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My mum always used to drink coffee before bed and claimed it had no effect. She also used to wake up after a couple of hours and be unable to sleep anymore. Coffee doesn't have an immediate effect and I have heard it said that a quick coffee followed by a 40 minute nap is perfect because it wakes you up just when you wake up.
 
My mum always used to drink coffee before bed and claimed it had no effect. She also used to wake up after a couple of hours and be unable to sleep anymore. Coffee doesn't have an immediate effect and I have heard it said that a quick coffee followed by a 40 minute nap is perfect because it wakes you up just when you wake up.


That makes total sense, apparently something I have done accidentally from time to time.
 
See also people in films passing on a spliff after one toke. I don't care if it's just neat grass, you're not getting my spliff after one toke.
When I was a teen me and my mate used to smoke a 'pure one, American style' but as there was only two of us we'd just be breathing one toke out and it would be time for another.
 
Just realising it’s the caffeine making me aggro right now.

Not doing it excessively, 3 maybe four cups a day but clearly tipping me over the edge, especially as the day wears on.
 
See also people in films passing on a spliff after one toke. I don't care if it's just neat grass, you're not getting my spliff after one toke.

See also (typically American) films where people have a half of beer and get completely pissed.
 
My mum always used to drink coffee before bed and claimed it had no effect. She also used to wake up after a couple of hours and be unable to sleep anymore. Coffee doesn't have an immediate effect and I have heard it said that a quick coffee followed by a 40 minute nap is perfect because it wakes you up just when you wake up.
Yes this is a thing, called a 'coffee nap' - Coffee Nap: Can Caffeine Before a Nap Boost Energy Levels? - I've never tried it but it seems to make sense. I shall give it a go the next day I'm tired, especially since my store of modafinil is reaching crisis point
 
at work in croydon i would get massively stoned in my smoke filled little fiat during dinnertime, then neck a can of cheap generic energy drink in one and go back to work, where i would sing very loudly and bang metal along with the radio and shout a lot.
this was a great way to get through another afternoon but could lead to negative results like broken ribs and stuff when i got punched.
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See also people in films passing on a spliff after one toke. I don't care if it's just neat grass, you're not getting my spliff after one toke.


That’s how the do it in the US.

No tobacco. All grass, take a hit and pass it on.

They think we’re weird over here for mixing tobacco in it,

Bongs etc for hash.
 
Tea for me 1st thing, can't face coffee early doors , unless I'm staying at a hotel/b&b (remember when we did that? :( ) I don't drink a lot of tea when I'm out as it doesn't seem as nice as what I drink at home (4-5 mugs a day) .

But when I do have a coffee , I like it, but it doesn't launch me into space or owt.
 
Tea for me 1st thing, can't face coffee early doors , unless I'm staying at a hotel/b&b (remember when we did that? :( ) I don't drink a lot of tea when I'm out as it doesn't seem as nice as what I drink at home (4-5 mugs a day) .

But when I do have a coffee , I like it, but it doesn't launch me into space or owt.

Other way round for me. Has to be coffee first thing, and maybe another when I get to the office. But it's strictly tea after midday.
 
I’m not allowed caffeinated drinks. My doctor has told me that, because of my heart issue, I must not drink anything with caffeine, but wine and beer is ok. :D I like my Spanish doctor.
 
I bought some of this recently (mainly for the mug, admittedly) in the hope I'd experience this mythical coffee high, but I haven't tried it yet as I'm too scared it'll kill me.

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I might try that, the mug is brilliant. I prefer beans tho' - do they sell it in whole bean?

E2A: they do. Just bought some and selected this mug.

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Careful with that stuff. I got a little habit going with it last year. Ended up with very high anxiety and sleep problems.

Now you see this is what I thought would be the logical result of taking a 'speed-type' drug for prolonged periods.

But somebody on this forum (I won't say who, because I'm not sure this forum isn't public) admitted to taking it every day for the last two years - or something as full on as that. So I looked up long term problems of modafinil - and there aren't any.

I was massively surprised. But studies of people with 8-10 year usage have shown no ill side-effects.
 
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Apparently kids get it if they eat ice cream too quick.
Not to mention sugar and cheese rushes
Oh yes, this too. So weird. I wonder if these are things that actually happen or just media tropes that are repeated. I've not experienced either.
I'm told in relation to jogging you can get a little extra energy boost on a long run with a packet of gummy bears, but it doesn't affect me mentally (actually I'm not sure if it actually does anything at all).
 
See also people in films passing on a spliff after one toke. I don't care if it's just neat grass, you're not getting my spliff after one toke.
They also seem to use tweezers and get mega high after one toke.
I think this is slightly changing lately now though.
 
Normally have one large/strong cup in the morning. Just freeze dried (Kenco Millicano) with a sweetener.

Never experienced any 'pick me up' from it. Maybe I did too many uppers in my misspent youth :hmm: tastes alright but can take or leave it. Certainly would never buy one from a coffee shop, if I spend over a quid on a drink it needs alcohol in it.
 
Self-reinforcing cultural expectations.

Same way you can get people to act drunk if you give them fake alcoholic drinks.

They expect to act/react in a certain way so they do. This then reinforces the expectation in both themselves and others that view it.
Boringly I think this is exactly it.
 
Normally have one large/strong cup in the morning. Just freeze dried (Kenco Millicano) with a sweetener.

Never experienced any 'pick me up' from it. Maybe I did too many uppers in my misspent youth :hmm: tastes alright but can take or leave it. Certainly would never buy one from a coffee shop, if I spend over a quid on a drink it needs alcohol in it.
I think perhaps, just the action of getting out of bed and making and drinking any drink begins to get people going.
Sometimes at night, I'm just dozing off, then I get up to have one last piss (turn the light on etc) and I am all awake again.
 
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