I have ADHD and stimulants actually have a calming effect on my mind. Coffee (especially when hot) literally makes me sleepy.
Same, but (at least in my case) you can’t ever listen to that bastard brain and do more than a small amount. The margin is thin and the prize of folly is being up at 3AM, yawning sleepily, but awake.
I was legitimately in my late 30s when I first realised this about myself too; the sheer amount of caffeine I can be on (upwards of 300mg pre-workout for an evening gym session), and be pretty much asleep before my head hits the pillow.
I have no idea the long-term impact this level of stimulants would have on my health (but I doubt it’s good), but it works!
My wife is extremely jealous of this, if she so much as looks at a bottle of Coke after 4pm she has trouble sleeping… 🤣
I used to drink five 24 oz. cups of coffee a day - which is about one gallon - including the last one right before I went to bed, and I never had any trouble sleeping. Your body adjusts to all kinds of ridiculous shit.
That used to be me. I often had a empty coffee mug on my bedside table, because i had coffee before i went to sleep. Now if i have coffee after 8pm, no sleep for me.
Nothing quite like taking ritalin and going for a nap 👌
Focalin, but yeah.
EDIT: 1/4 dose to be specific.
Wait, caffeine actually keeps you all awake? It usually just makes me more tired. I only drink it to keep the withdrawls at bay.
The Internet suggests that caffeine might be interfering with your adenosine receptors, and may actually be making you more sleepy.
Try tea occasionally instead. It has other compounds that can offset caffeine effects, even if it also contains caffeine. Or try decaf coffee and see if it paradoxically causes you to be more alert.
What kind of tea do you recommend that’s not green tea?
I’m British, so black tea with milk (or substitute) and some kind of sweetener to taste is what most of us (and most of Ireland too) go for.
As for which black tea, we don’t really consider that unless we’re at least a couple of levels into serious tea drinking. Most supermarkets sell own-brand and name brand tea bags that we gladly grab every time we’re in a supermarket, but what’s in them is generally a blend made for taste more than anything else.
I am not sure how tea purchasing works in other countries. Sometimes what we drink is called “breakfast tea” or “builder’s tea”, if that helps.
Overeating is bad for sleep, isn’t it?
Mostly only if it causes heartburn or indigestion. Otherwise, not really.
Doesn’t seem like it’d make you sleep better, though.
I wish. Cortado at 4 and I still fall asleep as soon as I sit down after dinner sometimes.
Especially once the clocks change. Swear there’s like a month where I’m falling asleep at 6pm and waking up fucking ready to go at 2 am.
3:30pm, sips double expresso, “huh?”
