I decided to take a break from caffeine or quit it entirely. I quit it for now because I already have enough trouble sleeping. I decided to treat caffeine as a treat Id only have once in awhile. Though the once in awhile thing Id have to consider carefully as I dont want to end up in the same patterns of over doing it with caffeine.
The longer you drink coffee the more you need to get the same effect. It becomes a expensive and vicious cycle. Also when I learned the effect it has on the brain, particularly sleep ; I feel consuming it regularly isnt a great idea especially after I find myself saying things like “Coffee is happy juice” That’s not a good sign.
So far since I stopped drinking anything with caffeine I noticed I’m sleeping more. My concentration and memory is improving and I’m less prone to anxiety and or irritability as time goes on without it.
Most of these benefits I’m seeing are probably from better sleep and also I’m not under constant caffeine withdrawal at times. I stopped at first because I was broke. I didnt even have instant coffee.
It’ll probably take me some time to fully recover. I mean I really was drinking too much caffeine. I cant really quantify it very well but it was a lot. My caffeine habits probably compounded my problems I have with sleep in general I’m on medication that makes me absolutely wacky in the evening, night and after i wake up some days. The medication makes it hard to go to sleep and stay asleep. I think the caffeine was intensifying the side effects of some of my medication.
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