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Might I second the nap idea? A caffeine addiction can be very hard to break, and any kind of addiction gets expensive.
But this is from the girl who can't have caffeine at all or she's up half the night. Heck, I'm up half the night anyway, sometimes. But anxiety and caffeine don't mix, and I have anxiety. Not saying you do, but still.
Enough babbling, back to work for me.
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quote:Originally posted by Rhiandmoi: In my experience a laydown duing the day for around 30 minutes is a better long term solution than amping up the caffeine intake.
A 30 minute laydown? Now that would put me right to sleep...
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My Mom likes the cappuccino you can get from a machine at gas stations (at least around here). But the cappuccino is too sweet and heavy by itself, so she cuts it about half and half with plain coffee. That's usually a pretty cheap alternative, with a couple of different flavors available. Maybe that would help.
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Naps are great if you have time for them. If you don't have time, and MeliKoritsi doesn't seem like she does, caffeine is your only ally. Given your schedule MeliKoritsi, I suggest you skip the drinking part and just go with free-basing the grounds.
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quote:Originally posted by Mama Duck: Given your schedule MeliKoritsi, I suggest you skip the drinking part and just go with free-basing the grounds.
Haha, that just might work.
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I'm not understanding the suggestions of naps to someone who has said that she does not have time for them in her schedule. If she had time to fit in a nap, she probably would not have posted the rant. Why suggest something that has been ruled out as an option?
MeliKoritsi, it was 'European' coffee drinks that got me into coffee. Cappuccino, mochas, cafe lattes, etc. They tend to be milder and thus were good gateway beverages to regular brewed coffee.
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quote:Originally posted by snapdragonfly: Cream. Sugar. And a cup you really dig.
Oh yes to sugar in coffee. Without it I really can't get very far down a cup, however knackered I'm feeling.
Same here. I cannot drink coffie unless It has about four scoops of sugar and a ton of cream. If there is no sugar or cream for the coffie I just suffer of find a can of moutain dew. However, I've noticed that if I have to drink a can of pop as a substitute for my morning coffie, It does not have the same effect.
I will add that if you're out of creamer, nestlies quick chocolite mix is a good substiture. yum yum.
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quote:Originally posted by Jenn: I'm not understanding the suggestions of naps to someone who has said that she does not have time for them in her schedule. If she had time to fit in a nap, she probably would not have posted the rant. Why suggest something that has been ruled out as an option?
Where does she say she doesn't have time for a nap? I only see that she doesn't have time every other Sunday. That doesn't mean she couldn't nap Monday, Tuesday, or any other day the rest of the week. As fatigue can be somewhat cumulative, a nap another day might help.
Besides, just because she asked for solutions geared towards one approach for solving a problem (coffee in this case for fatigue) doesn't mean that she wouldn't be open to other perspectives she hadn't thought of before. Maybe she had thought of naps, but heck, maybe she hadn't.
Not trying to be snarky or put words in anyone's mouths.
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Ooo...hot chocolate mix with coffee. Instant mocha. Too yummy. *drools*
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quote:Originally posted by bthyb: I only see that she doesn't have time every other Sunday. That doesn't mean she couldn't nap Monday, Tuesday, or any other day the rest of the week.
I envy the person for whom a nap on Tuesday helps them feel less tired the following Sunday. Honestly, I've never met such a person.
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You might also try chocolate covered espresso beans.
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quote:Originally posted by TurquoiseGirl: Diet Pepsi. Lots of it. Do not go to the dark side.
Yes. I agree.
For an extra kick- if I'm driving for a long period of time- Mountain Dew. But only for that extra kick. Normal days get Diet Pepsi.
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Tea is another option, but I like my coffee black, freshly ground before brewing.
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quote:Originally posted by bthyb: I only see that she doesn't have time every other Sunday. That doesn't mean she couldn't nap Monday, Tuesday, or any other day the rest of the week.
I envy the person for whom a nap on Tuesday helps them feel less tired the following Sunday. Honestly, I've never met such a person.
I was thinking that after Monday and Tuesday early mornings she'd be tired, and a nap might help her face the rest of the week. She might be able to face the day better on Tuesday knowing there was a nap coming.
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I can't stand coffee, not even the smell of it. When I need a caffine boost in the morning I drink my tea.
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quote:Originally posted by Jenn: Bthyb, that still doesn't help her on Sunday.
If she doesn't like the advice she doesn't have to take it. I'm not sure what more I can say at this point.
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I don't know what MeliKoritsi's schedule is like, (ie when she gets home on Sunday and when she wakes up on Monday) but I am going to go with the home at midnight, wake up at 6 am scenario. In which case it might be a better use of Sunday morning to do a lot of the things that she would do after work and before bed so that once she gets home she can shower and go right to bed. Maybe using some sort of aromatherapy like lavendar and a white noise machine so that she can fall into good sleep right away. If there aren't 2 hours worth of things to take care of when you get home you should be able to get a good 5.5 hours of sleep. Then in the moring have a protien rich breakfast and not a high carb one which in my experience leads to a major energy lull around 10 am. Just to be safe though, have a piece of fruit at 10 am to give you a little bit of sugar before lunch.
I do not tolerate caffeine at all, so I have to do everything else I can to combat fatigue.
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Coffee's icky; drink some nice green or black tea.
Good luck! Bummer about what happened with the instructor.
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quote:Originally posted by NewZer0: Coffee's icky; drink some nice green or black tea.
Good luck! Bummer about what happened with the instructor.
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Good! Keep thinking coffee is icky. More for Mama Duck and me!
