Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
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Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
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Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#2I gave up on caffeine a few years ago. I don't miss it, and find I have more energy and sleep better than before. I'm tempted to restart every time I read the 'caffeine is good for your health'-type reports, but so far I've stuck with H2O.
Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#3My productivity enhancing stimulant of choice is kratom.
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#4Caffeine has never seemed to do much for me. Even if it did, I am fine without it.
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#5I do find caffeine use to be effective, driving force. Instead of just sitting around at home doing nothing, I feel compelled to take my laptop and be unproductive at local cafes. It also enhances my attention/focus deficiencies, leading me to read many more books, magazines, and blogs than I normally would were I to remain enmeshed in whatever I'm working on.
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#6Caffeine is bad for night work.
It gives physical stimulation, but it suppress cerebral cortex.
Also : you’re not more energetic, but unambiguously you’re more nervous on caffeine
(Forgive me my bad English, it’s not my native)
Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#7No, it doesn't. It gives me a rush for less than five minutes and then I am back to the lower levels. Sleep works much better, but not the night one. Sleeping midday for less than an hour works way way better than caffeine. Shame my boss would never agree to it, but I do on weekends.
Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#8Works for me, in fact, I'm going for my daily Red Bull.
(it's too early for an Espresso, maybe later).
Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#9I enjoy a cup of coffee most mornings, but I don't think it does a lot of good for long-term productivity.
A B-complex vitamin supplement (B-100) plus extra folate (to a total of 200% RDA of folic acid) definitely seems to help, though. And there's research to suggest that it reduces or prevents long-term cognitive decline.
Re: Ask YC: Does Caffeine Work For You?
#10I doubt it, though I haven't tried in a while. I use either sleep or adrenaline.