Caffeine effects me so differently now

[BarkingGhostar]

In late May I stopped my morning routine of drinking a half-pot of coffee in a giant mug with two shots of Irish Cream (instead of milk and sugar). That cut out ~75% of my annual alcohol intake and probably 85% of my caffeine intake. Then my hospital incident six weeks later resulted in zero alcohol, sedative and 99% of the usual caffeine intake. The only caffeine I get now is the twice a week restaurant visits where I get half-and-half sweet tea and even that little amount of caffeine is trashing my ability to sleep. I should be sleeping right now. I'm getting up at 5AM to hit the treadmill but my brain is activated because of that damn caffeine. I can't believe how sensitive I am to it.

I do want to say, though, that my fear that my brain would be slower in response and processing being off the caffeine didn't come true. I can get stuff done mentally just as fast--and I'm glad about that. But I'm not glad to be on this forum at this bloody moment.

 

[Captante]

I had to cut out coffee due to stomach pain... fortunately however tea seems not to be a problem.

 

[brianmanahan]

i took caffeine down from 400-500mg a day to 30mg a day because i thought it was causing some problems

turned out to not be the case, so i started drinking coffee again

but i toned it back a little - only 1 cup of light roast, so about 200mg a day max

i don't have a problem falling asleep as long as i quit drinking caffeine before 2 or 3 pm

and if i am feeling too energetic in the evening, 1mg of melatonin helps knock me out

 

[nakedfrog]

Back when I was in the office, for years I drank a couple cups in the morning and one after lunch. I'd eventually dropped off the afternoon coffee, and once I started working from home a few years ago, I switched to just making some espresso when I got up. Now I just have 4 shots between 8-9 AM, so probably 200-300mg of caffeine.
When I don't have my morning espresso, it mostly just takes my mental processes a little longer to get going at full speed.

 

[pete6032]

i took caffeine down from 400-500mg a day to 30mg a day because i thought it was causing some problems

turned out to not be the case, so i started drinking coffee again

but i toned it back a little - only 1 cup of light roast, so about 200mg a day max

i don't have a problem falling asleep as long as i quit drinking caffeine before 2 or 3 pm

and if i am feeling too energetic in the evening, 1mg of melatonin helps knock me out

I was up around 500mg per day (100% from coffee) for a very long time and then I went down to zero for about a year and a half just to see what would happen. My life didn't change much and my energy levels were the same. After my caffeine hiatus I started drinking coffee again and it still doesn't have much of an impact on me.

 

[dank69]

*affects

 

[deadlyapp]

*affects

I mostly came here to comment this as well lol

For a while I was at about 16 oz of hot coffee or cold brew, plus a pre-workout in the afternoon, and occasionally a shot or two of espresso in the middle of the day, so probably about 500-600mg of caffeine a day. I decided to try to go zero caffeine and I did for a couple of months with no real impact on my energy levels, other than the fact if I did have caffeine it helped jump start my brain.

I'm now 50/50 decaf in the morning (still have about 16oz of coffee each morning) and a couple shots of espresso in the afternoon before a workout, so I'm probably down to about 150-200 mg / day.

 

[brianmanahan]

*affects

f(x)

 

[Captante]

I also tried switching to green-tea only and that unfortunately did not work for me in terms of caffeine resulting in nasty headaches.



I need something along the lines 2+ cups of strong English Breakfast/Yorkshire black tea (or similar) in order to keep the blood flowing!

 

[dank69]

f(x)

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[Torn Mind]

Never really took caffeine ever in my life except in intermittent periods in my youth.

Where I'm at now, I can probably carb load to achieve the effects others get from caffeine.

 

[skyking]

6 cups or so a day, nothing special. I can drink coffee right up to laying my head on the pillow.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Never learned to like the taste of coffee, generally eschew all hot beverages and never felt the need for caffeine... Until I hit my mid-50's. I realized I just wasn't as alert early in the mornings as I used to be. Ended up adopting a fairly regular routine of a Diet Coke in the morning and another in the afternoon until I retired. Now I hit the gym in the early mornings and so don't really mind being a bit detached. 🥱

 

[BurnItDwn]

I also tried switching to green-tea only and that unfortunately did not work for me in terms of caffeine resulting in nasty headaches.



I need something along the lines 2+ cups of strong English Breakfast/Yorkshire black tea (or similar) in order to keep the blood flowing!

I dunno if you ever tried it, but, Stash brand of "Super Irish Breakfast tea" is amazing. Has a bundle of Assam Tea, very earthy tea, full of flavor.
Their Matcha-Mate blend is my other favorite. Its a mix of Yerba Mate, Matcha, and green tea, seems like its got a good amount of caffeine in it.

 

[Captante]

I dunno if you ever tried it, but, Stash brand of "Super Irish Breakfast tea" is amazing. Has a bundle of Assam Tea, very earthy tea, full of flavor.
Their Matcha-Mate blend is my other favorite. Its a mix of Yerba Mate, Matcha, and green tea, seems like its got a good amount of caffeine in it.

This is also pretty good:

 

[feralkid]

I always thought that name matched the effects pretty well.

 

[BurnItDwn]

This is also pretty good:

Havent tried that one, but, i'll give it a go if i happen to see it on the shelf!