Depending on the kinds of projects I'm working on I must have it, can't focus on work w/o it. But I rarely drink it on weekends or when I'm not doing something intense @ work...

Trying to get out of the Starbucks habit & make my own @ home. Luckily I have a coffee/espresso maker so it's easy to make all that foofie shit I like Just today I searched the web for a tamper


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susannah said:

I think I'm an addict in the true sense, except I can live without it. When I am in a "coffee period" I can't stop at one or two cups. I drink it black and strong and will drink one cup after another.

Needless to say, when I'm in moments like these (as I am now) I spend a lot of the day buzzing. I think I'm more creative when I'm "on" coffee; I'm certainly more productive. The downside is that I can't sleep. Last night I think I got 2 hours.

Reincarnate said:

Ambien is your friend I absolutely NEED it sometimes to offset the coffee... or I have a drink to get me sleepy, but who wants to have a drink every night?

CalhounSq said:

Ambien - I haven't heard of that. I'll have to look it up. Is it a sedative?

Reincarnate said:

my doc told me Phenurgen

I don't think I'd want to go down the drugs route. I'd rather just lay off the coffee, which I do when I feel I need sleep or start getting palpitations from being too high on the stuff.

Reincarnate said:

I can't even eat chocolate at night! so unaccustomed am I to caffeine

Reincarnate said:

See now thats my problem. Some people can function for days, weeks on end, on hardly any sleep, but I can't. I just start to emotionally and mentally breakdown, I really need my sleep to make me a normal human being!

I go on it and then off it or a couple of months in a row though, I statr to drink it slowly again, then Im on 3 cups a day, so I quit, but I get a 3 day headache. Even if Ive had it 3 days in a row, then I don't, I get a headache.

Reincarnate said:

I know you know ...

there are all kinds of essential oils, herbs and homeopathic ways to help with sleep

Reincarnate said:

It makes you quite sleepy in about 30 minutes but you don't wake up feeling groggy - you feel well rested & wonderful.

I only went that route b/c not sleeping was becoming detrimental to my job/health but I simply had to have the coffee to function so it was a no win. Melatonin is over the counter & works for lightweights though...