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[cybermathwitch]

::hugs LJ for their Christmas present to us::

I have some of my pics back!

Added an entry to thingsofstring about christmas crafts and holiday guilt, btw.

So this afternoon I did something kinda amazing.

I sat and read a (rather complex) fantasy novel for over a chapter and followed it, without having to reread (much). Now I'm actually posting in my LJ.

I think I know what caused this: I had not one but *two* kinds of caffeinated tea at lunch today. (My mom and my cousin and aunt and I went to the Tea Room for lunch. There was a yummy complementary Orange/Cranberry spice iced-tea and I tried a Rose Earl Grey tea (hot).)

It makes sense, really. IF I do in fact have ADD, which has long been suspected, then stimulants would cause clearer thinking/concentration, etc. It seems like an easy fix - if you want to think and function better, have caffeine. But the thing is, that I have acid reflux, and I also have anxiety disorder. I know from previous experience that my system DOES NOT like stimulants. They can make me physically and mentally ill.

Conundrum, huh?

Maybe I should try having a few cups of tea a day?

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Re: ADD and caffeine

[nman-in-black.livejournal.com]

re juices: cran-whatevers (cranapple, cranberry juice cocktail, cranrasberry (yummy!) do wonders for me. Same phytochemical essential that is in grapejuice--anthocyanin (in various forms). It is an anti-oxident, and there's other fabulous stuff too.