!Remind me 25 years

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Sounds good on paper, but not that easy. We're talking years, maybe decades of addiction, quitting overnight and trying to keep a job, household running, dependants alive... Not always that simple. It's a vicious cycle.

Trying to move to Virginia

Check yourself for ADHD.

One of symptoms is that supposed stimulants have calming effect

alternatively... try hydrating. i thought it was the whole ADHD thing til i realized i get sleepy when i'm dehydrated...

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Josey Murray is a freelance writer focused on inclusive wellness, joyful movement, mental health, and the like.

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Indeed, "the cognitive and physical energy is a temporary gift that instant-release caffeine gives,"* shares Ashley Jordan Ferira, Ph.D., RDN

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Thanks for your speculation as to what the nature of this effect might be, but I don't need it. Unless you totally abstain from coffee, tea and fizzy drinks, you have no idea what caffeine is like after not consuming it.

Especially, seeing as another guy here speculates that taking a nap after drinking coffee is a caffeine effect on ADHD, perhaps you two might want to speculate against each other as to whose speculation is more correct, speculatively speaking.

Let's also consult Wikipedia:

Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of psychoactive drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing attention, motivation, cognition, mood, and physical performance. Some stimulants occur naturally, while others are exclusively synthetic. Common stimulants include caffeine, nicotine, cocaine (including crack cocaine), amphetamine/methamphetamine, methylphenidate, and modafinil. Most stimulants are highly addictive and damage health when addicted.

You must be like twenty years old to not know that stimulants give one an excess of energy that is later abruptly taken away.

Oh really? And are the whooshing of blood in my ears and the cranked-up muscle tone also from the placebo effect? And the fact that the shoulder muscles stay jacked up for several days afterwards, pulling my neck forward while the back muscles pull it back?

Stimulants stimulate the nervous system, who would've thought.

Nope. I can instantly tell when the wife has a Celsius or other "energy" drink because she doesn't normally. I'll full on addicted/dependant and it sucks trying to get off it, massive headaches, loss of focus. When she's on it, kitchens get destroyed and other random things when she goes on a "cleaning spree".

That's not true. It sounds like you're confusing nicotine with caffeine. Nicotine is often credited with "taking the edge off" when in reality, that "edge" is a result of nicotine withdrawal.

Caffeine blocks the receptors that react to a chemical the body releases when it's tired. You're right that it doesn't give you more energy, but it does stop you from feeling by tired.

Out of all the common legal drugs (nicotine, alcohol, THC) caffeine actually provides some of the best benefits with least intrusive drawbacks.

I know you said "gives you energy" originally, but is that how most people think of coffee? I tend to think of it as "When I drink this I'll be less tired."

False. The liver can synthesise over 100 grams of glycose per day, enough for the brain and the rest.

It's hard and crashy to withdraw from sugars, and it's hard because it's in all processed food and wherever they can stick it, but you can absolutely do it.

But if you pull through you'll feel way better because the body upregulates the fat to atp cycle instead of using sugar, so instead of getting hungry all the time when the body needs energy (and you are supposed to eat a donut) it just uses fat from our fat cells.

And if you eat a lot of sugar, as sugar is toxic to the body, it's used up ASAP and triggers insulin spikes etc. not exactly good for you in the long run.

Now, I guess you should try to figure out a good diet around all this of course, but sugar is just a toxic drug.

I think they mean the bullshit that is in everything and causing major health issues, high fructose corn syrup. Everything in moderation, but easier said than done sometimes with addictive substances.

i think they mean sugar intake, not sugar metabolism

See what I mean!?