I can drink a 6-cup pot of espresso and immediately have a nap
I can drink pot after pot of espresso every day (i love the taste and comforting warmth) yet if I travel or “miss” my morning coffee it changes nothing about how I feel or my energy level. No cravings ever.
I kind of would like to get the zap of a good caffeine buzz. It sounds like some kind of amazing out-of-body nervous energy
When I was a kid my friends used to love this stuff called “Jolt Cola” that was marketed as having “All the sugar, and twice the caffeine” of regular soda (lol)… I drank can after can of it and never clued into why I thought it was just regular soda, and my friends were going cuckoo berserk on it
It’s a weird superpower. I’m also immune to codeine and similar, which I’ve come to understand are similar molecules… so it seems to explain something to me. I didn’t figure any of this out until my mid 30’s. Post-dental surgery, emergency visits and similar was always a huge battle because they’d think I was lying when I said the painkillers weren’t working, assuming I was drug-seeking
Just talking
Came here to second this. I have ADHD and basically the only thing most drugs do to me is give me a headache. I don’t get drunk, weed does nothing, and i don’t get high or withdrawals from stimulant meds though very high doses of methylphenidate will make me slightly anxious.
Whether OP has “ADHD” or not, he certainly seems to have a similar kind of neurodivergence to you and I