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I'm becoming increasingly sensitive to caffeine

I love caffeine. I used to drink 2-3 coffees a day. But rece...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/04/25
Nobody else has become caffeine sensitive after 40? Maybe I ...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/04/25
This happens you just have to go cold turkey for a bit and u...
Plum galvanic locus mood
  10/04/25
do you eventually get to go back to caffeine? how long cold ...
wild school ape
  10/04/25
I usually go a few weeks just 0 caffeine yeah, you go back t...
Plum galvanic locus mood
  10/04/25
ty. wdm stomach issue metabolizing it?
wild school ape
  10/04/25
Can be genetic and age related, basically ur response to caf...
Plum galvanic locus mood
  10/04/25
huh, interesting. ty
wild school ape
  10/04/25
If it’s tachycardia it’s his heart not those oth...
pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage
  10/04/25
I once had a thing where I had to stay up late while also st...
Plum galvanic locus mood
  10/04/25
I've gone back to normal after quitting coffee, then back to...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/09/25
how bout that decaffienated stuff. it tastes just like coffe...
Soul-stirring alcoholic casino organic girlfriend
  10/04/25
this definitely happened to me also
wild school ape
  10/04/25
ITT: pussies
Infuriating Native Yarmulke
  10/04/25
(Guy who turned yellow from a few beers)
supple cyan philosopher-king
  10/04/25
a few thousand, ty
Infuriating Native Yarmulke
  10/04/25
Cheers
supple cyan philosopher-king
  10/04/25
Caffeine is pretty fucked if you pay attention. Bathroom tri...
pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage
  10/04/25
Same
Diverse flickering filthpig
  10/04/25
i wish. none of these things do anything for me. right no...
primrose geriatric hospital hissy fit
  10/04/25
same
Awkward feces
  10/05/25
drink more not flame
multi-colored pocket flask reading party
  10/05/25
More screens too
Razzle-dazzle crackhouse fanboi
  10/05/25
...
multi-colored pocket flask reading party
  10/05/25
Just switch to decaf. I did this years ago and other than l...
Fantasy-prone milk associate
  10/05/25
The jitteriness is nbd but ime it turns me into an IBS shrew...
pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage
  10/05/25
As I've gotten older and taken on more responsibilities/stre...
Spectacular state athletic conference
  10/05/25
...
wild school ape
  10/05/25
I bet you'll cowards don't even smoke crack
French elastic band public bath
  10/05/25
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Charismatic brass space
  10/05/25
Wtf is this
fishy stirring son of senegal indirect expression
  10/05/25
Addy has damaged my brain so badly I feel absolutely nothing...
hairraiser jet abode
  10/05/25
That's because you aren't trying the right coffee. I used to...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/09/25
Stop 'expresso' baiting the other euros here.
wine talented tanning salon
  10/09/25
What do you mean? I drank coffee heavily in the U.S. too, bu...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/09/25
the 'x' does not exist, friend.
wine talented tanning salon
  10/16/25
Go to 7-Eleven and grab a large coffee cup. Put 0.70 seconds...
wine talented tanning salon
  10/09/25
Cut back on coffee and mix in a bump or two for energy in th...
Mewling Bright Piazza
  10/09/25
This doesn't make sense to me. Nothing gets me gakked easil...
Pink weed whacker
  10/09/25
Try yerba mate, specifically something strong like Rosamonte...
jet-lagged sanctuary brethren
  10/09/25
It means your liver is starting to lose its functionality, n...
sienna house rigor
  10/10/25


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Date: October 4th, 2025 2:21 PM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

I love caffeine. I used to drink 2-3 coffees a day. But recently things changed. The coffee I've been drinking is so good (and so strong) that my body started reacting with palpitations and anxiety. I tried slowing down, taking breaks, skipping a day, then just having 2 shots the next. But even that wasn't enough. I get headaches and my heart is just beating way faster even after 24 hours without having had any coffee.

Now I'm afraid I'll only be able to drink coffee once or twice a week at most, and only a single shot. Coffee has always been my biggest pleasure in life, and it feels like God is spitting in my face with this new development.

Anyone else dealing with this issue? I know quite a few people who gave up coffee for one reason or another, but srsly, I was not planning on being one of them, ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49324796)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:23 PM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

Nobody else has become caffeine sensitive after 40? Maybe I just abused it. Who the hell knows.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325463)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:24 PM
Author: Plum galvanic locus mood

This happens you just have to go cold turkey for a bit and u go back to nromal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325466)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: wild school ape

do you eventually get to go back to caffeine? how long cold turkey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325475)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:31 PM
Author: Plum galvanic locus mood

I usually go a few weeks just 0 caffeine yeah, you go back to normal, inner calm, totally feel steady, dont even crave it anymore, then u can start up again

also proibably stomach issue metabolizing it idk, u just have to hop off for a bit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325483)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:34 PM
Author: wild school ape

ty. wdm stomach issue metabolizing it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325495)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: Plum galvanic locus mood

Can be genetic and age related, basically ur response to caffeine changes and causes all those bad sides, could be bunch of shit, kidneys, liver etc

I just recommend resetting/slowing down and it will subside, give ur body a detox/break

