Coffee, yay or nay?

Hellhound

Hellhound

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I can't tell. I've drank it for so many years that I can't tell if it does anything or not. The only thing I can say is that I need it badly.
 
BlackPuma

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I love coffee, but it counters my effort to stay well hydrated. I'm extremely prone to get heavy migraines whenever my body is slightly out of balance, so I can't afford to become too dehydrated.
 
EscapeArtist

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Coffee can be an occasional yay, but lately i'm drinking a lot of it and it's effects have changed a lot. At first it would make me really jittery, peppy, talkative, happy, energetic, and now I drink it to feel the normal awake feeling that people get in the morning, which lasts 30 minutes, and then I get a coffee crash :( which consists of barely being able to walk sometimes from weakness, sugar cravings, anger, anxiety, nausea, yeah, it sucks. I pretty much keep drinking it because I don't like the headache / fatigue that comes on for a week+ when ya stop

Not good for anxiety, good for occasional usage, not habit.
 
Fanden

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Coffee, for me, is a killer. I get all trippy and nervous for hours. One cup is okay though.
 
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mikebird

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Student life got me needing two thick pints of freeze-dried, crystalline, instant coffee every morning, after a few late nights past midnight to get going in the mornings.

After lectures... then beers

There was just one office a few years ago where I found a cafetiere people were using. I was SA brave enuff to ask about it. I then starting making a fresh pot round, regularly. This was simple and subjective, but significant. It's the normal rigmarole of everyone that I can't stand. Can't cope with standard people. Just finding fresh ground coffee powder is enough to set it apart from string fruit tea, and freeze-dried brown. This has carried on every office since, where I don't mind getting the fuel to share. Someone brought in his golden cafetiere from home, to make it. Then I found others with the kit.

It was years before that a sound old schoolmate showed me a vast sack of beans from his dad's new Costa Rica plantation investment. I sat there hearing the noise of that grinder. He said it would probably be the best coffee I'd ever tasted, and I took him seriously. Never bothered again until I saw my first cafetiere.

At home though, I see proper ground coffee as the cheapest drink. Ain't gonna pay anyone to make me a coffee. I don't want hot things; I wait for it to cool a bit once brewed. It doesn't have such the 'keep the day going' effect it used to. I found my favourite blend (French) and highest strength available. Maybe that's why it's lost its vigour. Overloading might end in a lack of kick.

Decided a long time ago to set 1500 as the last of the day.

Maybe since using this website I've lost a need for coffee. People's thoughts keep me thinking
 
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Rawz

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EscapeArtist said:
Coffee can be an occasional yay, but lately i'm drinking a lot of it and it's effects have changed a lot. At first it would make me really jittery, peppy, talkative, happy, energetic, and now I drink it to feel the normal awake feeling that people get in the morning, which lasts 30 minutes, and then I get a coffee crash :( which consists of barely being able to walk sometimes from weakness, sugar cravings, anger, anxiety, nausea, yeah, it sucks.
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Wow, that sounds bad. ::(:

EscapeArtist said:
I pretty much keep drinking it because I don't like the headache / fatigue that comes on for a week+ when ya stop
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Last winter I drank some every day for a month and quit cold turkey without any problems. I rarely drank more than 16oz in one day, sometimes less, though.
 
Phoenixx

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I don't drink coffee regularly. I tend to feel a little sick if I drink it more than once a day and/or for days in a row. My body does not handle caffeine well at all either. I get very jittery, my chest feels tight, my pulse increases, and I get headaches.

I really love a nice iced coffee when I go out shopping sometimes though, with sugar and flavored sugar syrup, no milk. One cup is okay for me and doesn't make me sick.

I really do prefer tea though, especially chai. Mmmm. ::p: I love it!

Flanscho said:
I drink coffee only rarely. Normally I stick to tea. I got one of these chrome glass teapots. And I like it, when I'm at home after work, and the little candle under the pot lights up the whole thing, and makes the golden tee shine like a warm lantern. ^^

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Also I like feeling and smelling the tea leaves and so on. ^^
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^ That is so neat! I wants it!
 
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yeahyeahyeah

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Earl Gray tea in the evening is nice before you go to bed ,, the decaf stuff .

My dad would drink coffee all day long and would fall asleep as soon as he went to bed ,,don't know how he did it .
 
Phoenixx

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yeahyeahyeah said:
My dad would drink coffee all day long and would fall asleep as soon as he went to bed ,,don't know how he did it .
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^ My dad used to be like that too. He would drink 8+ cups a day and not have a problem taking a nap or sleeping at night. Crazy!
 
BleedTheFreak

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It doesn't do anything for me but I still enjoy drinking it. It has become more of a morning ritual than anything else, really.
 
twiggle

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You know how sometimes they say smokers find it hard to quit because they always feel they have to have something in their hands?
That's how I am with coffee. At work I'll drink about 5-8 cups a day (one an hour) and even drink energy drinks too. I have to say I've not really noticed any side-effects, but I'm wondering if I cut back significantly maybe I'll feel less tired and/or anxious.
 
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