Jeremy MallinI mentioned how coffee doesn't keep me awake, and someone suggested that was an ADHD thing. I had heard people say it's an autistic thing. Which is it? Is it both? Is it just that a lot of autistic people are also ADHD?
Deb Nam-Krane@JeremyMallin I have an autistic sibling and several relatives with ADHD. From what I've seen in my family, it has a "sharpening" effect with ADHD, but doesn't interfere with sleep as it would for people w/o. As for autism, it makes my sibling both hyper/energized and it contraindicated for the seizure meds they need.
My family also tends to be sensitive to alcohol, FWIW. I tend to think it's a liver thing--as in, we don't clear things out of our system as quickly. Just a guess.