naturally, as I've gotten older and had more control over the contents of my fridge and what I can eat, I've ended up snacking more in the night. which... isn't necessarily a great idea.
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then, randomly, I encounter a thing on tumblr about how people with adhd, who are prone to nightowlishness in the first place, often crave carbs and sweet things, not bc they're hungry, but bc their brains want glucose and they don't produce enough on their own.
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now, I'm in this weird space wrt adhd, where certain things point to me having it but I have a lifetime of just... not having it, and I feel extremely weird even talking about it, but. the article rings enough of a bell that I think, 'huh, lemme try something.'
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so I go to the pharmacy and buy myself a bottle of glucose tablets, which are very cheap. and for the past week or so, whenever I've started to crave sweets or carbs at night even after I've eaten enough food, I have half a tablet (they're really big tablets).
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and so far? I've gotta tell you, it's been WORKING. like, the specific cravings for carbs/sugars - which is pretty much what I always want at night - just *go*, in a way that lets me assess if I'm genuinely hungry or not.
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once or twice I have been (I've been exercising a lot lately, so it's reasonable for my body to be like, 'actually moar pls?'), but with the craving gone, it's way easier to have a better, smaller snack, like some salami or cheese, instead of chocolate or bread.
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and the rest of the time, I have the tablet and just... forget that I wanted food. because I wasn't actually hungry in the first place; my brain was just yelling at me to Give It The Thinky Sugar. and now I can, and it's AWESOME.
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This is entirely nutritionally sound, according to a nutritionist I used to consult back in the day. I’m going to try this, thanks.
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The thing with carbs/sugar is that as soon as they are detected by your mouth, a signal goes to the brain to require more energy to be unlocked (even if you spit out and don't swallow). As for adhd, it's possible to have traits of it rather than the full on experience.
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It made so much sense, I do exactly the same thing and I never could stop it by myself no matter what diet I am into
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