I was prescribed Adderall XR 20 mg for several years. Prior to that, I know I self medicated with coffee, drinking usually three-five cups and as many shots of espresso a day. While I was on Adderall, I stopped drinking so much coffee, cutting back to one cup a day, if that. It wasn't until years later that I realized I had been self medicating.
Only now I think I'm self medicating again, this time with Diet Mnt Dew Voltage instead of coffee. I still drink one cup a day of coffee, it just doesn't seem to have much of an effect on me anymore, but I've become addicted to Diet Mnt Dew. I don't know why, I never really drank a lot of soda before, but I'm going through three-five cans of it now daily. It's pretty stupid to get worried about it, but it's like a craving and I'm not used to those.
Does anyone else have experience with self medication with caffeine? What should I watch out for as I'm doing this? I was a bit worried about my sleep schedule because I'm used to having terrible insomnia and have for years, but since going off the Adderall, it hasn't been an issue at all. I'm just so tired all the time and the caffeine doesn't even seem to help with that or make a difference. I just want it and can sometimes focus a bit better after having some.