The lighter side of ADHD
This is definitely me. I never feel hungry in the morning until I’m nauseous. Fortunately, my wife found these protein bars at Costco that are pretty good. I’ve been packing one of those with me to work and i eat it just as I’m starting to feel gross (or all the coffee starts tearing up my stomach). Small enough that I don’t feel more sick, but enough food to get me through the rest of the day.
What worked for my mornings is protein shakes and carbohydrate shakes. Both in powdered form and mixed with water before drinking. Helps me to feel well before my first meals that my brain refuses to take in the morning.
do you happen to smoke weed regularly?
Used to, but I haven’t touched the stuff in almost a year now. Started making me anxious/paranoid more often than not
Would that help?
no, i think it would make it worse. in periods where i smoke a lot, my nausea gets worse. i could imagine these 3 things play together somehow
Which protein bars?
I think it’s a Costco brand one, it’s a chewy peanut butter and dark chocolate bar
The ones that go in the refrigerator? Those are really good and help me as well. We just haven't bought any in a while.
The only way I know it's time to eat is when I start feeling sick, and then the only way I can get myself to eat is by forcing the munchies with a bunch of weed.
Aren't bodies fun?! 😬
Sometimes I get days where my brain ignores the nausea signals too and just lets me function worse and worse until it's so bad that I notice that I didn't eat in hours.
Same.. 🤦♀️
Nausea signal means your blood sugar is low. At least... that's what it means for me. First time it happened, I was out all day playing paintball. Around 4 we stopped to go home and I was feeling nauseous as hell, went to a payphone to call my mom and have her come get me, throwing up mid-phone call. She thought I was just faking and told me to walk. But I felt so tired. I sat down and fell asleep for a little bit. Got up and started going home. Kept throwing up, and passing out. My best friend ran into me while skateboarding over to my house and I told him how I felt so he mashed off to my house to get my mom to take me seriously, but before they got back I guess someone called 911 and an ambulance showed up and checked me out. Had a blood sugar level of like 20 or something ridiculous on the meter and they gave me some juice and told me to get home and eat. Now any time I feel hunger pangs at all, I eat something.
Many people with ADHD simply don't feel hunger as much as neurotypical people so we get nausea because of hunger when we happen to not eat for too long by accident.
I am one of them lol
I have ADHD and never think about food if I am hyper focused on something else. Then I'll gain focus again and be starving.
Any idea where can I find more info on this specifically?
No idea, I learned a lot of things simply by reading experiences of people on r/ADHD and now c/ADHD. Check the wiki, maybe there's something on the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/wiki/index/
That's me every morning!! Who needs breakfast anyway?
I find fruit juice gets me over the nausea. Think it might be a sugar thing.
Dehydration can also cause nausea, but I haven't had success with only drinking water for breakfast.
Plain water can be hard for your body to do anything with especially if it's cold and your body has to warm it up first. But no salts or sugars can mean it's hard for your body to absorb it. You really should attempt some fiber or protein as well and give your stomach acid something to work on.
OH.MY.GOD!!! I thought I was crazy because I don't know anyone else that actually hates eating breakfast like I do. It's like a mild nausea, and even the smell of breakfast food makes me repulsed from associating it with eating in the morning. I had no idea it was related to ADHD. Wowwwwwwwww 😮
Ugh, add in chronic nausea from migraine and it's a joy. My nausea level, hunger level, and desire to eat are all disconnected. But they all have to align if I want to successfully eat. So much fun. All hail Zofran.
Wait, I'm not the only one and it may be linked to neurodivergence???? I thought my body was just a fucker fucking with me, I'm on anti-nausea medications so I can sleep without throwing up at night !
Do you drink coffee? And have you tried a day without?
I love coffee, but it fucks me up if I drink it before my first intake of food.
Though I keep doing it. And then some nicotine to seal the deal.
Good luck.
I drink lots of tea. When I make myself a tea I never make 1 cup but 2 cups at once because 1 cup in not satisfactory at all lol. I try to drink bottled water as much as I can but my brain simply prefers tea much more.
I heartily recommend an unreasonably large mug. Get one big enough and it takes ages to go cold.
Ah, yes. The Tea. I drink a lot of tea when I try to cut my coffee intake. It's quite sour and can be hard on an empty stomage. Even more so than coffee. I recommend an accid reducing supplement. When I tea-binge, I drink sodium bicarbonate dilluted in water. Because I've vomited multiple times after my morning gallon of tea.
Given the sub, ADHD meds are the more likely reason - though coffee will definitely do it to a lesser extent.
Makes sense. I take 30 mg methylphenidate depots which I find quite mild in regards to appetite repression. Though I guess some may be on more severe medications or/and at higher doeses.
Back when I was on 5mg Ritalin (this was a long time ago now) I lost probably a third of my body weight, and could frequently live for days off a pack of chips or similar. Meds and mileage varies though.
I'm telling you there's a magic weapon here, I call it, "a bag of trail mix in my pocket". If that can't do it, and an apple doesn't help, then I really have to eat something more substantial.
Aged about 11, my class were asked to write a paragraph about our experience with hunger. Mine was about how it was nice to anticipate a meal with family. I remember the first sentence "being hungry is great.." The teacher thought I had taken a very creative approach and read mine out, but I was just surprised at how different everyone else's were. It's only 30-odd years later I realise that i didn't actually know what hunger was.
Anyway this has reminded me I've only eaten a couple of slices of bread in the last 2 days and I should probably do something about that
You know I've not been diagnosed but I relate to practically every post in this community and now it makes me wonder. No insurance to see a professional about it though.
Nearly every post I've seen is not only applicable to me, but my wife, friends and family.
So either these aren't things unique to the ADHD experience or everyone I know has ADHD.
A lot of those things are not unique to ADHD but we experience them much much more often and those experiences are also much more severe than the average person's. Someone shared under one of the posts here the quote "everyone pees but if you pee 60 times a day you need to see a doctor". I butchered the quote up but it should get the point across.
It's also worth to note that people with ADHD tend to stick together (or at least I have heard that pretty often back on r/ADHD) and ADHD is mostly genetic. So there's a chance that some of your friends, wife, and family ineed have ADHD but I'm making big assumptions there.
It's a common issue in psychological and medical circle's that you can self diagnose as having things when learning about symptoms for the first time.
Usually the difference is "everyone does this from time to time... People with syndrome Z, do this all the time"
For example, everyone is late to things or loses their phone/wallet occasionally... I lose my phone Almost daily and am more often late that not, even when I prepare well in advance.
I get what you are saying, and I don't mean to trivialize ADHD or anyone's experience. I just feel that many opinions and experiences I've seen here are common occurrences to me and most people I know. It's impossible to judge how frequent or distressing each of them are to anyone who is suffering due to them. In my experience nearly everything posted here is a not a "that happens once in a while" but a "yes that is a thing humans do."
I think since everyone who has ADHD only knows what it is like to have ADHD many silly things everybody experiences are seen as a result of ADHD. Like giving up on a comment while posting it.
Once again, I have no way of judging how impactful, frequent and distressing any behavior is for another person, nor do I think there is benefit in doing so. I just believe that much of content I've seen here is not unique to ADHD people.
Need one for people with Vagus Nerve fun times. When i get hungry, I sneeze.
lol ty!
I have transcended these mortal sensations, I don't even feel either anymore
I live with my fingers on both buttons at all times.
Nausea = lack of electrolytes
Hunger can also often be lack of electrolytes
Get a supplement. Save money and time.
Brawndo's got electrolytes
I believe there's two pieces of science here: