sheepofmanyherds:soistalune:Can confirm via lived experience. I’m known for my sweet tooth and...

sheepofmanyherds:

soistalune:

Can confirm via lived experience. I’m known for my sweet tooth and consuming a LOT of sugar daily, which never seemed to affect my ‘energy’ levels the way people say kids get hyperactive on sugar. It in fact simply helped me be steadier. 

Since I started taking ADHD medication, my cravings for sweet snacks have gotten down to almost zero, except if I need to make a specifically mentally challenging task. Wish I knew this before I only sought diagnosis past 30 years old…

parad0xymoron:

Oh yeah, this is a hell of a thing. Years before my diagnosis I used to snack hardcore on chocolates and particularly candy whenever I was writing and insisted it ‘helped me think’. Turns out that yup, that was my ADHD brain demanding sugar for the dopamine machine to help me pay attention.

(These days I just keep a bottle of high-glucose sports drink handy and slowly sip my way through it when I need to focus instead of slamming back whole packets of Nerds.)

execdysfunction:

Y’all I just learned that unusually high sugar and carb cravings are a symptom of dopamine deficiency

If you’re adhd and experience a deep and all-encompassing urge to eat cake at least five times a day boy do I have news for you

I never talk about this here because eating choices tend to come across a lot like evangelism, which I loathe. That said, one of my several side gigs is that I’m a weight loss coach, and I can absolutely confirm that sugar is a depressant and depression in turn causes sugar/carb cravings. I’m not here to tell anyone that they should lose weight or how to eat, but if emotional stability and mental health are issues for you, I would strongly recommend cutting way back on anything made from grains or containing added sugars. Try it for a week - you’ll see a decided difference! When I cut sugar out initially, it was for three months and I felt more awake and more emotionally balanced than I had felt for longer than I could remember. My depression has never been as bad since. It was life-changing!