Does caffeine make you sleepy, not alert?

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[quote="jamie0.0"]Yes, I like to drink coffee at night just before bed because I find coffee to be relaxing and sedating. It's been that way since I was 13.

Lately been drinking coffee before bed and I go out like a light. Manage to stay awake in the daytime through sheer force of will. Love the taste of coffee, and also a good Earl Grey.

This is a hard one to say, about caffiene for me, I get a tolerance to caffiene easily but if I stopp for four days , my tolerance goes way down . But often taperring off a few days . Then complete stop for four days . "Tapering off"" helps keep the dull achey headache I usually get with stopping caffiene ..

Velcro is Gawds ( insert your choice of diety here) Gift to the LESS dexterous of US on this planet ....

Sylvan Esso ~ Coffee

Last night one cup of coffee did what a half bottle of Cabernet couldn’t — Put me right to sleep.

8:00 is considered late to me.

Not long before I was diagnosed I had a horrible time trying to sleep and awful anxiety. I tried cutting back on caffeinated tea and tried everything else other than taking sleeping pills. before those things are dangerous and terrifying, but nothing worked. I drink caffeinated tea now, but no matter what I will never sleep like a normal human being. Even with the medication I do every night take to help me sleep, it took me forever fall asleep just last night and then I slept in until 3 pm. A typical day.

I never thought caffeine could have the opposite effect on autistic people. But then again, most medications the head shrinkers have prescribed me did the total opposite of what they were supposed to do, or gave me awful side effects where I couldn't function at all. And then they'd tell me it was my own fault, somehow. Go figure.

Honestly it's been a while since I had some caffeine. Caffeine is the only reason why I ever stopped. If there were any affordable decaf alternatives, I'd try them all for taste.[/quote]

Haven’t bought decaf in years. So know next to nothing about pricing. But mostly assumed they were about the same. Not a coffee aficionado by any means. Some of the best decaf I’ve had was instant coffee-Taster’s Choice. Folgers taste like mud. I can’t stand mud literally or figuratively.

I realize that I am addicted to caffeine; that is the only reason I drink it. I like the taste plus the routine of making it (the smell especially). It does make me sleepy instead of perky.

Honestly, sometimes it makes me alert. sometimes it makes me sleepy. Caffeine is a weird thing for me. I can sometimes go back to sleep almost instantly, even after having a Mountain Dew: Code Red.

Agrees on the above serving sugg3stion about Fresh Ground coffee put through a French Press is lovely ..
Single origin coffee.... Sumatra , seems to be good most often or a mix with Guatamalen Antigua, have heard.

for me it has been known to help me sleep. ADHD, I suppose.