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-- Personal Experience Only Disclaimer -- Caffeine has always caused me to have a heightened level of anxiety that lasts much longer than initial high. My rec

• itistoday 16y ago
  Agreed. I actually have found that the kind of high I get from caffeine greatly depends on the source it comes from. For me, coffee is drastically inferior to the high I get from earl grey tea (most black teas in general). I find that with tea the high is much smoother and lasts longer; if you can imagine a bell curve, it would be wider and with a smaller amplitude, whereas coffee would be narrower and with a taller amplitude. Also, I've found a 20 minute nap at mid-day with green tea afterwards (about half the caffeine content of my morning breakfast tea) to be much more effective in improving cognitive performance than to skip the nap and rely solely on caffeine. For the rest of the day I'm caffeine free. </personal-experience-disclaimer>
  • metamemetics 16y ago
    Bumping for Earl Grey. Also, niacin counteracts any mild anxiety from caffeine for me. Probably why its also found in red bull, drinkers having panic attacks on their massive amounts of caffeine would be bad for sales.
• lallysingh 16y ago
  Caffeine helps with really boring work. I just make sure I've got 6 hours before I plan to sleep. Unrelated, but: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/caffeine http://theoatmeal.com/comics/caffeine
  • nopassrecover 16y ago
    Yeah, mild levels of caffeine (<200-300mg for me I'm guessing) give me a barely noticeable but consistent boost. Anything more and I avoid lethargy but i also sacrifice attention which has its own pros/cons including the ability to enjoy repetitive but boring work.