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Caffeine Addicts Get No Additional Perk, Only a Return To Baseline
Dthief writes "Bristol University researchers found that coffee drinkers develop a tolerance to both the anxiety-producing and the stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning that it only brings them back to baseline levels of alertness, not above them. 'Although frequent consumers feel alerted by caffeine, especially by their morning tea, coffee, or other caffeine-containing drink, evidence suggests that this is actually merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of acute caffeine withdrawal,' wrote the scientists, led by Peter Rogers of Bristol's department of experimental psychology."
So either I have to use Red Bull's oddball sugar-enriched BS for a charge (which I'll probably build up a tolerance to), or seek out alternatives like - METH (it's what's for breakfast! Yummy mmmmmeth!).
I never touch coffee - it's a vile habit, especially when abused. Now that that's out of the way, barkeep, another pilsner please.
I am officially gone from
Coffee reaches its full potential at the 100th cup.
Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur...
"Force shits upon Reason's back." - Poor Richard's Almanac
Cold, dead and still shaking hands, you mean? ;)
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
As a former caffeine addict, I would *love* to see some serious studies come out describing the long term consequences to long term caffeine use. Of course, we'll never see that because there's more money behind caffeine than alcohol and tobacco, combined.
jjjjust look at-t me...
Yes, we start our life by getting out of one, and spend the rest trying to get back in there. Into any womb.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
Works for me. When I see something with "Caffeine Free!" plastered all over it I dump that zero and get myself an xx milligram hero.
I support the Slashcott and will not be reading or commenting from 2/10/14 to 2/17/14. Beta is steaming pile of dog shit
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
"Baseline" is properly defined as the levels of mental alertness and physiological activation when mediated by an appropriately-high level of serum caffeine. People fall below baseline because they're caffeine-deprived.
Don't think of it as a drug. Think of it as a vital metabolic nutrient. "Caffeine addicts" are addicts the same exact way that "protein addicts" and "vitamin C addicts" are.
I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine if I'm serious.
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
At first I thought the headline said "Caffeine Addicts Get Additional Perks", but I haven't had my coffee yet.
I don't believe it. Next you'll be telling me that smoking a cigarette doesn't actually calm me down, it just reverses the effects of nicotine withdraw!
Just go crazy. Sip your coffee through your still smoldering cigarette. Put some vodka in your coffee for the best effect of all 3 worlds.
The one we haven't heard about:
"Read the new book, Diuretics, by L. Ron Hubbard! It will change your life..."
Given that I live in Germany, this might not be the problem.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
I've tried other enema's.. but a piping hot pot of coffee is still the best.
"His name was James Damore."
As a caffeine addict in the US, I can say that I don't suffer from caffeine withdrawls. I'd have to stop drinking it first, and that's never going to happen.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Its because you foreigners are so used to the misery and suffering of not being americans that you don't notice the extra misery of caffeine withdrawals. /snarky.
I've decided to Diversify my Holdings. I've divided my cash between my left and right pockets, instead of all in one.
(as in,'habitually use,' not, 'strike')
Thank you for the clarification. Because abusing my cup of coffee by beating it with a stick is perfectly acceptable! As should beating my wife... I mean... what?
Man, have you ever sucked a dick for caffeine?
I don't think that's where coffee comes from...
I am TheRaven on Soylent News
Who's there to greet you in the morning? Caffeine.
Who's there to keep you company through the day? Caffeine.
Who will take long road trips with you, without complaining about your driving? Caffeine.
Who will keep you company on a long night of programming without complaining that you aren't paying attention to them? Caffeine.
Who won't complain when you share your time with her sister, Nicotine? Caffeine.
I think you have a point there, sir. Caffeine is our true love.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Isn't this slashdot? I can say with some certainty that women do not, in fact, exist.
I have a friend that says you need to hang out in an alley behind a Starbucks.
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
For one week, I switched the coffee in our lab coffee club to decaf... nobody noticed. The one "proud" coffee addict even asked one day if I was making it stronger, while putting on an act of being over-stimulated.
There are ~10 people who use that machine. Seriously. Not one of them noticed they were drinking decaf for a week.
*sigh
So you're a bona fide motherfucker.
I believe it's called 'homeostasis.'
Sometimes defined as "balancing homos within the system."
"I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
Could you please tell me what do you usually drink? I can't live with just water :(
Tequila. Took a while for my boss to get used to the change, but now even he is contemplating switching out his morning coffee.
Develop an oatmeal habit to counter my caffeine habit? Well, okay, but first I'll have to read up on what oatmeal withdrawal is like.
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