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325500)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:39 PM
Author: wild school ape

huh, interesting. ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325501)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage

If it’s tachycardia it’s his heart not those other organs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325789)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Plum galvanic locus mood

I once had a thing where I had to stay up late while also staying focused without crashing, so had to drop the caffeine for a few weeks, felt really great in retrospect, you have the same level of mental clarity when u detox and get back to normal with added bonus of more stamina, that is if youve gotten used to a certain amnt of caffeine to do shit. just feels serene

felt really good honestly, miss that feeling of being off now, might get off rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325489)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

I've gone back to normal after quitting coffee, then back to feeling terrible each time I try again. At this point, I'll have to give it up for good and only have it as an occasional treat.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336254)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: Soul-stirring alcoholic casino organic girlfriend

how bout that decaffienated stuff. it tastes just like coffee i hear

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325471)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: wild school ape

this definitely happened to me also

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325477)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:34 PM
Author: Infuriating Native Yarmulke

ITT: pussies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325493)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: supple cyan philosopher-king

(Guy who turned yellow from a few beers)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325643)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: Infuriating Native Yarmulke

a few thousand, ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325644)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: supple cyan philosopher-king

Cheers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325645)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage

Caffeine is pretty fucked if you pay attention. Bathroom trips over the course of a day just Multiply. 1 or sometimes 0 shits a day without, and God knows how many with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325506)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 7:49 PM
Author: Diverse flickering filthpig

Same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325531)



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Date: October 4th, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: primrose geriatric hospital hissy fit

i wish. none of these things do anything for me.

right now im on (8mg salbutamol + 100mg caffine) * 3, 5 monsters, and 40 mg nic a day and i notice no stimulant effect



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49325661)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:28 AM
Author: Awkward feces

same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326415)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:40 AM
Author: multi-colored pocket flask reading party

drink more

not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326436)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle crackhouse fanboi

More screens too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326937)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:07 PM
Author: multi-colored pocket flask reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49327803)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: Fantasy-prone milk associate

Just switch to decaf. I did this years ago and other than looking like an absolute pussy when ordering coffee it’s vastly superior.

It has a small amount of caffeine so once u adapt u still get a little stim increase but its not a ton which upsets ur stomach, makes u jittery, etc etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326539)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: pea-brained yellow dingle berry stage

The jitteriness is nbd but ime it turns me into an IBS shrew which eventually causes vitamin deficiencies or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326544)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: Spectacular state athletic conference

As I've gotten older and taken on more responsibilities/stressors, I can't handle more than a cup of coffee a day, and I can't have it after 11 AM or so. It makes me incredibly anxious if I have more than that one cup, and my sleep is fucked if I have some in the afternoon. People forget it has a pretty long half-life. I don't even have caffeine before workouts because the anxiety and jitteriness persists for hours after I finish my workouts. I'm so sensitive to it that I notice a difference when I have just 1.25 cups of coffee instead of one cup in the morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326916)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 9:52 PM
Author: wild school ape



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49327787)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: French elastic band public bath

I bet you'll cowards don't even smoke crack

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49326927)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 9:56 PM
Author: Charismatic brass space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49327793)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: fishy stirring son of senegal indirect expression

Wtf is this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49327810)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: hairraiser jet abode

Addy has damaged my brain so badly I feel absolutely nothing from any amount of caffeine anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49327814)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 8:49 AM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

That's because you aren't trying the right coffee. I used to be like you. But I switched to expressos. Those will definitely make you feel more than 'something'. Of course, expressos in the US are shit, so you won't do it. I am in Europe and here expressos are delicious, but also real bombs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336264)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: wine talented tanning salon

Stop 'expresso' baiting the other euros here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336304)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

What do you mean? I drank coffee heavily in the U.S. too, but back then the issue was ulcers. These days, after 2-3 weeks of daily double macchiatos, I get a neurological response, not a gastrointestinal one.

I'm talking about macchiatos in Italy, not in other parts of Europe, where the coffee is more like what you find in the U.S. These macchiatos are real caffeine bombs. It was 180... until it wasn't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336625)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 6:35 AM
Author: wine talented tanning salon

the 'x' does not exist, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49352531)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 9:02 AM
Author: wine talented tanning salon

Go to 7-Eleven and grab a large coffee cup. Put 0.70 seconds worth of ice, then fill half with decaf, half with Brazilian - and toast to middle age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336298)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 9:38 AM
Author: Mewling Bright Piazza

Cut back on coffee and mix in a bump or two for energy in the morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336423)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 10:00 AM
Author: Pink weed whacker

This doesn't make sense to me. Nothing gets me gakked easily anymore. I'm routinely taking in 600mg+ a day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336475)



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Date: October 9th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: jet-lagged sanctuary brethren

Try yerba mate, specifically something strong like Rosamonte. If you brew 10–20g and repeat it, you'll be gakked as hell. I also struggled to get that effect until I tried mate. But fair warning: I may have overdone it and messed myself up. Now I can't even handle the caffeine in regular coffee.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49336632)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: sienna house rigor

It means your liver is starting to lose its functionality, not flame.

How old are you? It’s normal around age 65.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783006&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880",#49340901)