If you haven't started it yet, I say don't. I am effectively addicted to caffeine and while it has its purposes it isn't a good think. In the past, every few months I'd stop drinking all caffeine for 1-2 months then I'd slowly wind up starting to drink it again. I haven't done this in the past year, which has sucked.
You can be highly functional and productive without caffeine. Taking a nap and getting better sleep is far better then being addicted to coffee or pop.
Thanks for your insight, this was kind of what I was hoping to hear. If you wouldn't mind, could you expand a bit on the negative effects you've experienced due to regularly drinking caffeine, and possibly even some good ones?
I was previously borderline addicted and one big negative is: I found it impossible to concentrate. After 3 cups my mind would become restless. It's the reason I quit because I couldn't get any work done.
Get citrus fruit on your desk, as well as bananas. That will keep you going for ages.
Thanks for that info. Citrus eh? Hadn't heard that one, bananas I have just started eating more regularly. I'll try the citrus too and see how that goes. I wonder sometimes if the caffeine I consume is part of the reason I sometimes have trouble focusing.
Pluses: I am alert, keeps me going for longer period of times then if I wasn't drinking it.
Minuses: I will crash where my body is just exhausted but I can't shut off my mind. I think some of that is normal with stress and being driven, but a lot of the reason is caffeine. I think it is the primary reason I have a hard time shutting down at night. I am sure there are others, but that is the key I notice.
I will also get a headache now if I don't drink some caffeine in say a ~12 hr period.
I am back to working out and hoping with that and drinking more water I will be able to cut out the caffeine more. I'd like to get it to none or very minimal.
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If you haven't started it yet, I say don't. I am effectively addicted to caffeine and while it has its purposes it isn't a good think. In the past, every few months I'd stop drinking all caffeine for 1-2 months then I'd slowly wind up starting to drink it again. I haven't done this in the past year, which has sucked.
You can be highly functional and productive without caffeine. Taking a nap and getting better sleep is far better then being addicted to coffee or pop.
Thanks for your insight, this was kind of what I was hoping to hear. If you wouldn't mind, could you expand a bit on the negative effects you've experienced due to regularly drinking caffeine, and possibly even some good ones?
I was previously borderline addicted and one big negative is: I found it impossible to concentrate. After 3 cups my mind would become restless. It's the reason I quit because I couldn't get any work done.
Get citrus fruit on your desk, as well as bananas. That will keep you going for ages.
Thanks for that info. Citrus eh? Hadn't heard that one, bananas I have just started eating more regularly. I'll try the citrus too and see how that goes. I wonder sometimes if the caffeine I consume is part of the reason I sometimes have trouble focusing.
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Pluses: I am alert, keeps me going for longer period of times then if I wasn't drinking it.
Minuses: I will crash where my body is just exhausted but I can't shut off my mind. I think some of that is normal with stress and being driven, but a lot of the reason is caffeine. I think it is the primary reason I have a hard time shutting down at night. I am sure there are others, but that is the key I notice.
I will also get a headache now if I don't drink some caffeine in say a ~12 hr period.
I am back to working out and hoping with that and drinking more water I will be able to cut out the caffeine more. I'd like to get it to none or very minimal.