If it’s coffee/tea, how do you take it? I typically end up consuming 200-400 Mg a day depending on if I go to the gym or work overnight. I either do black coffee (iced ideally) or sugar free redbull/monster. I’m considering switching to caffeine pills but I know it wont scratch that habitual itch of drinking it down.
Not throwing shade, but caffeine is a crutch.
If you ditched it, it would suck for a few months sure, but then your brain will adjust.
I’ve been caffeine free for over 20 years. If I stay up super late, or wake up super early, I struggle for a moment, but then I’m fine.
Water is my go to in the morning.
Your body is so used to caffeine, that you’re literally medicating yourself for a condition you created for yourself. You need it in the morning on a weird shift, because you always use it in the morning on a weird shift.
Again, sorry for the rant, I just feel very strongly about this scientific fact.
Best wishes to you
I completely agree. I used to be a huge coffee drinker until I came to the realization that it’s horrible for my sleep and anxiety, so I weaned myself off it for a few months and then stopped.
Two years without caffeine and I’ll never start using it again. It’s so nice not being addicted to coffee (and not spending money on it), not feeling wired/jittery and not getting withdrawal headaches. I just wake up and I’m ready to go every morning.
Nice! That’s the thing, right? That’s the key I don’t think people understand.
My normal energy level, once I’ve woken up for a few minutes, is how I used to feel when caffeinated, after having been on the stuff for awhile.
The low energy they feel, is literally the caffeine addiction talking. Your body gets so used to it, you’re not feeling the buzz you felt when you first tried it, you’re just maintaining a normal human level of energy, but it feels like a buzz because without it your brain is so addicted that it’s suffering for it.
Crazy.
Now I still have a little caffeine for a really bad headache I can’t shake. But it only takes a few sips of coffee or pop, and I’m good. It’s not enough to make me feel wired, but I still might struggle to fall asleep that night, when normally I don’t struggle at all.
Caffeine IS powerful, people just get used to it, but their body is still affected every day.
Its tough for me because I don’t work a consistent schedule. I work in a 28 day cycle. In total 14 days off, 7 days of 7 am-7pm and 7 days of 7 pm to 7 am, all mixed up.