all of this. As I had my children, I was able to 
handle
 >      their hyperactivity because of remembering mine. And now with my 
grand-
 >      children, I do the same. I am content with the me that I am.
 >      Marie 
 > ... You can find what is in a wo/man's heart by looking into their eyes.  
 > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
 > --- GEcho 1.00
same way....ritalin is a mephanphetamine(shew)..ussually on most people a 
meph. would keep them up for days...caffine is the same...but i found that 
there is a "rebound" effect if i drink too much it comes back and nailes me 
about 6 hours after wards....cya
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