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Good once I gave up coffee. One thing with coffee, the often touted ratio is that if you stop drinking it after 12pm and limit to two to three cups max, it won
by playcache 5y ago
Good once I gave up coffee.
One thing with coffee, the often touted ratio is that if you stop drinking it after 12pm and limit to two to three cups max, it won't impact sleep. While this may be true for some, it's not true for all, as we metabolise caffeine differently.
I stopped around 2 years ago. First 7 days was headaches 24/7 and then around day 9 I slept like I had not slept in years, almost like a child's sleep. After around 2-3 months my productivity and alertness was naturally restored.
In hindsight it was funny how I left caffeine to the end. I went through the following:
* Black out curtains
* Stop electronics at 7pm
* Magnesium
* Melatonin
* CBD Oil
- jacksonkmarley 5y agoAgree that the caffeine 'rules' about not drinking it after a certain time of day don't apply to everyone. I experience increased sleep difficulties no matter what time of day I have it. Interestingly it does not seem to affect the initial falling asleep time for me, but causes difficulties getting back to sleep when I wake up during the night.
- thrashh 5y agoSame here. Although I can drink caffeine up until about 2pm, I normally never ever wake up in the middle of the night but drinking caffeine will guarantee that I do.
- alexfoo 5y agoSimilar with giving up caffeine. Once I’d got past the headache phase I’ve slept so much better since then. It’s been ~15 years or so. Max one cup of caffeinated coffee a day if I go somewhere that doesn’t do decaf, any more than that and it is a rubbish night’s sleep. Luckily never had to faff with the rest (blackout blinds, melatonin, etc) and can put down my phone and be asleep in 15 minutes although I do leave it in another room so I’m not tempted to “just check on something” when trying to empty my mind and get to sleep.