Am I the only one who finds coffee makes them feel sleepy?

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I have a cuppa and then have a strong need for a nap. It's not the affect I was hoping for. Is anyone else the same?

I don't but my eldest DD says she does. I'm not sure why. I've heard it's an ADHD trait but I'm not sure if there's any truth in that.

Feeling sleepy after coffee is a common side effect if you are dehydrated.

caffeine blocks receptors in your brain which a chemical normal fits into inducing sleep. When the caffeine wears off, the chemical rushes in and you can get very sleepy very fast

Not sure I quite follow this. I feel sleepy more-or-less as soon as I've finished the cup. Perhaps it's dehydration?

For people with ADHD stimulants can he calming, it's how most ADHD medication works. If you have any other symptoms you may want to look into it OP? Or just keep coffee as a bedtime drink

Do you have ADHD undiagnosed? I have a double espresso just before bed as it puts me straight to sleep!

Back in my wild days coke also used to chill me right out which was a bit annoying and not the effect I was going for 😅

Do you have ADHD? This is very common for people with it, caffeine is a stimulant and it has a calming effect, which is why the medication prescribed are stimulants.

I also find it makes me sleepy. It also interestingly lowers my resting heart rate. I notice when I stop coffee for a few days my resting heart rate increases by 5 to 10 points. I am pretty sure I don't have ADHD, may have mild ASD though.

Always makes me sleepy. When I've woken in the night and not been able to get back to sleep I have, in the past, gone and made a cup of strong coffee to help me drift off again.

I can wake up in the morning, drink a coffee and go back to sleep! I do have adhd. Stimulants have the opposite effect on me. Painkillers make me hyper!

I have ADHD and I have never understood what people meant when they said that caffeine wakes them up. I can drink a can of Monster at 10:30pm then go to bed.

As others have said, it’s the same reason stimulant medication calms us down.

I have adhd and I’m menopausal. When I wake up at 3am in the morning and can’t get back to sleep I drink a can of red bull and it will send me straight back to sleep within about ten minutes

Yes. I find it makes me very, very sleepy almost instantly. I believe I have undiagnosed ADHD.

Weird one for me because coffee wakes me up when I have it first thing in the morning but I definitely feel sleepy if I have one in the afternoon.

I have ADHD and can happily fall asleep after a coffee. No one believes me when I tell them I can have coffee before bed.

My dp gets this effect when he has milk.

Yes, I drink a cup just before bed.

Interesting! Coffee doesn't have any affect on my awareness, I'm always sleepy.

That can be a sign of ADHD, happens to many of us: it’s such a common trait that there are memes about it.

Yes it makes me sleepy and I have adhd

I once tried a caffeine bullet before exercise and wondered why I felt slightly sluggish. I looked it up and discovered that it doesn't have the same effect on everyone.

I drink a lot of coffee generally so thought I must be immune 😀

Yes, me. I always drink a really strong coffee before bed.

No stimulant effect here either, I don't have ADHD so thought it was tolerance build up. It could definitely be dehydration though