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ADHD   carlotaD - Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:07 pm   My husband is
being treated for ADHD and I was just recently diagnosed with
ADD and I can't find very many straight-forward answers
anywhere, book or internet, about adult ADD/ADHD. I am extremely
concerned about my husband's use of Adderall and caffeine. Some
quick facts about him: My husband is 34, 5'11, 190lbs and was
diagnosed with ADHD as a child. Depression, anxiety, and bi-
polar disorder run on his entire mother's side(his mom and 3
aunts are all being treated!). Drug and alcohol abuse seem to
run on his father's side(we don't have extensive information on
them)  Ok, so here are my questions:  1) Does caffeine have the
'opposite effect'(i.e, makes you tired) that it does on non-add
people? My husband drinks energy drinks(redbull, mach, etc) up
to 3 cans of it a day. And then coffee. Then complains about his
sleeping!! Yet I will do fine