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It's a slippery slope. Soon you'll be taking caffeine pills, then you'll be crushing them and sprinkling them on your cereal![]()
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It's a slippery slope. Soon you'll be taking caffeine pills, then you'll be crushing them and sprinkling them on your cereal![]()
Don't you shame me!It's a slippery slope. Soon you'll be taking caffeine pills, then you'll be crushing them and sprinkling them on your cereal![]()
Hate coffee, but I'm a fan of both of those.Weird question actually, do you all like espresso martinis too? And coffee cake? I love them both...
Hate coffee, but I'm a fan of both of those.
I'm at the crushing caffeine pills and snorting them stage, next step is straight into a vein![]()
It is amazing how you can rely on coffee to 'start the day'. I used to hate it around 5-6 years ago and started on mochas. Then it went to flavoured lattes, flat whites and now I am on all black.
Never more than 2 a day and also never after 1pm unless I am going out.![]()
I started drinking coffee again sometime around mid December and for a short while it was great... but then tolerance kicked in and I found myself back at the point where I'm drinking coffee just to feel normal.
Over the last week I've been tapering down again and feeling really good actually. Only a single cup of black tea in the morning for the past 3 days. Going to see how it goes on this dosage for a little longer, then potentially cut it.
My main motivation is I keep having huge crashes in the afternoon where I need to lay down and sometimes nap. I think it's stress caused by caffeine. The past week this has reduced drastically.
I think the whole caffeine addiction thing is relative. I have one cup of black coffee in the mornings and that's it. Been that way for years. I can't imagine that's causing any issues.
I have a coffee most mornings and maybe one in the afternoon - I barely notice the effect of caffeine and if I dont have a coffee in the morning it doesnt really bother me. I think I am more addicted to the process of making one than the effect it gives me.
I'm trying to give up myself, 48 hours now without coffee now... A banging headache to show for it![]()
I think I'm with you there. The grinding, and the smell of the coffee in the morning is such a nice mindful routine I follow. That said I can go for days, if not longer without hankering for a coffee, but I just enjoy the routine (and the taste / smell of it!).
You must have a low sensitivity to caffeine![]()
Caffiene does raise cortisol(stress) so your probably rightI started drinking coffee again sometime around mid December and for a short while it was great... but then tolerance kicked in and I found myself back at the point where I'm drinking coffee just to feel normal.
Over the last week I've been tapering down again and feeling really good actually. Only a single cup of black tea in the morning for the past 3 days. Going to see how it goes on this dosage for a little longer, then potentially cut it.
My main motivation is I keep having huge crashes in the afternoon where I need to lay down and sometimes nap. I think it's stress caused by caffeine. The past week this has reduced drastically.
What does your morning coffee look like?I'm still having 1 sometimes 2 cups a day. All hormones and blood profile is good as is blood pressure. It's a pleasure to have a nice coffee. I get more seratonin out of it than if I didn't. I function fine without it but I just like the routine and flavour and enjoyment of having a coffee.
Almost 1 year since the last update, how are people doing?
My usage is creeping into the “need lots just to function” territory which usually prompts me to cut back.
I’m tempted to come completely off again but always slip up when work is busy and I’m a little under the weather.