the fake raspberry that gives you metallic burps for the next four hours
Coffee / energy drink drinkers sound like drug addicts
But I’d say (at least that’s my experience) it’s not a very addictive substance. Or it depends heavily on the person.
I drink 0-5 cups a day. I like the taste and I like drinking it in some social settings. I don’t need it in the morning to get my body awake. I can just stop drinking coffee any time for longer periods of time without any issues.
Once I was working in Bavaria for about 6 weeks. We drank around 1l of beer every dinner. Returning home I wanted to drink a beer after the first dinner. This made me stop drinking alcohol for two months and since I made this experience I regularly stop consuming substances that may be addictive. I never experienced this with caffeine.
Maybe it’s not very addictive for you. It is for most people.
The way you are with coffee is the way I am with nicotine. I’ve smoked. I’ve quit smoking. I’ve started again. The most craving I’ve gotten for a cigarette was incredibly mild. Once I read that nicotine could trigger certain diseases that run in my family, I quit tobacco completely and I’ve never looked back. I haven’t had a cigarette in about 18 years, and quitting was trivially easy for me.
Based on this, I could say “Cigarettes aren’t very addictive. They’re easy to quit!” And of course, I’d be dead wrong.
I’ll never understand caffeine addicts. It’s such a boring drug to get hooked on. How do people find it pleasurable? It does nothing but slightly increase your concentration at most. You don’t even get a dopamine hit.
You sound like you think coffee drinkers are trying to get high by drinking coffee.
I’m in the Top 10% of players in my league, but I’ll never be in the Top 1%.
Why? Because everyone there is either cheating or on something.
Caffeine is legal and not banned by most sporting jurisdictions, so if that’s the only thing you can take to enhance performance – you take it.
With a caffeine addiction, I can skirt Top 6% and lie to myself that I deserve that position.
caffeine is a drug what you expect? heh
Coffee?
Fun fact, caffeine has a half life of 3-7 hrs, after that the positive effects fade and you are left with all the negative(jitters, dehydration, fatigue, depression…) but it will be an average of 5 hrs. so to alleviate this you should only drink half the caffeine you would normally consume in the morning and half about 3-5 hours into your shift, or Probably far less than that given how much caffeine people drink to avoid the above mentioned symptoms, also drinking plenty of water and try magnesium and exercise too ensure the caffeine moves out of your body before the symptoms kick in, or consider switching to a natural alternative like cocaine(That last bit was a joke don’t sue me)
The hack for this is to get cold brew (more caffeinated and tastes good cold) and sip it slowly throughout the day alongside water.
This is how I avoid a crash when I do drink coffee. The negative side effects of caffeine make me want to end it all though so I tend to avoid drinking it with any regularity these days.
I do caffeine and antidepressants. Are you saying if I quit caffeine I might be able to remove the antidepressants?
That’s certainly a possibility, but I’m no psychiatrist. If the coffee started before the antidepressants then I would say it’s worth a try at the very least.
For me it’s less depression and more intense anxiety that can lead to depression. People look at me like I’m crazy when I bring it up though so maybe it’s just me.
Caffinated beverages don’t dehydrate you. Yes, caffeine has a mild diuretic effect, but it’s not enough to negate the water in the beverage.
