Comments | gabbysmom: Caffeine is the culprit

gabbysmom

Caffeine is the culprit

Dec 11, 2008 19:57

I don't get enough sleep. I stay up too late and then have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning ( Read more... )

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spiffyroxy December 12 2008, 02:17:10 UTC

i'm a huge fan of caffeine, but i have to stop drinking at 4pm and always have.
if i have anything after 4, it's like one tiny sip of a soda

mcnutcase December 12 2008, 02:49:13 UTC

I can't allow myself caffeine after 7pm. I used to be dependent, but these days I'm perfectly capable of functioning without it...

poisonpotato December 12 2008, 03:02:43 UTC

If I recall correctly, caffeine has a half-life in your system of 8 hours. If you have a 12-oz can of Coke at 2pm, you have the caffeine of 6 ounces of Coke sloshing around in your system at 10pm. You may want to set the cutoff somewhat earlier than 6pm. ;)

gabbysmom December 12 2008, 04:22:38 UTC

That's weird to think of caffeine has having a half-life, since I always attribute that to radioactive substances, but it makes sense.

My problem is mostly that I don't drink a 12oz at 2pm, I START a 12oz (or more likely, a 20oz, or a 16oz coffee) around 2pm or 4pm and then sip it for hours until I finish around 8-10pm.

I started a 20oz of soda at lunch and there's still about 1/3 of it in my fridge. Around 6 I got a medium drink with my dinner and I still have about 1/4 of it in the cup now around 11:30.