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“Man, I wish it wasn’t so hard to get up in the morning.”
“Try going to bed earlier.”
“NO!!!”
You can get in bed earlier it doesn’t mean you’ll fall asleep
Stick to a consistent sleep schedule and regulate caffeine intake to less than 400mg
But also there are people that may need medication or just simply people that can't do anything
How would you even begin to know your caffeine intake
Basic math? Are you unaware of how much coffee/tea/soda you consume in a given period or did you forget the /s?
I'm aware of the amount of coffee, but unaware of the caffeine content in that coffee
Coffee averages about 12mg per ounce. A quick estimate is better than nothing, so you can assume you should keep it below 36 oz per day, or 4 mugs, size dependant.
Filter coffee is around 150mg caffeine per cup.
Espresso 80mg per shot.
Thst should get you through the math of caffeine intake.
There's a huge variance around this though. Size of cup, amount of ground coffee used, variety of coffee (robusta has much higher caffeine than arabica), how roasted it is... It might be around 150 mg per cup, but could easily be nearly half or nearly double that.
In my experience, judging from the subjective felt effect when drinking it, the amount of caffeine in filter coffee can vary by a factor 3x depending on brewing technique. I just came back from the U.K. and the hotel breakfast coffee there did less for me in three cups than a single cup from my Fellow Aiden coffee brewer at home. I used to cold brew coffee but had to stop because the apparently higher caffeine content gave me heart problems.
No, how the heck i am gonna guess how much caffeine is in my moka or espresso coffee? It depends how much grounded coffee i used, the quantity of water etc etc there is no fucking way i am goin to calc all that
One espresso shot is roughly 60 mg per ounce. The mocha has a measurable amount of coffee in it. Theresa no reason for the number to be exact. You're not doing science, you keeping a rough tally. If you get 430mg instead of 370, it's not going to make that much of a difference. Just get a good approximation to make sure you're not getting like 700.
Not every moka is the same size and you can also put different quantities of coffee and water to change the flavor, which is what I do and idk about ya, i am not gonna measure it, too much of an hassle otherwise, especially if i am sleepy and i must go to work
I mean all (or maybe most) pregnant women calculate it. It sucks and usually means you just have to leave a huge margin of error
Caffeine pills. Alternatively, basically the same way you do alcohol
i feel theres also a pretty large variance in the population of caffeine sensitivity.
I've never noticed the effects of caffeine. I don't say it doesn't affect me, but I've never felt it.
A cup of drip coffee is 150-200 on average. Multiply based on a pessimistic interpretation, then reduce.
You could also measure UV light absorbtion in the 260-280 nm band and compare to a calibration chart. That seems a lot more excessive than just estimating and working to reduce, as opposed to targeting a specific number.
Blackout curtains may also be necessary depending on when you need to be up
Making a habit will make it easier though
Whole life I had a very hard time waking up. Early just wasn't for me.
Then I woke up to the house burning down around me, trapped in a basement.
Now I wake up between 5:30 and 6:00 am every morning without an alarm clock, in fight or flight mode, so I don't even need coffee.
Not a solution that's right for everyone.
Umm. Sorry man. There are some good meds that can help with that, like Prazosin, which blocks norepinephrine, which is the fight-or-flight chemical. It also blocks nightmares from being remembered if taken at bedtime. And it keeps your blood pressure like, textbook perfect. If you have a doc you can ask. Good luck. I have PTSD which used to cause the same thing you have.
Growing up in a time where seeking mental health was heavily stigmatized, I haven't sought any professional help for this. "Man up" and "Tough it out" was the rule for anything short of broken bones.
You are not the first to suggest getting help, but are the first who's had similar experience.
I think it's time I "Man up" and admit I need help, thank you
Good on you for admitting you need help. For what it's worth DBT has been helping my wife stop waking up in terror in the middle of the night as much if you're interested in non chemical solutions (neither course is bad)
That escalated quickly.
Sweet jebus, I'm sorry to hear that. You're absolutely right though: "have you tried PTSD?" may not be right for everyone.
I find that having a cat that religiously wakes you up somewhere between 6 and 7 every morning to be an incredibly effective bedtime retrainer. There's only so many months you can be sleep deprived before going insane or collapsing.
That's my cat now.
But my prior cat would sleep on my chest, forcing me to be even more late.
He's starting as early as 4 or 5 these days, Kitty please let me at least sleep until the alarm 🫠
or you could get a job that starts midday
Yeah, those grow on trees.
Idunno, where I work they basically just pay you to show up if you're on second shift
wherever i went, bus/trolley drivers were needed and it pays pretty well too