https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 07:18:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-276924 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:37:37 +0000 Beth 276924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw Theresa, I'm glad you finally fell to sleep *and* that you figured out the problem.</p> <p>Caffeine doesn't usually bother me, but one night I took a painkiller with caffeine and not thinking, then had a caffeinated drink. You could have peeled me off the ceiling that night. I'm pretty sure I didn't sleep a wink and was still awake the next morning, watching the sun rise. And I can usually sleep anywhere, anytime. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-276904 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:40:36 +0000 Kyle 276904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Next time you can't sleep try some melatonin. I've been there. I have a love-hate relationship with caffeine. I call it my only remaining vice, since I don't drink, smoke, or eat junk (not much, anyway). I am clearly addicted and it helps me with my 12 hour workdays, travel, family, home and all other aspects of my hectic life. Yet I am also very sensitive. Always suspected that decaf was not 100 percent clean...I almost always have trouble sleeping after a dinner out. Very interesting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-276615 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:05:24 +0000 medusa 276615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is why I have dark chocolate at breakfast. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-276601 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:37:58 +0000 Theresa 276601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hehe I am so pleased to be in the midst of such fabulous other caffeine sensitive folk!!</p> <p>I finally got to sleep about 1am (after I'd dealt with a coughing fit from one girl and a scary dream from another), and slept like a log... but even now a full day and a half later I'm still feeling weary. </p> <p>But no more dark chocolate!!!!</p> <p>Khris this is a bit freaky isn't it!!! Between all this food and hypo stuff, and even having kids with issues... I'd offer you to be an adoptive big sister but I wouldn't wish my family on anyone LOL I usually cook with Carob when I cook for myself and have zero problems then!</p> <p>Morethanbeige - that is SO like me too! I went for a leg wax one day after having had a "decaf" coffee with a friend and my waxer (brothers girlfriend so she knows me well), was laughing at how much I was talking and I spoke to my friend later who said she needed an extra coffee because she didn't think hers had an impact - so I'd say we were switched too!!!</p> <p>Oh well, my morning cup of nice strong black, unsweetened tea is enough for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275774 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:34:37 +0000 chewyspaghetti 275774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Theresa, my body chemistry twin!<br /> De-caf coffee still has caffeine in it- as much as cocoa powder. Luckily, I am not a big coffee drinker, because de-caf also affects me. I get a big buzz off of it now. I used to just have one cup of de-caf per week, but I've cut down even more than that. I'm not supposed to have caffeine at all, so I am saving the de-caf coffee on rare occasions when I have to get up really early and be somewhere. I found a reduced caffeine cocoa powder that I can use if I eat it earlier in the day (that's probably why I was up in the middle of the night last night- I made a brownie in the evening!), it's called Wonder Cocoa. I have to get it at a special health food store, but at least I can tolerate it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275752 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:07:21 +0000 biscuitsmom 275752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I need it too! I usually have 2 can of my beloved coke classic in the morning and then drink water the rest of the day...some meds can have the same effect- I take 5-6 tramadols a day and if I have my last one after 5 pm I cant sleep that night.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275746 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:04:11 +0000 morethanbeige 275746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I so know what that's like. One time my husband ordered a triple mocha and I ordered a decaf mocha. We got them switched and I talked to him non-stop for about an hour. Then suddenly I stopped and said "I think I got your mocha." He looked at me with a resigned look and said "I'm fairly certain of it." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275741 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:00:32 +0000 Angie 275741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry :(</p> <p>In the same breath can I bless caffeine? My life would not be the same without it. (I drink tea not coffee). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275737 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:58:13 +0000 Anonymous 275737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cut off my caffeine intake after about 2 in the afternoon. If I enjoy a cuppa after that point, I'm up all night. Chocolate doesn't seem to make a difference though but I still limit that to late afternoon at the most. No sense in taking a chance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275716 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:29:42 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 275716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am lucky in that caffine doesn't seem to affect my sleep. I do (even when not pregnant) limit my intake though and I have always been careful to not use it to wake myself up in the morning - so working or not, my first cup isn't normally until after 9am. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275711 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:20:28 +0000 MNsara 275711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sympathies -- I hate those nights! I realized recently that even decaf coffee with dessert when out for dinner means laying awake for a lo-o-ong time that night :-(</p> <p>My 16-y.o. has the same problem with a cup of hot chocolate in the evening (although he does typically make chocolate sludge!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275669 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:13:53 +0000 Dusty 275669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A-yup! And caffeine has a half-life of about 6 hours in the system. A big part of why I have't really eaten chocolate in about 14 years! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275667 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:12:11 +0000 Laura 275667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes! Sorry, Theresa Hope you get some rest soon!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-blasted-caffeine#post-275666 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:10:03 +0000 Theresa 275666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So its 11pm here in Aus, and usually I am fast asleep at this time of night... but the past 3 nights I've been struggling to fall asleep, despite being tired and ready for bed much earlier.</p> <p>And I just had the lightbulb moment as to why!!!</p> <p>I am VERY sensitive to caffeine - I cannot have even a cup of weak tea after about 4pm or I'm up at night.</p> <p>For the past few nights i've been having a small snack of dark chocolate before heading to bed... well silly old me forgot that dark choc is actually quite high in caffeine didn't I?!?!!!!</p> <p>So I'm lying in bed having this little epiphany, decided to quickly jump online to confirm my suspicions... and what does a gal do at 11pm when she is tired and online... check out YLF of course!!!! </p> <p>I'm not writing any more though cos I'm sure I'm in a caffeine induced rambling mood!</p> <p>Although for anyone who's curious here is a chart of *approx* caffeine quantities! (Can't guarantee the accuracy, but its interesting it says decaf coffee has 1-5mg of caffeine because I swear I can get a caffeine reaction to a decaf coffee - so maybe I'm not so nuts after all LOL)</p> <p><a href="http://coffeetea.about.com/library/blcaffeine.htm" rel="nofollow">http://coffeetea.about.com/library/blcaffeine.htm</a> </p>