Another way to go might be iced coffee. It's more like a milkshake that way. I really like CoffeeMate Vanilla Nut liquid creamer. Then the cream and sugar are added all at once. Add in plenty of ice and it's a coffee-newbie's friend.
And good luck this semester from me, too.
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Good coffee drink: In a cup, empty a packet of hot chocolate. Pour coffe to about 1/2 inch of the rim, add some sugar and a flavored creamer, (vanilla is good). Tasty, sweet,and it will keep you up for ages. If your clinical days are long, invest in a good thermos. Then you can take coffee you like and not have to rely on the coffee from a cafeteria.
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quote:Originally posted by Tzarina: Then you can take coffee you like and not have to rely on the coffee from a cafeteria.
"uhuhuhuhuh" *Homer Simpson shudder*
Does ANYBODY actually like THAT stuff?? Eeew. How something can be watery and still bitter is amazing to me.
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(EO)Sunday: Work 2:30p-11p Monday: Clinicals 6a-3p Tuesday: Clinicals 6a-3p Wednesday: Class 8a-3p, work 2:30p-11p (I'm obviously either leaving early from class, or going to work late) Thursday: Class 9a-11a, work 2:30p-11p Friday: Work 2:30p-11p (EO)Saturday: Work 2:30p-11p
That's just the basic schedule that doesn't include any at school non-class studying, or meetings at work. Theoretically I can take a nap after clinicals on Mondays and Tuesdays, on the weekends I don't work, and before work on Fridays. I'm just afraid to sleep all my free time away- I would like to exercise more and have time for studying outside of school. Hence the reason for a hot caffeine injection.
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Get one of those Dunkin' Donuts iced drinks with cream and sugar and flavor and like no coffee. Mix with more cream and sugar. Drink. Repeat.
That's how I went from hating coffee to loving it Now I am a coffee fanatic, gotta have it every morning. Mmmmm espresso. Starbucks Frappes are also very good, they use espresso but they put so much in it I could barely taste it. That's another way I developed my taste for coffee.
I spent 15 years hating it. The smell was even gross to my nose. Once I found frappes and iced coffee then I loved it. Now I drink it black X_X Espresso I still gotta add some sugar sometimes.
quote:Originally posted by snapdragonfly: [QUOTE] Does ANYBODY actually like THAT stuff?? Eeew. How something can be watery and still bitter is amazing to me.
To make it that way, start with a Robusta bean which is even more bitter than an Aribica and has a strong flavour. These means that you need fewer beans per litre and you are using cheaper beans. Then you overroast them for more flavour and hope that no-one knows the difference. Then overheat the water by pressurising it so that you can get more flavour out of the same grounds - and more bitter oils.
Alternatively, take a lots of a good Aribica and don't grind it to finely and make sure that the water doesn't scald the beans to produce perfect coffee.
I second the recommendation regarding chocolate covered beans but they are very, very addictive.
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I LOVE chocolate covered beans, yummy. And mochas are swell too. Yet another contributing factor to my blossoming addiction to coffee. Darn! I keep rememebring all the stuff that led up to it. Highsight is 20/20. :/
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I suggest coffee flavored ice cream to start. With chocolate syrup. You should ease into your coffee drinking.
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Do you get coffein pills (without a prescription) around your parts? I'm a coffee person, but if I need a kick that is stronger than what I could stomach in coffee intake, I'll go for those.
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I'd like to second the suggestion of Yerba Mate. It's magical stuff, harvested by tiny woodland elves on the night of the full moon. That's my opinion, anyway. It's only got about 1/2 the caffeine of coffee, but it also contains mateine which has a similar effect to caffeine but without the side effects. You can get it at Whole Foods for sure, but most health food stores and even the big chain supermarkets carry it in my area. My favorite kind is Guayaki chai spice mate. I like that it's yummy enough plain that I can skip the calories from sugar & cream. From the Guayaki website:
quote:Of the six commonly used stimulants in the world: yerba mate, coffee, tea, kola nut, cocoa, and guarana, yerba mate triumphs as natures most balanced stimulant, delivering both energy and nutrition. The leaves of the rainforest mate tree naturally contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, abundant antioxidants. In fact, The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society in 1964 concluded "it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value" and that yerba mate contains "practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life."
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Just keep in mind that caffeine jitters don't mix well with clinical nerves. Don't go too overboard with the caffeine (like all of the sudden deciding fat-burner pills are a good idea or anything like that) if you aren't used to having much.
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There are other, better tasting, caffeine delivery foods. I had coffee once and it tasted like burnt hot chocolate. Screw that, I'll have regular hot chocolate. Had a cafe mocha once... it wasn't bad, but I could still taste the coffee... blecch!
Oh, and I've had chocolate covered espresso beans before. WARNING... DO NOT CONSUME ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. You WILL barf... or you'll wish to the god of your choice that you COULD barf to get that horrible sensation over and done with.
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I second the recommendation for tea. I don't like coffee either.
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I would recommend that the strength of the coffee is more important than anything else. I love Starbucks coffee but some people think it's too strong. Others like Dunkin Donuts flavored coffee, which I think tastes like water. I would start weak and work your way up. Eventually you'll be drinking black coffee and triple espressos and maybe you'll try the most powerful and decadent coffee of them all... Turkish coffee.
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ETA: Turkish coffee is best summed up by this Turkish proverb: "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love."
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I've been tricked into drinking Turkish Coffee before- it felt like what I imagine a speed high to be like
I've actually survived the first two days without any problems, OR caffeine. I don't think that will last very long though.
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Mmmmm espresso. Starbucks Frappes are also very good, they use espresso but they put so much in it I could barely taste it. That's another way I developed my taste for coffee.
