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The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Re: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

ggm wrote: post #2

By Michael Pollan, and is good reading. Personally, I'm going to arm up to defend my right to caffeinate but he's not necessarily wrong about the proble.

Saw a clip on YouTube of him on the Joe Rogan show talking about caffeine. I was somewhat surprised by how strongly he talked about his caffeine addiction and how not using it negatively impacted his life. I've been caffeine free for over a decade after being a chronic abuser for most of my life. Maybe I'm simply too removed from my old caffeinated life but most of the downsides to not using it seem to be false. Most of the downsides I remember were during withdraw periods. Drinking caffeine would get me back to my baseline but by being off of caffeine, I don't need to get back to the baseline because I don't fall off it in the first place.

Re: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Post by netizen-936824 »

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #3
ggm wrote: post #2

By Michael Pollan, and is good reading. Personally, I'm going to arm up to defend my right to caffeinate but he's not necessarily wrong about the proble.

Saw a clip on YouTube of him on the Joe Rogan show talking about caffeine. I was somewhat surprised by how strongly he talked about his caffeine addiction and how not using it negatively impacted his life. I've been caffeine free for over a decade after being a chronic abuser for most of my life. Maybe I'm simply too removed from my old caffeinated life but most of the downsides to not using it seem to be false. Most…

People who aren't pharmacologists usually have a very limited understand of drug action. Joe Rogan is by no means an expert in the field and I would avoid his advice at all costs

Re: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Post by scotty79 »

thirdplace_ wrote: post #4

I've been drinking coffee for years. I can stop for a few weeks without any withdrawal symptoms. So it's highly personal.

Yup. I, on the other hand, on 3 cups daily felt like a zombie. Then I quit cold turkey and after a week I felt better that any time in the previous months.

When I occasionally forget myself and ingest more than minimal dose of caffeine (one strong coffee is sufficient) I get dizzy, my sleep patterns immediately go out of whack and if I keep ingesting caffeine I get face muscle twiches and a sense that something very bad happens and I'm gonna probably die soon.

Meanwhile I love coffee and I drink up to six cups of decaf a day.

I also love earl gray tea but I have to indulge occasionally, and cheap energetics, but I have to dose them by half a glass and even that also only occasionally.

Re: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Post by canadianfella »

scotty79 wrote: post #7
thirdplace_ wrote: post #4

I've been drinking coffee for years. I can stop for a few weeks without any withdrawal symptoms. So it's highly personal.

Yup. I, on the other hand, on 3 cups daily felt like a zombie. Then I quit cold turkey and after a week I felt better that any time in the previous months. When I occasionally forget myself and ingest more than minimal dose of caffeine (one strong coffee is sufficient) I get dizzy, my sleep patterns immediately go out of whack and if I keep ingesting caffeine I get face muscle twiches and a sense that something very…

What is an energetic?

Re: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

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Post by gumboshoes »

scotty79 wrote: post #7
thirdplace_ wrote: post #4

I've been drinking coffee for years. I can stop for a few weeks without any withdrawal symptoms. So it's highly personal.

Yup. I, on the other hand, on 3 cups daily felt like a zombie. Then I quit cold turkey and after a week I felt better that any time in the previous months. When I occasionally forget myself and ingest more than minimal dose of caffeine (one strong coffee is sufficient) I get dizzy, my sleep patterns immediately go out of whack and if I keep ingesting caffeine I get face muscle twiches and a sense that something very…

Decaf still has enough caffeine left in it that it affects me. So interesting how differently bodies react to different amounts. I can't even have some kinds of chocolate.
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