>  >  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'v
 >  >  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 
nymore.
 >  >      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 
 > just
 >  >      realize that since I had children and grandchildren with ADHD and 
 > ADD,
 >  >      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 
as
 >  >      able to control all of this. As I had my children, I was able to 
 > handl
 >  >      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.
 >  
 >  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 
omes
 >  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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 > --- GEcho 1.00
true...and difficult ;>
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