dickielongate
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At some point I recognised that caffeine was no longer doing anything subjectively rewarding, but somehow didn't consider removing it completely. Maybe I was seduced by all the touted health benefits.
I've always know instinctively that something related to my adrenal function was being hammered by caffeine, but never related this fact to the idea of adrenal fatigue, because this is a fake disease, and this proven. Right? Or not? I really don't know.
I recently learned about it's role as a vasoconstrictor, and read reports that it can lower brain blood volume by 27%. Working on the assumption I have some kind of hypothyroidism, and looking at the relationship between thyroid function and the adrenals, I thought it was worth giving it a shot.
Day 1 was pretty much zombie mode brain and body. Day 2 the same with headaches. Day 3 I had the strange feeling that brain was functioning well while body was tired. Days 4 and 5 (today), I have just spent 4 hours hard at work in the garden. I spent the weekend paddle boarding, skating and swimming at the beach with the kids, and the whole time the body was tired, but it did not matter because the brain was fine, so I carried on and on.
Was physical tiredness in my head all along? I can buy the idea that fight or flight mode induced by caffeine makes you think quicker not smarter. Also the lower blood volume in the brain. I had to do first, fourth and seventh characters from my password for the online banking today, and after years of finger counting for each character, my brain went click and spat out the 3 characters with zero hesitation.
Given all the stuff I've learned in a short time (all on excelmale) about increasing bloodflow, I am interested to know if anyone else has questioned caffeine.
I've always know instinctively that something related to my adrenal function was being hammered by caffeine, but never related this fact to the idea of adrenal fatigue, because this is a fake disease, and this proven. Right? Or not? I really don't know.
I recently learned about it's role as a vasoconstrictor, and read reports that it can lower brain blood volume by 27%. Working on the assumption I have some kind of hypothyroidism, and looking at the relationship between thyroid function and the adrenals, I thought it was worth giving it a shot.
Day 1 was pretty much zombie mode brain and body. Day 2 the same with headaches. Day 3 I had the strange feeling that brain was functioning well while body was tired. Days 4 and 5 (today), I have just spent 4 hours hard at work in the garden. I spent the weekend paddle boarding, skating and swimming at the beach with the kids, and the whole time the body was tired, but it did not matter because the brain was fine, so I carried on and on.
Was physical tiredness in my head all along? I can buy the idea that fight or flight mode induced by caffeine makes you think quicker not smarter. Also the lower blood volume in the brain. I had to do first, fourth and seventh characters from my password for the online banking today, and after years of finger counting for each character, my brain went click and spat out the 3 characters with zero hesitation.
Given all the stuff I've learned in a short time (all on excelmale) about increasing bloodflow, I am interested to know if anyone else has questioned caffeine.
