>  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 
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 >  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 
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 >      their hyperactivity because of remembering mine. And now with my 
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 >      children, I do the same. I am content with the me that I am.
 
 SD> same way....ritalin is a mephanphetamine(shew)..ussually on most
 SD> people a  meph. would keep them up for days...caffine is the same...but
 SD> i found that  there is a "rebound" effect if i drink too much it comes
 SD> back and nailes me  about 6 hours after wards....cya
     When I drank more than my 20 cups a day, I would have problems from
     time to time. But I cut down to this amount and my system seems to be
     able to handle it.... Just shows we are all different.
     Marie
... "In order to live free, you must sacrifice bordom."
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