I don't have any sleep issues as long as I stick to a simple rule: No caffeine after 15:00.
When I was younger it was 1700 for me but now it's 1300. I get up at 0500.
An Unexpected Benefit from Quitting Coffee – 10 Months In
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#32Go to bed EARLY. No caffeine after 1500 hrs. Front load your liquids to limit getting up during the night. Then when The alarm goes off, get your ass up!
I am so looking forward to my approaching retirement, when I need never again concern myself with your final directive.
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#33Go to bed EARLY. No caffeine after 1500 hrs. Front load your liquids to limit getting up during the night. Then when The alarm goes off, get your ass up!
Put down your screens several hours before bedtime, pick up a book instead.
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#34Since we're throwing around anecdotes. I quit coffee for two years to help with anxiety. It did help with that, but there were zero other benefits, and the significant downside of not having something tasty to sip on. After the first few weeks I didn't feel groggy in the morning without the coffee, but I definitely wasn't feeling any more rested. It didn't help me get to sleep any easier either. It also didn't help m…
Decaf works great for this. I'm like 100% a rat pulling levers now that I'm vaping 0% nicotine and drinking decaf in the morning. If they start ringing bells before lunch I'm done for.
All the decafs I tried did not taste as good as the OG.
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#35Since we're throwing around anecdotes. I quit coffee for two years to help with anxiety. It did help with that, but there were zero other benefits, and the significant downside of not having something tasty to sip on. After the first few weeks I didn't feel groggy in the morning without the coffee, but I definitely wasn't feeling any more rested. It didn't help me get to sleep any easier either. It also didn't help m…
If you like a hot, bitter drink with roasted notes, roasted dandelion root tea is an incredible, low acid (and good for you) coffee substitute.
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#36Only slightly related, but I've found that traditionally brewed coffee and espresso give me a ton of anxiety. Tea, energy drinks, and even cold brew don't give me nearly the same level of anxiety. Any hypotheses on what might be going on? This has been an unsolved mystery in my life...
Acidity hitting the stomach?
Re: An Unexpected Benefit from Quitting Coffee – 10 Months In
#37Since we're throwing around anecdotes. I quit coffee for two years to help with anxiety. It did help with that, but there were zero other benefits, and the significant downside of not having something tasty to sip on. After the first few weeks I didn't feel groggy in the morning without the coffee, but I definitely wasn't feeling any more rested. It didn't help me get to sleep any easier either. It also didn't help m…
Decaf works great for this. I'm like 100% a rat pulling levers now that I'm vaping 0% nicotine and drinking decaf in the morning. If they start ringing bells before lunch I'm done for.
There is great decaff out there but the choice is nevertheless limited compared to caff and the processing (ethyl acetate, supercritical CO2, swiss water) causes flavour changes which mean that you won't get the same range of flavours as you will with caff. Although ethyl acetate causes some unique positive changes (IMO) so there is that.
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#38I don't have any sleep issues as long as I stick to a simple rule: No caffeine after 15:00.
The important rule is that this works for you, but everyone has to discover their own rules.
Most days, I drink 5 to 7 expressos, though there are days I don't drink any coffee, e.g. when not at home. I often drink one (sometimes two) expressos in the hour before going to bed. I'm almost always asleep in a couple of minutes after switching off the lights.
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#40Only slightly related, but I've found that traditionally brewed coffee and espresso give me a ton of anxiety. Tea, energy drinks, and even cold brew don't give me nearly the same level of anxiety. Any hypotheses on what might be going on? This has been an unsolved mystery in my life...
Probably caffeine. You might have looked this up and found that cold brew generally has more caffeine than these other types of coffee (although, "traditional" is awfully vague). Keep in mind, different drinks have different levels of caffeine, especially if you're making them yourself. For example, you could be drinking particularly strong or particularly large "traditionally" brewed coffee/espresso relative to the other options.