How do you call that condition when you can drink e.g. 8 cups of coffee, not feeling any kick and going to sleep like a baby as if caffeine never mattered?
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#182I enjoy coffee, but for sleep quality reasons I keep caffeine to a minimum in the afternoon so my last cup is with my lunch. I've found that my ability to fall asleep and stay asleep all night is increased.
In the morning I use coffee to suppress my appetite since I fast until lunch time every day.
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This is definitely false. I've had multiple women tell me the dominant thing they noticed on a first date was that I didn't order a drink. Likewise, many people can attest that the social encouragement to get everyone drinking in group situations is very explicit. Shared consumption of intoxicating substances is closely monitored by everyone in the group, and is not same thing as the true fact that no one cares wheth…
Not only that, some people leap to the conclusion that you don't drink because you're an alcoholic, and from there to the judgement that you're unreliable and untrustworthy. (Not that being an alcoholic makes you those things - but that's their perception learned from our culture.) Another unhealthy thing about drinking culture is how it stigmatises teetotallers as some moralising oppressers (thanks Prohibition), whe…
There are plenty of reasons not to drink, though.
Maybe you're driving. Maybe you're on medication. Maybe if you're a woman you're trying to get pregnant (or already are).
Either this "if you don't drink you must be an alcoholic" thing is entirely American or lots of people on HN hang around with the wrong crowd.
EDIT: Also being "on call" is a good reason not to drink. Though if you need an excuse every time you go out with your friends, you deserve better friends.
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#184How do you call that condition when you can drink e.g. 8 cups of coffee, not feeling any kick and going to sleep like a baby as if caffeine never mattered?
I guess it's called working to hard, i'm currently also in that state.. Almost vacation..
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Is this Diet/Light or is this normal Pepsi? What you're describing is sugar dependence, not caffiene. Cut out all processed sugar and after 2 weeks you'll wonder what drug you are on (then cut out "healthy" carbs like bread and pasta and you'll wonder how you ever wanted to eat them).
I get those symptoms from coffee. I don't eat processed sugar and I mostly avoid other carbs during the work week. When I don't drink coffee I don't need an afternoon nap. But I like both coffee and naps so I often have coffee.
Do you put sugar in your coffee, though?
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#186Google cached version as it won't load for me https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yLb33Z...
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#187I drink coffee because I enjoy it, not to give me a "boost" in the morning. I limit myself to 1 large mug per day, with the (very) occasional afternoon cup. I don't notice any difference between my energy levels before / after my morning coffee, nor on days I skip it. I get a headache in the early afternoon when I skip it, though, so I'm definitely addicted. I wonder if the author's energy level issues were due to hi…
I also feel an oncoming headache and dreariness at 3-4pm like clockwork if I hadn't had caffeine.
do you have low blood pressure? in any case, exercise would help you with that
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#188I've been off Caffeine for a good two years now and have no plans of going back. Life runs too fast for me on caffeine, yes I can blow through work faster, but when I was on caffeine it would feel like days, weeks, months would go by in the blink of an eye. I wasn't enjoying the moment.. and then I stopped drinking caffeine. Life became more present for me, not slower in the bad sense, but that I was able to relish e…
Out of interest, did you only stop drinking caffeine or was it potentially part of a larger set of changes (mindset/dietary/behavioural/etc) made at a similar time?
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> Regarding the stigma, it may be a regional thing (Vancouver), but most people don't care about what I order at a restaurant or drink at a social function. The strangest look I'll get is when I order room temperature tap water... but that's understandable :) I think you might be right about that (Victorian here). No one ever cared what I was drinking in Victoria. Now that I'm in Europe it seems like people drink sod…
Where you are, is the tap water any good? I often wonder if that is a major contributing factor.
It's weird water. It's very hard and there's a lot of copper in it. You get buildup on bathroom fixtures and it looks gross. When I first tried it I didn't like it... but I got used to it after like a month and now it just tastes like water. Doesn't everyone get used to it eventually?
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#190I love coffee ... when I'm addicted to caffeine. I found when I get off of caffeine my love of coffee disappears.
I've been on/off caffeine numerous times. Mostly because I have a big backpack trip where obtaining caffeine is a pain. It takes exactly a week for me with days 3-6 being miserable. I feel I am not fully "there" almost as if I'm an observer in my own body.
There are two advantages I see in being off caffeine. First you are not dependent on a drug. Second, if you do need the drug for a rare occasion (maybe driving late into the night etc.) it is there for you. Being off caffeine then drinking a cup of coffee gives you a huge jolt.
I got back on caffeine recently to see if it would help me lose weight. It did not. Now I'm fat and addicted.