Sleep Cycles and Caffeine General Chat

[Shelby]

I'm in the middle of CBT and caffeine came up in the substance abuse section with nicotine, alcohol and drugs.

I'm a heavy coffee drinker and a crap sleeper. He said don't cut it out completely otherwise you can get rebound headaches and stuff. I've been cutting back and switched coffee after mid-afternoon to decaf. I have been sleeping a little better since doing that. He said it's trial and error from now as to working out how many I can have without it affecting my sleep, or just cut back and cut back until I'm on decaf only.

 

[Fraser]

I feel that I drink too much of it, especially since working from home regularly.

However there are studies that suggest it has health benefits, just to give the counter argument here, eg: Why coffee could be good for your health or The latest scoop on the health benefits of coffee - Harvard Health or The surprising health benefits of coffee

 

[8-Ball]

Will certainly give them a read.

The reason I cut it out was to improve my sleep and gain the benefits after reading all the negative impacts of not getting enough of it.

The fact we spend a third of our life asleep leads me to believe it's a necessity whether we fully understand why or not.