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by philiphodgen 2903 days ago
Go run a quick 5K. Or 3K. Or brisk walk around the block. Get the blood pumping.

Make a to do list of the tasks you are attempting to achieve today. Do one thing only today. When it is all too overwhelming, break it down into tiny self-evident steps. Micromanage your brain.

Not too much coffee.

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>> Not too much coffee

Or more coffee/caffeine if you have add/adhd. If you can drink a pot of coffee before bed and then go right to sleep, then caffeine might do the opposite to your brain chemistry and level you out. Talk to your doctor, as that you might need something more than caffeine to function. Think of your brain in the aspect of a cpu, where as some cpu’s natural clock speed is a little slower than the average, some are faster and easily distracted. So you might need to adjust something to not burn out a days energy to fast, and feel like the poster does.

Running releases different chemical compounds that affect the brain, so does smoking, eating, drinking caffeine, etc... you could be deficient on vitamins and it could be diet.

Everyone is different, and it will take trial and error until you find a working balance. Which means talking to your doctor about how you are feeling and, also taking the time to self-reflect on how you are actually feeling every day to gauge what’s working and what’s not.

I have exactly this with coffee.

I would even say that it makes me sleepy sometimes, and certainly never interfere with sleep or sleep patterns.

The kind or volume of coffee did not matter (some coffees I like, style other not but the lack of impact is the same).

Interestingly my brother is the same with coffee

Yeah coffee and sleep is the closest thing to artificial love in my experience.