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What unintended ADHD medication were you taking before you realized? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Image not quite for ADHPeeps but I feel this sort of thing happens regularly for us as well.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm a heavy tea drinker. When I got diagnosed with ADD at 40 I realized I was probably (lol) self-medicating with the copious amounts of tea.

Still better (and tastier) than meds IMHO. Of course don't take my advice always, ALWAYS, talk to your doctor.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You should know that there is data that backs you up: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8875377/#sec5-nutrients-14-00739

And also on the self-medicated front: nicotine is effective too. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8741955/

What this makes me wonder is how much of the population is self-medicated in this way but doesn't know it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yup didn't mention cigarettes because I kicked the habit but nicotine also does wonders for ADD. LOL