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> Surprisingly, data show that sugar consumption does not worsen symptoms of ADHD. Surprisingly? Sugar consumption is known to help with symptoms of ADHD, as d

> Surprisingly, data show that sugar consumption does not worsen symptoms of ADHD. Surprisingly? Sugar consumption is known to help with symptoms of ADHD, as do other dopamine-inducing activities, which makes perfect sense to me. The problem with sugar is that it has a pretty high cost due to all its other effects on the body, that its dopamine hit wears off pretty fast and you quickly build up a tolerance, which is why it's good to look for other stimulants than sugar.

MisterBastahrd 4y ago
That's sorta like the effect of caffeine on me. It's not only not a stimulant, but if I take in too much, I straight up get drowsy.
- jw1224 4y ago
  Same for me. A mug of British tea will rehydrate and refresh me a bit, but a cup of black coffee makes me ready for a nap in 30 minutes!
  - HKH2 4y ago
    How about 2 or 3 cups?
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- thomastjeffery 4y ago
  Caffeine without medication evens me out until I have had enough that the side effects take over. It's a bit like medication alone, but with worse side effects. Caffeine with medication (Methylphenidate) works just like caffeine does for most (neurotypical) people.
marginalia_nu 4y ago
There is (or was?) a relatively widespread conception that sugar causes ADHD. Although I think it may have fallen out of favor a bit.
sph 4y ago
> Sugar consumption is known to help with symptoms of ADHD, as do other dopamine-inducing activities Sorry to say, that is absolute bollocks. Sugar is ADHD in powdered form, and both in personal experience and the professional advice from my psychiatrist is to stay as far away from sugar as possible. Also, symptoms of ADHD != ADHD. Many things cause lower baseline levels of dopamine in the brain, but not all of them are ADHD, the disorder itself. Personally, as a diagnosed ADHD sufferer, the lower the amount of carbs I ingest, the better my executive centre functions. In fact, yesterday I have had a little more sugar than my regular strict diet and my motivation today has tanked to absolute zero. It's a feeling I have known all my life. Please provide some sources because your comment goes against all professional and scientific advice.
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  > Sorry to say, that is absolute bollocks. Prove it. There is no scientific data that would establish a link between sugar intake and worsening symptoms of ADHD. Systematic review of ADHD-related studies[0] concluded that the current evidence is weak and that what's there may very well describe correlation instead of causation, or even inverse causation. > Please provide some sources because your comment goes against all professional and scientific advice. You're commenting under a website that's literally all about one of such sources[1]. I even quoted it in my previous comment already - that wasn't my idea, that was my reaction to actual scientific data that was, for some reason, being described as "surprising". > the professional advice from my psychiatrist is to stay as far away from sugar as possible As I've already noted earlier, it's a good advice - just not because consuming sugar makes ADHD worse. > Personally, as a diagnosed ADHD sufferer, the lower the amount of carbs I ingest, the better my executive centre functions. That's perfectly possible, for the same reason why stimulant-based treatment works for some people with ADHD and does the opposite for others, and also for multitude of other non-ADHD related reasons. This doesn't mean that what you're experiencing is in any way universal though, and my personal anecdata disagrees with your anecdata anyway. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30986731/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30986731/ [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33549739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33549739/

MisterBastahrd 4y ago

That's sorta like the effect of caffeine on me. It's not only not a stimulant, but if I take in too much, I straight up get drowsy.

jw1224 4y ago
Same for me. A mug of British tea will rehydrate and refresh me a bit, but a cup of black coffee makes me ready for a nap in 30 minutes!
- HKH2 4y ago
  How about 2 or 3 cups?
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thomastjeffery 4y ago
Caffeine without medication evens me out until I have had enough that the side effects take over. It's a bit like medication alone, but with worse side effects. Caffeine with medication (Methylphenidate) works just like caffeine does for most (neurotypical) people.

marginalia_nu 4y ago

There is (or was?) a relatively widespread conception that sugar causes ADHD. Although I think it may have fallen out of favor a bit.

sph 4y ago

> Sugar consumption is known to help with symptoms of ADHD, as do other dopamine-inducing activities Sorry to say, that is absolute bollocks. Sugar is ADHD in powdered form, and both in personal experience and the professional advice from my psychiatrist is to stay as far away from sugar as possible. Also, symptoms of ADHD != ADHD. Many things cause lower baseline levels of dopamine in the brain, but not all of them are ADHD, the disorder itself. Personally, as a diagnosed ADHD sufferer, the lower the amount of carbs I ingest, the better my executive centre functions. In fact, yesterday I have had a little more sugar than my regular strict diet and my motivation today has tanked to absolute zero. It's a feeling I have known all my life. Please provide some sources because your comment goes against all professional and scientific advice.

seba_dos1 4y ago
> Sorry to say, that is absolute bollocks. Prove it. There is no scientific data that would establish a link between sugar intake and worsening symptoms of ADHD. Systematic review of ADHD-related studies[0] concluded that the current evidence is weak and that what's there may very well describe correlation instead of causation, or even inverse causation. > Please provide some sources because your comment goes against all professional and scientific advice. You're commenting under a website that's literally all about one of such sources[1]. I even quoted it in my previous comment already - that wasn't my idea, that was my reaction to actual scientific data that was, for some reason, being described as "surprising". > the professional advice from my psychiatrist is to stay as far away from sugar as possible As I've already noted earlier, it's a good advice - just not because consuming sugar makes ADHD worse. > Personally, as a diagnosed ADHD sufferer, the lower the amount of carbs I ingest, the better my executive centre functions. That's perfectly possible, for the same reason why stimulant-based treatment works for some people with ADHD and does the opposite for others, and also for multitude of other non-ADHD related reasons. This doesn't mean that what you're experiencing is in any way universal though, and my personal anecdata disagrees with your anecdata anyway. [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30986731/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30986731/ [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33549739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33549739/