Re:How to Exist
by N_Lens on Saturday August 01, 2026 @03:35AM
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I’ve been contemplating giving up coffee for two years, sometimes wanting to switch to green tea alone, for the reasons you articulated. Hasn’t happened except for brief stretches, and I’ll mark my coffee free era as one of sustainable effort.
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I'm kinda doing a self-experiment right now with coffee dosages, using how scatter-brained I feel during meditation as indicator.
It's amazing how productive I believe I am when I drink coffee, yet my attention is all over the place and I think a lot of that feeling of productivity is placebo and/or chemically induced euphoria. Next I want to try tea to compare.
One thing's for sure: I used to meditate best, for longer and deeper, when I was taking dexamfetamine medication and was abstaining from coffee. Caffeine for ADHD is overrated and I will gladly die on this hill.
Re:How to Exist
by reasonabl_human on Saturday August 01, 2026 @07:13AM
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Have you tried yerba mate? That helped reduce the scatter-brained and anxious feelings received from similar doses of caffeine via coffee for me
Re:How to Exist
by vpatel1093 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:36PM
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Green tea has l-theanine in it which calms the mind allegedly. Might work for you! Matcha and guayusa as well. Alternatively you can get l-theanine as a supplement if you want to keep your coffee habit