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azziria ([personal profile] azziria) wrote2011-07-06 09:21 am

Coffee woes...

The cutting-down-on-caffeine thing (because brews don’t come regularly on the boat, and my addiction was causing me problems) is going quite well – I’m sleeping better, for one thing. However my two mugs of coffee at breakfast (and if you’re going to drink coffee, you might as well make it strong enough to taste or what’s the point?) are now making me sweat and shake, so sadly I guess I’m going to have to cut down on them too :(

[identity profile] linaelyn.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
I had to cut out caffeine entirely before surgery, last fall. It was a challenge, but I did it, and I know you can too.

I do enough better with no caffeine and no alcohol in my system, re: sleep patterns and such, that I'd be tempted to teetotal on both... were it not for their markéd positive effects on my mental stability during highly stressful times.

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
I can cut right down on the caffeine but I'm *not* giving up the wine!

(Luckily, as I don't drink during the week at all, only at weekends, I don't have a dependency problem with the alcohol, so a dry boat isn't a problem... I think we might all get blisteringly drunk at the end of the race, though... *g*)

[identity profile] box-of-sorrows.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
I've got to the point at times where I feel ill, shakes, headache, upset stomach, disturbed vision etc but the worst was during a residential course with work. Final night some of us were up until almost the following morning and throwing espresso's down out throats all night. Felt like a booze hangover from hell the next morning, I just wanted to curl up and die in a corner!

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised by the sleeping thing - I'd been making a point even before now not to drink caffeine after lunch, but it's still made a difference stopping earlier. I'm going to try to cut down to one mug at breakfast - I don't think I actually *want* to go without completely.

The other interesting thing, of course, is what's a physical need and what's psychological habit - after being out on Sunday morning, I got home and really, really wanted a cup of tea after my lunch - but I've not been wanting a lunchtime cup when I've been at work, so that was definitely a habit thing.
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[personal profile] lj_stowaway 2011-07-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Cutting down is a good thing! But, unless you plan on permanently giving up all caffeine, may I suggest that you don't cut it out altogether even on a temporary basis.

I did that a few years ago and it backfired. I went cold turkey for a few weeks, intending to go back to more moderate consumption and I haven't been able to tolerate more than trace amounts of caffeine ever since. For example, a piece of chocolate is fine, but I can't drink even a few sips of tea without feeling really ill. (decaf tea I can drink, but that is like kissing through a screen door - fairly pointless) I've been collecting teas from all over the world since I was a teenager, so this was a blow! And the irony is that it was over-consumption of cola that prompted me to cut back, precisely so that I wouldn't be forced to give up tea. Alas. *g*

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That's alarming! I can't imagine life without my morning coffee. And I'm British, I *have* to drink tea... Maybe the sweating and shakes this morning is a sign that I've gone far enough.