Caffeine?

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Hey, I love coffee and cola and all those "energy drinks"... but to be honest, they do nothing for me other than taste good. My Mum & Dad think that if you so much as look at caffeine, you go hyper for the next twelve hours... but I honestly I don't get a buzz out of it at all... So yeah, does caffeine keep you wired? I think it's a total myth, though I wish it did work that way on me...

i'm sluggish until i get my caffeine..it always gets me 'in gear'..i know some people won't touch it, but i have to have it every day..i gave up nicotine, but i can't give up caffeine

Yes its a pretty powerfull stimulant but its CNS effects build rapid
tolerence and your left with alot more body load SNS effects. If you
go cold turkey on it for awhile then take alot you will fell a big effect. But I bet you would have massive headaches during the widthdrawal.

I find it to be really helpful with ADD. It also makes me more outgoing and talkative, and I don't get overloaded as easily. The energy boost is definitely needed sometimes too.

No, it stopped affecting me a long time ago, but I ran out of coke yesterday and have no plans to buy anymore, so I expect it to start affecting me anytime now.

I'm going off of Coke this week -- don't want the extra calories that it provides, AND it gives me heartburn. But I've been such a strong Coke drinker that it does NOT keep me awake. Only if I go off of it, and then have a Coke after weeks of not having any, does it give me any stimulant effect. I may use it in the future merely to help me when I have migraines -- the caffeine effect does seem to help with those.

Kris

most aspies i know have addcitions to caffeine or nicotene.
these are carbon atoms linked strongly to each other by multiple links.
i suspect that it is a "need" for aspies to input ths fuels as they are more easiy digested than other sources of energy.
also we get very very tired compared to non aspies and this is due to our inability to filter out our environment, taking in smells sounds sights etc... this places a large energy load on our brain which can only use sugar as a source of energy.
there is no research done on this, psychologists are reluctant to adhere to this, just observe it and psychiatristss are too willing to push aspies to a psychologist.
i am a vet and not a doctor and this i smy own individual finding...and not recognised. but it does make some sense to me and i keep eating sweet foods and having naps in the afternoon to help me compensate for my constant tiredness and inability to switch off.

I stay away from the caffeine as much as I can. Makes me lightheaded if I have very much.

Tea's caffeine (I think) and does not affect me at all.

When I need it in the morning, all it does is make me feel refreshed and wakes me up.

It's not like I receive a "buzz" after drinking soda or eating chocolate (at least, not one I notice), but I eventually hit a moment where I lose a lot of energy about an hour after comsuming some. If I ever need to stay up late, caffeine helps a lot.

Coca-cola/pepsi stimulates and wakes me up. I don't drink tea or coffee though.

Caffeine is a moderate stimulant. Sports drinks get me going if I'm careful about my intake, but by and large, ANY stimulant is not good for me. I am overstimulated as it is. My medications are used to relieve anxiety. I was on Ritalin when I was 8, and it
was thought by my doctor at that time that it caused adverse effects on me. 3 times I became nonverbal, and each of these episodes seemed to coincide with what would theoretically be peak blood levels of that medicine, which I took the last dose of the day in the early afternoon, so as not to interfere with my sleep. It may have been a coincidence, but I know that if I get too much cafffeine NOW, I get tongue-tied, and that weird feeling that I remember preceding a nonverbal episode.

I am hypersensitive to caffeine so i only take it once in a while if I'm going to school and haven't slept the night before. I usually pop 2-3 caffeine pills, although it often gets me jittery and anxious. Still better than sleepwalking though.

Chronic use of caffeine may alter the gene expression to cause the adrenal gland to release excessive epinephrine(adrenaline) and may cause excessive dopamine-epinephrine conversion if the dose is too high and chronic.

A moderate use shouldn't create any problems though. Still, it is a drug and precautions should be taken. A caffeine overdose can cause heart attack if your cardiovascular function is poor or if you have any heart or blood-pressure problems.

I am addicted to the euphoria caffeine produces in me and often combine it with nicotine when listening to music because of the increased enjoyment. I am sensitive to all drugs except nicotine.

Sounds like a quote from Dr Lin's website. The phrase "gene expression" is the tip off. I'm not sure if its true(your quote from Dr Lin)or not but a
better way to say gene expression in this context would be to say
"protein synthesis"

I don't know how caffeine affects me but i eat caffeine-free pepsi.

The terms are synonymous. What I know about drug interaction in the CNS is from a variety of sources.