Sleepless in America: And That's No (Red) Bull

Breakpoint with Chuck Colson ^ | 1/16/2008 | Mark Earley

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[elk]

We cut caffeine in July - WOW! Life is cool. No Starbucks bill, no soda bulge around the middle, no jitters.

The book Caffeine Blues, is extremely informative.

Caffix (or similar items) + agave are a great hot substitute, and you won't even need that sub after awhile.

The Caffeine Blues talks about the ability to leap out of bed in the morning like a child, if you don't do caffeine -- so true. Cool.

[Greg F]

I need about 6 hours sleep a night; wake up without the alarm. I also drink a lot of coffee and tea (hey, there are anti-oxidents and good nutrition stuff in both — don’t judge me man!). The scientists are guaranteed to get it wrong on these chemicals that allow people less sleep though. We’ll find out what they missed a decade after people use them extensively, and we find out that the heart or nervous system needs more rest than the brain, or somesuch thing.

[Nea Wood]

Seriously? Giving up caffeine made you more wide awake? Hmmm...you’ve made me think.

[cake_crumb]

"Sixty percent of us drink a cup of coffee a day"

Well, no $hit Sherlock. So? I drink over a pot and a half a day. I'm an unashamed coffeeholic.

[cake_crumb]

I don’t drink soda and Hubby rarely does...we DO, however, put in some extremely long days, beginning at 4:30 AM.

[cake_crumb]

I think it’s time to sue Big Caffeine!

[RockinRight]

The Caffeine Blues talks about the ability to leap out of bed in the morning like a child, if you don't do caffeine -- so true. Cool.

I haven't had caffeine in 2 weeks...I still don't "hop out of bed like a child."

In fact, I haven't hopped out of bed like a child since I was a child...probably about age 9.

[RockinRight]

I CAN sometimes wake up without the alarm if I get enough sleep for a few days in a row. I sleep rather erraticly a lot though, it really seems that it’s a matter of comfort. If I’m in a “relaxed” position, I toss and turn because my arms “fall asleep.” I can’t seem to find a place to put my arms as weird as that sounds...I often joke that if I could snap off my legs and arms at night and leave them on the nightstand, I’d sleep better. LOL...

[GovernmentShrinker]

The biggest problem is that, in a free market, if some people are taking a drug to replace sleep, there will be extreme pressure on everyone to do the same. How do you keep up with co-workers’ performance or get an A in a course, if the other people you’re being compared to don’t sleep, and thus have an extra 7-8 hours a day to work?

[sinanju]

I have been reading about the studies that show, chronic sleeplesness disrupts certain hormones so as to derange the appetite control mechanism which makes people hungry all the time. I’m betting that this is the biggest contributor to our very recent obesity explosion.

[RockinRight]

That’s quite possible. I know that I should probably go to bed an hour earlier than I do, but I really hate the feeling of having no time to relax and wind down.

[tx_eggman]

Caffix (or similar items) + agave are a great hot substitute

I prefer my agave distilled and straight up:

[GovernmentShrinker]

And your “bet” has already been backed up by solid research.

[RayChuang88]

Most doctors say that if you don’t drink more than 1-2 cups of drip coffee per day, you’re generally okay healthwise.

[martin_fierro]

[chrisser]

...I toss and turn because my arms “fall asleep.” I can’t seem to find a place to put my arms as weird as that sounds...I often joke that if I could snap off my legs and arms at night and leave them on the nightstand, I’d sleep better.

I thought I was alone in this.

If I sleep on my stomach, I have to have my arm under my head - and my arm falls asleep and wakes me up. If I use a pillow and keep my arm at my side, it falls asleep and wakes me up.

If I sleep on my back, my arms still fall asleep and wake me up.

I can't remember the last time I slept through the night its been so long.

Sleeping pills help, but I have yet to find one that doesn't make me feel drugged until 10 or 11am, which is just as bad as being sleep-deprived, IMHO.

[wally_bert]

Drinks with caffeine never did a thing for me either. I never could stand the taste of coffee. The aroma of coffee would match the taste, I would drink it.

[SpinnerWebb]

I'm still a cane sugar fan...