Caffeine - does it REALLY do the trick for you?

[Grog]

I could drink 3 cups of coffee right before bed and it has no effect on me!

Same here. I can drink caffinated drinks all night long and sleep like a log. I wish it woke me up like some people claim, especially on days when I have to go into work early.

 

[Sonya]

Yeah, I'm addicted, so what!

It doesn't really have the "awakening" affect for me, I can go right to sleep after having drank something, but it does make me more focused. I like that.

I have heard, however, that if you drink a lot at once it can backfire and make you tired. I used to have a morning mocha with 3 or 4 shots in it, but I would fall asleep at work. With just 2 It is a lot better.

Also, coffee caffeine is different from cola caffeine. I can't drink soadas w/o getting all jittery. But coffee makes me mellow.

 

[transparant]

Nope, doesn't work for me. I could drink it after dinner and go to sleep like a baby. Like I said in a previous thread about coffee... chasing after a 2 year old all day must be an antidote for caffeine!

Ah-ha! That must be my problem!!! 6 kids should definetely be an antidote! LOL! By the way....your 2 year old is absolutely precious!!!

 

[HappyMommy2]

Caffeine literally makes me sick. I can not drink much of it at all b/c it makes me jittery and I don't like that feeling. It is very rare that I drink it. I feel worse when I do than if I would just stay away from it.

This is me exactly. Caffeine doesn't really keep me "awake" or energized; it just makes me feel awful--nausea, jitters, stomach cramps.
So I virtually never drink coffee, and have caffeinated soda maybe once a month.

 

[HunnyPots]

Back in October, I kicked a SERIOUS caffiene dependence. I went cold turkey and it was the toughest week of my life. First came the screaming headaches, then the chills, body aches, and sweats. I swear, you'd have thought I was a heroin addict! After I got through all that came the MOOD SWINGS! OMG! My poor family! After a little more than a week, I started to feel normal again. Now I occasionally have a starbucks coffee drink or a caffienated soda but I am very careful not to start up the old morning ritual caffiene consumption again. Anything that is that hard to give up can't be good for you!

 

[Pin Wizard]

I'm immune to it also. I can drink 3 or 4 cups and still not feel awake. The only thing it does is keep the awful headache away that I get if I don't drink it.

 

[browneyes]

I just love the way it tastes. Not sure if it really does any tricks for me or not.

 

[Pop Daddy]

more, more, more, is the way I like my coffee

 

[gr8tpanther]

Well, I am an official DEW addict! Caffeine is a must for me to the point where I get migraines without it. It is the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do at night. I would much rather go without food (and have) than go without DEW! I don't know that caffeine DOES the trick per say, but it DOES keep me from being in pain, AND I might add, that my brain doesn't function quite as well without it.