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Old 01-23-2010, 11:02 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Poppinjay View Post
Yesterday however, I had a large cafe au lait. After covering about 7 miles for my job, I thought I would sleep like a rock. I did, if that rock were wide eyed and restless.
I had a bad experience once. I was playing Magic the Gathering at a friend's place, and we thought it would be cool to have a couple of espressos each to ramp up our game. This, of course, was after 9 p.m. By the time I got home by 12 or so, I sat in the chair for a good 30 min. to an hour trying to fend of an anxiety attack from the caffeine...fatigue set in eventually. I don't remember how much coffee I had earlier that day. There's a good chance I had one or two cups at least. So... who knows how much caffeine I had in my system by midnight. The half life is 6 hours or so.

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Until Feb 2, I'll be killing myself with fast food and caffeinated drinks, but afterward I can try to be healthy again.
Hang in there, champ. You might see what I mean if you drop off on the caffeine suddenly and not be so stressed out from work as much. Your body is likely going to switch into cocoon mode.

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I had an evil caffeine addiction at one point, to the extent i was getting violent and aggressive without a fix. Weaned myself off it over a couple of weeks and felt so much better.
This is a big thing for me. I hate the thought of needing to have coffee before going to do something...sometimes to the point of not wanting to do it at all without it...sometimes being a moody brat if required to suffer without it. Who wants that? I don't.

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In the meantime, I'm going to be experimenting with the documented content of L-theanine in sencha.
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