Caffeine Sensitivity
I broke my caffeine free streak a couple of days earlier than I expected. I had a day off and figured, what the hell.
In total I had 3 coffees for a total of 5 shots throughout the day. The last double shot latte was courtesy of Sam atYala, and it was awesome as always. What was different though, was my reaction to the caffeine.
My last coffee was at around 4pm. By 5pm I had a headache building up – I figured food would help and it did a little. Berocca & Ibuprofen eventually dealt with it later in the night.
Only problem was, I could not sleep. Went to bed before 11 knowing I was waking up a bit before 6am. And then I just lay in bed wide awake. Midnight, 1am, 2am came and went. Got up, had a glass of water. Pretended something interesting was happening on the Internet. Went back to bed. Still awake. I eventually drifted off around 3.30 to be woken up 2 1/2 hours later by my alarms going off. Ouch.
So, it seems like going cold turkey for 2 weeks was enough to reset my caffeine sensitivity back to more normal levels – sort of. I didn’t get the immediate kick that I was used to, but damn, my brain just wouldn’t turn off.Used to be that a double shot espresso would provide a nice little buzz, but I could have one at 10pm and head to bed 2 hours later and sleep more or less just fine.
The end result is now that I’m feeling a bit wary of having much coffee/caffeine at all. Maybe it’ll be down to 1 or more often none per day.
Turns out I’m fully functional without it, and honestly, I’m happier that way.