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Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by zoover2020 »

PartiallyTyped wrote: post #19

Caffeine does nothing for me, I drink it for the taste / force of habit, and can actually cut it out indefinitely. Yes, I also have adhd.

Did you try taking it before or during a night trip by car? That's the only moment I realize its true effects.

As others in this thread have mentioned, the taste of coffee is just too good to give up for me. Instead, I limit myself to: 1) 2 cups of coffee a day before 12pm, 2) allow myself to drink decaf after 12pm

I also allow myself to become caffeinated if I have to drive in the dark for long periods at end (e.g. 2+ hours). These moments are rare enough for me to make caffeine one hell of a drug ;-)

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by Zelphyr »

sparrow98 wrote: post #11
Zelphyr wrote: post #7

Several years ago I switched to decaf to help with my anxiety. It did help but I also crashed almost every afternoon so I went back. Unfortunately, the coffee started giving me nasty acid reflux so I switched to drinking Earl Grey tea every morning. About six years ago I changed my diet and started Keto. Now that I'm keto-adapted I drink a cup of green tea each morning more out of habit than necessity. Sometimes I ne…

Diet is an interesting angle, do you think diet would contribute to a better sleep? I tend to find a high quality sleep leads to a energetic day for me.

It made a huge difference in my sleep. Before, I kept waking up at night for no clear reason and it was getting worse. Within a week or two of changing my diet I started sleeping like a baby and, aside from some periods of high stress, that hasn't changed.

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by AnthonBerg »

Zelphyr wrote: post #23
sparrow98 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Diet is an interesting angle, do you think diet would contribute to a better sleep? I tend to find a high quality sleep leads to a energetic day for me.

It made a huge difference in my sleep. Before, I kept waking up at night for no clear reason and it was getting worse. Within a week or two of changing my diet I started sleeping like a baby and, aside from some periods of high stress, that hasn't changed.

Funny thing with carbohydrate metabolism: Histamine is an essential part of glucose metabolism, and histamine is an alertness neurotransmitter.

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by sparrow98 »

AnthonBerg wrote: post #24
Zelphyr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It made a huge difference in my sleep. Before, I kept waking up at night for no clear reason and it was getting worse. Within a week or two of changing my diet I started sleeping like a baby and, aside from some periods of high stress, that hasn't changed.

Funny thing with carbohydrate metabolism: Histamine is an essential part of glucose metabolism, and histamine is an alertness neurotransmitter.

That means carbohydrate diet would keep us more alerted? I also heard the glucose makes us sleepier, but it's total anecdote that I never researched.

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by sparrow98 »

j1elo wrote: post #22

I'm the only one not being able to see the first graph? it just doesn't fit horizontally, and it also doesn't allow me to scroll to the right either (on mobile, using Android Firefox)

Sorry I can't reproduce the issue since I don't have an Android device. But I do find the caffeine habits diagram is broken hmm. I will see what I can do. Thanks for the headsup!

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by cainxinth »

justinlloyd wrote: post #14

I don't drink coffee because I need the caffeine. I drink coffee because I like the taste. There is an addiction component. I've given it up in the past and had the two week headache that wouldn't go away. But if good coffee isn't available, I will go without.

I had to give up caffeine for health reasons. My energy level returned to normal after a few months, but man do I miss the taste (decaf still has some caffeine).

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by ninesnines »

I gave up caffeine about 6 months ago now, and did it because I’ve had persistent anxiety since I was a teenager and was desperate for something to help. I had been drinking about 6 cups a day, which was a bit cultural, but also just way too much caffeine.

When I came off of it, I stopped having anxiety attacks and had a huge reduction in anxiety. To the point where I think most of my anxiety throughout my life has been due to caffeine intake.

Just something to keep in mind if you in general are a high key person and tend to drink a lot of coffee.

Re: Show HN: You Need Less Caffeine Than You Think

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Post by wodenokoto »

carstenhag wrote: post #18
DriftRegion wrote: post #15

A cup of hot water (no tea, no coffee, nothing) can in fact be quite pleasant to drink.

While I don't necessarily disagree, why drink hot water when you can drink flavored hot water (tea)?

Then why not drink coffee?
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