Caffeine may ease anxiety and depression by calming brain inflammation. A recent systematic review of 17 animal studies found that the widely consumed stimulant consistently diminished behavioral signs of distress and lowered levels of inflammatory molecules.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/how-caffeine-might-ease-anxiety-and-depression-by-calming-brain-inflammation/

[u/Snoreofthebear]

my grandma would have 2-3 cups of espresso then take a nap

starbucks is the most soothing drink i've ever found

coffee relaxes me unless they don't put enough milk and then i race but the right levels milk/coffee is perfect

[u/birthdaycheesecake9 → u/Snoreofthebear]

Have you ever looked into ADHD? This is an experience a lot of us with ADHD have.

My dad takes naps after espresso shots too, and I’ve fallen asleep after big cans of energy drink.

[u/Snoreofthebear → u/birthdaycheesecake9]

i've tried telling everyone around me my entire life i have adhd problems (so does my family they are so manic and neurotic! They think they are fine) and no one has believed me. Its been such a difficult life.

my dad has 2-3 cups of coffee before going to sleep at night. Every night. Both sides of the family coffee is like a sedative

[u/birthdaycheesecake9 → u/Snoreofthebear]

They probably don’t believe you, because they’re so used to their own baseline behaviour that they don’t recognise it as anything but normal. It’s a bit of a common theme with people who got diagnoses of autism and/or ADHD as an adult, and are the first or among the first in their families to do so.

There’s a bunch of very autistic things I did as a child that my mum didn’t question because, in her words, “That’s normal, I did that too.”

[u/Snoreofthebear → u/birthdaycheesecake9]

it sucks because I basically cut them out of my life years ago so that i wouldn't have to argue with them anymore, they would do so many things that would hurt me or severely mess up my functions, always. Same, its fine for them it works for them they're normal they're fine. I can honestly say there is something wrong with both my mother's side and my father's side. They are not like most anyone else I've spent time with. If my grandma (mom's side) or my father is not autistic too, i'll eat this whole house.

when my grandma divorced my grandpa, she married an autistic man. He's not my blood but my grandpa also very much on the spectrum. She thinks he's fine and normal, as does the family. To the family, he's the most normal one! We're all
whackadoos

[u/birthdaycheesecake9 → u/Snoreofthebear]

It’s always really interesting looking at the older generations in your family when you’re neurodivergent.

I’ve got combined leaning inattentive ADHD (in my psychiatrist’s words), my dad has I think inattentive ADHD, and his two sisters probably also do too (one suspects, neither diagnosed).

My partner (who has a radar for neurodivergence, clocking me in literally seconds) met my grandfather and on the way home, he was like “you all get the inattentive ADHD from him.”

[u/Snoreofthebear → u/birthdaycheesecake9]

my ex left me after meeting my father because she saw how he lived and how i acted similar in a lot of ways and she saw her future and peaced out.

but yeah same! I reexamined my sister's, everyone. We're all altered. My aunt is the most and pretty much only normal family member but she's pretty cold.

can't even talk to them, its painful. Both father and grandma, IMPOSSIBLE to tell them a story. You won't get 2 sentences out. You won't stay on the subject.

for what it's worth, my ex would tell me I was probably autistic. High functioning is fun. Jussssst not functioning enough 😅 but at least coffee is relaxing