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Cutting it out? Brain fog completely disappeared.

I flip-flop between on and off as sometimes you simply can't beat the quicker pace you move at with caffeine. When I noticed that I even walk and talk faster, it felt like a cheat code aimed at high performance individuals. The brain fog is a huge deal-breaker when you have mentally-strenuous work to get done though.

If you have a STEM career, you don't really have a choice. Use it when you need to sprint, cut it out a day or two in advance of making big decisions.

I cut caffeine out. I feel great. I start my mornings with 15-20 grams of creatine in a glass of water now. Its great.

Caffeine should be consumed situationally, maybe a few times a month. Long term energy problems need to be solved with lifestyle solutions.

Hello, i dont know if this relates to you, i took a genetic test (this was in 2017 btw) and found out i have MTHFR, or i guess half of the genetic disease. Certain people can have both genes mutated, which leads to increased "laziness" and chemical imbalance of release of the "happy" chemicals. They told me to not eat red meat, and take some brain supplements, i still eat red meat tho :)

I dont know if the only way to test for it is genetic testing, as im not very knowledgable on this subject aside from cursory aspects. But certain vitamins dont get properly absorbed, especially if double mthfr, i think its b12, and amino acids...

It affects everyone differently. Recently I've been drinking probably about 10-12 cups of loose leaf tea a day since I bought a real tea set from Japan (I know, its a lot. I Love tea, must be the english in me), but I cannot say that I feel much different at all even drinking up to sometimes several hundred milligrams of caffeine a day (depending on the tea I fancy on a particular day). And I don't think much would be different if I cut out the tea, despite the fact that I would miss the tea and be distraught over losing a daily ritual.

 Of course, it's tea. Probably the most healthy source of caffeine you can consume. It may be different if you cut out energy drinks or coffee or something.

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Yeah I did halfway through last year. It was actually due to necessity rather than choice, as I was suffering from a severe esophageal burn, and consuming anything acidic was a hard no go.

Blessing in disguise. I have way more energy than I ever did drinking it, and I was only mildly addicted (one 24oz cup of drip coffee daily.)

But I was kind of shocked to discover how addicted I was to even that modest amount. Every time I woke up, my #1 priority was getting caffeinated ASAP, to avoid the onset of a headache and fatigue. I couldn't *shit* without it. And detoxing from it unironically took around two months, with variably intense withdrawal symptoms ebbing and flowing throughout that period.

After finally getting completely clean, I now find that even having a single 16oz coffee causes me a noticeable headache 1-2 days later. I couldn't believe that's what I was throttling my system with daily for years. I figure something that messes with your body that viscerally can't be healthy to chronically consume.

So if anything, I think one of the strongest reasons to quit it is self mastery. This is absolutely a substance that enslaves you and forces you to structure your life around it, no different from weed or porn. But caffeine, especially coffee, is the least stigmatized of the bunch by far, so the will to quit has to be entirely self-generated.

Eat lots of whole eggs, and ground beef. That will fix your dhea issue via cholesterol which will turn into dhea, which then converts to testosterone. Coffee if good but only in small dosages. I drink three cups a week, one before each workout. Cutting it completely can help lower cortisol, which will also help with a whole multitude of things

I've read that a little caffeine is actually good for your telomeres, helps to keep them from breaking down as quickly.

I haven't had bloodwork done, but I've started and stopped caffine a few times. I haven't noticed a positive effect of going off it. My take is they it gives you a small boost in alertness, but has the downside that its harder to "rest". Not too big a deal either way unless you drink it in the evening, which I never do.

At my peak I was drinking the equivalent of three to four energy drinks of caffeine a day, I've cut back to only two cups of coffee in the morning and I'm feeling much better. I'm trying to lose weight, once I lose another 20 and get below 200lbs I'll try skipping the morning coffee a couple days a week to see how that goes.

quitting is retarded, just consume in moderation.

one cup a day max, and by cup i mean an espresso cup.

I think the poison is the dose, like with caffeine some people have suggested sipping it a bit throughout the day instead of taking it all at once

but you could also scale back depending on how much you have

can't say at this point that I really have that positive or negative experiences with caffeine; it does seem to add a little "stress" on to me, but that's fine as long as I'm not overloaded with stress in other areas

if you're trying to boost energy or brain fog or whatever maybe ask AI for suggestions or a search engine

also for substitutes for caffeine (just taking a walk can energize in a comparable way to a cup of coffee I guess)

I've drank a pot a day for 4 decades and I'm doing fine, (or so I think).

But what do I know, though?

Maybe don't take advice from anonymous strangers on the internet lol