It irks me that caffeine free diet drinks have disappeared. Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, and Diet Dr. Pepper used to come in caffeine free versions. But those were dropped to free up shelf space for new variants.
An Unexpected Benefit from Quitting Coffee – 10 Months In
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#12I don't have any sleep issues as long as I stick to a simple rule: No caffeine after 15:00.
Ugh, reading this comment at 15:34 with cup of espresso in one hand and phone in the other.
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#13I don't have any sleep issues as long as I stick to a simple rule: No caffeine after 15:00.
Yeah caffeine doesn't stay in the body all that long. If you stop all intake it will basically all be metabolized or eliminated within 24 hours. For most people, the effects diminish earlier than that, usually from 6-12 hours. It's not something that requires a long detox period. If you want to quit and are getting headaches, take an aspirin/tylenol/advil (check that they don't contain caffeine!) and drink plenty of water. I've found the headaches pass after a day or two.
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#14Quitting caffeine has been a no-op for me, but then again, caffeine was a no-op for me prior to that.
Glad it's working out for the author, though!
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#15I gave up coffee with caffeine about 4 months ago. I still have the occasional decaf but it’s like drinking alcohol free beer, you drink very differently when you don’t get a high. My instinct is that stimulants are just not a good idea if you want balance.
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#16I don't have any sleep issues as long as I stick to a simple rule: No caffeine after 15:00.
Is a reasonable rule, I'd replace a specific time with $YOUR_TIME which you probably have to experiment to find, seems to differ a lot per person. My time is 18:00, any later and sleep is screwed, 17:45 seems fine.
It can also change throughout your life. I used to be fine if I stuck to 16:00. But now for whatever reason if I drink caffeine after 10:00 it affects my sleep.
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#17Since 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 me get going in the morning any faster.
It did have some benefit to anxiety, but after I improved the original source of that anxiety (work related) I eventually went back to having coffee again simply because I really enjoy the flavour.
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#18It irks me that caffeine free diet drinks have disappeared. Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, and Diet Dr. Pepper used to come in caffeine free versions. But those were dropped to free up shelf space for new variants.
That stuff is awful anyway. I used to drink a lot of diet coke and gave it up. Tastes like insecticide now if I try it.
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#19Only 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...
I found the same thing with aeropress. I can drink coffee all day, and have the occasional Americano no problem, but twice had a shot from an aeropress over ice and it gave me awful anxiety attacks both times.
Interestingly, cold brew makes me a bit anxious but doesn't really satisfy the caffeine craving the way a traditional cup of coffee does.
YMMV I guess
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#20Not much in the article itself. Basic summary: * Getting to sleep on time more often and waking up in the mornings feeling rested * Don't need caffeine to start doing things (no zombie feel) * Less anxiety and easier to enter a focus session
FWIW, I got these same benefits from cutting down to one espresso some time before lunch from who knows how many cups of coffee throughout the day.
Very much this. I realized I got worse sleep quality (even though I fell asleep and stayed asleep fine) when I drank coffee too close to going to sleep. Keeping my coffee intake to >~10 hours prior to sleeping seems to negate this.