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Similar here, but I've found that as long as I don't drink caffeine after 3pm, I sleep well. Any later than that and I wake at 3am or so. Made such a difference

Similar here, but I've found that as long as I don't drink caffeine after 3pm, I sleep well. Any later than that and I wake at 3am or so. Made such a difference when I discovered this... I lost a serious amount of grumpiness.

RyanMcGreal 15y ago
For me it's around noon, but then again I go to bed at 9pm and get up at 4:30.
mmwako 15y ago
Nice to see I'm not alone :) it's impressive to see how different are our sleeping habits. I have to hack myself one of these days.
downx3 15y ago
I must be seriously broken. I can even enjoy a cup of coffee at the bedside and still sleep. Not that I do that often. Falling asleep for me is easy. I pretty much always wake up about four hours later. Then sometimes I remain wide awake for another few hours. After which I'm ready for sleep again. The second bout is pretty glorious. This does mean however, that I need to pretty much put 11 hours aside each night, if I want to play to my bodily demands. My other half rather annoyingly insists everyone should wake when they rise. Which just isn't good for my mental health - or my programming for that matter!
- adavies42 15y ago
  i'm basically immune to caffeine, afaict. i frequently come home late, drink a diet coke or whatever, and head straight to bed. i've gone back and forth between drinking a six pack of diet mountain dew a day and nothing and never noticed a difference. i can slam two bottles of Bawls (160mg) or eat 3 Fooshes (http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/6e27 http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/6e27, >300mg total) and still take (and want) a nap. if i gave myself anything close the amount of sleep i appear to be capable of taking, i'd never be up to get anything done....
  - bryanlarsen 15y ago
    I doubt you're immune, just addicted. You say you can go a day without caffeine. I challenge you to go 3 days with absolutely no caffeine. Absolutely nothing, so no decaf, no chocolate. I bet it makes you feel horrible. If so, you're addicted, like the vast majority.
    - adavies42 15y ago
      i'll be happy to do so again. (well, not so happy about the chocolate part....) (i hate coffee on taste principles, so decaf isn't even in the picture, all my caffeine these days comes from diet soda and chocolate.) i'll get back to you on the results.
    - ramLlama 15y ago
      Not necessarily. When I was in high school, I drank between 4 to 6 cups of coffee a day. It never affected me. The reason for this is twofold: It's just part of the culture in my family in India, and I really liked the taste. Fast forward a couple years and I am in college. I hate, absolutely detest the taste of any american coffee. I don't know what's missing, but I only enjoy coffee in India. I went from 4-6 cups a day to about 1 cup a week in a couple weeks. Nowadays, I don't drink much coffee at all, probably 2 or 3 cups a month at the most. But when I am in India, I drink as much as I can. :) While the parent commenter may indeed be addicted, it's also possible that he is simply unaffected by caffeine. I certainly find that true for me.
      - drivebyacct2 15y ago
        Sorry, but enjoying the taste of coffee doesn't disable the chemical addiction and dependency inherent to its chemistry.
        ramLlama 15y ago
        Ah, that was an unfortunate ordering of sentences. I was just giving an explanation for my consumption rate, not a reason for why I wasn't affected. I should have proofread that. I'm sorry.
- terhechte 15y ago
  It may be the coffee that's helping you to sleep. Some dutch (based on the region) have the habit of drinking a good cup of coffee in the evening right before going to bed. I tried this a couple of times. Around 5-10 minutes after the coffee I felt incredibly tired and had a really fantastic sleep. It's as if the coffee helped me fall into deeper sleep. However, when I'd wait too long after having the cup of coffee, it'd take me hours until I could finally fall asleep.
re_todd 15y ago
I have to stop the caffeine around 5pm. If I have a coffee at 6pm or later, I can't fall asleep before midnight.

RyanMcGreal 15y ago

For me it's around noon, but then again I go to bed at 9pm and get up at 4:30.

mmwako 15y ago

Nice to see I'm not alone :) it's impressive to see how different are our sleeping habits. I have to hack myself one of these days.

downx3 15y ago

I must be seriously broken. I can even enjoy a cup of coffee at the bedside and still sleep. Not that I do that often. Falling asleep for me is easy. I pretty much always wake up about four hours later. Then sometimes I remain wide awake for another few hours. After which I'm ready for sleep again. The second bout is pretty glorious. This does mean however, that I need to pretty much put 11 hours aside each night, if I want to play to my bodily demands. My other half rather annoyingly insists everyone should wake when they rise. Which just isn't good for my mental health - or my programming for that matter!

adavies42 15y ago
i'm basically immune to caffeine, afaict. i frequently come home late, drink a diet coke or whatever, and head straight to bed. i've gone back and forth between drinking a six pack of diet mountain dew a day and nothing and never noticed a difference. i can slam two bottles of Bawls (160mg) or eat 3 Fooshes (http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/6e27 http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/6e27, >300mg total) and still take (and want) a nap. if i gave myself anything close the amount of sleep i appear to be capable of taking, i'd never be up to get anything done....
- bryanlarsen 15y ago
  I doubt you're immune, just addicted. You say you can go a day without caffeine. I challenge you to go 3 days with absolutely no caffeine. Absolutely nothing, so no decaf, no chocolate. I bet it makes you feel horrible. If so, you're addicted, like the vast majority.
  - adavies42 15y ago
    i'll be happy to do so again. (well, not so happy about the chocolate part....) (i hate coffee on taste principles, so decaf isn't even in the picture, all my caffeine these days comes from diet soda and chocolate.) i'll get back to you on the results.
  - ramLlama 15y ago
    Not necessarily. When I was in high school, I drank between 4 to 6 cups of coffee a day. It never affected me. The reason for this is twofold: It's just part of the culture in my family in India, and I really liked the taste. Fast forward a couple years and I am in college. I hate, absolutely detest the taste of any american coffee. I don't know what's missing, but I only enjoy coffee in India. I went from 4-6 cups a day to about 1 cup a week in a couple weeks. Nowadays, I don't drink much coffee at all, probably 2 or 3 cups a month at the most. But when I am in India, I drink as much as I can. :) While the parent commenter may indeed be addicted, it's also possible that he is simply unaffected by caffeine. I certainly find that true for me.
    - drivebyacct2 15y ago
      Sorry, but enjoying the taste of coffee doesn't disable the chemical addiction and dependency inherent to its chemistry.
      - ramLlama 15y ago
        Ah, that was an unfortunate ordering of sentences. I was just giving an explanation for my consumption rate, not a reason for why I wasn't affected. I should have proofread that. I'm sorry.
terhechte 15y ago
It may be the coffee that's helping you to sleep. Some dutch (based on the region) have the habit of drinking a good cup of coffee in the evening right before going to bed. I tried this a couple of times. Around 5-10 minutes after the coffee I felt incredibly tired and had a really fantastic sleep. It's as if the coffee helped me fall into deeper sleep. However, when I'd wait too long after having the cup of coffee, it'd take me hours until I could finally fall asleep.

re_todd 15y ago

I have to stop the caffeine around 5pm. If I have a coffee at 6pm or later, I can't fall asleep before midnight.