If you are an insomniac, it's highly probably that caffeine is an integral part of your daily routine. An insomniac must stay on a schedule. So one of the most important parts of the system is to stick to the caffeine cut-off time. Allot of people think caffeine doesn't effect them because they don't feel anymore awake or they sleep after drinking it but if you are an insomniac, it is effecting you. It gives your brain messages and alters your chemistry, so just because you had caffeine 12 hours ago and it's not in your system anymore, doesn't mean that your chemistry isn't altered because of it. All of us caffeine addicts know this in our hearts to be true or we wouldn't keep drinking it. My caffeine of choice is organic coffee. My body deals with it best of all other forms of caffeine and I get the most benefit from it. It's natural and it is a necessary component to keep me alert when I need to be. There are also studies that show that the benefits of coffee are vast, to include the powerful antioxidants that keep you young to fighting cancer. Nevertheless, there negatives to coffee also. It can still tax your adrenals and there are some reports of coffee toxins but for now, the benefits for me, greatly outweigh the possible negatives. I would stress that getting organic is important, for those of us who drink it everyday. I was not able to drink coffee regularly before because it upset my stomach. But then I started using cream everyday, then half and half, then whole milk, then reduced fat milk and now I just use my almond milk everyday, since I cut milk out of my diet and it works just as well for protecting my stomach from the acidity of the coffee. This would not be enough for coffee that's cheaper or of less quality, so I always make sure to bring my own coffee to work and not leave it up to the free coffee in the work kitchen. That being said I do feel like coffee gets overloaded in my system and so I have to take breaks from coffee but this does not include caffeine. I've learned the hard way that as long as I'm working (going to a job and not working at home), the withdrawals tax my system beyond anything continuous caffeine intake can do. When I get off the sleep medicine for good, it will require that I'm not going to a job and possibly no more caffeine. My mind, surely as any addict, doesn't want to contemplate that and is working it's way around maintaining my drug of choice but time will reveal the reality of the necessity. That being said on my last day of "Break Vacation", I have cut my usual two-plus cups down to one cup. It is an important part of the Break process to lower my caffeine tolerance and destress my entire system. Now when I go back to work this week, having been off my medication for several days and lowering my caffeine intake, I may be able to get through my entire week without taking a day off from work. My medicine should work well again and I will require lower amounts of caffeine to start out my week, which is very good since due to tolerance both the medication and the caffeine dosage usually goes up as the days progress. So it wasn't the most pleasant experience having to spend my four-day "vacation" locked into this whole 'preparation for work' but it is necessary to be able to continue job security and my days this week should be a bit brighter. Sources
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