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1968eric CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 55 Hawaii Gender:	Caffeine or coffee? May 29^th, 2009 at 6:04am In the suggestions thread I saw some recommend drinking lots of coffee to help abort an attack. How widely effective is this? I tend to stay away from coffee during a cycle. Might upping my caffeine intake help?
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Bob Johnson CH.com Alumnus Offline "Only the educated are free." -Epictetus Posts: 5965 Kennett Square, PA (USA) Gender:	Re: Caffeine or coffee? Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2009 at 6:22am Yes, a number of folks use strong coffee with good results. Explore the "helpful hints" message in the section immediately above this group of messages.
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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: Caffeine or coffee? Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2009 at 7:26am Oh yea... I keep a caraffe of coffee on the counter from the previous day. Woke up at 5:30am with a K4 rising fast, poured and slammed a cup and then hit the O2. The fact that it's luke warm instead of piping hot makes it easy to drink it fast. That's my usual routine. -Dennis-
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Re: Caffeine or coffee?
Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2009 at 12:45pm

DennisM1045 wrote on May 29^th, 2009 at 7:26am:

Oh yea... I keep a caraffe of coffee on the counter from the previous day. Woke up at 5:30am with a K4 rising fast, poured and slammed a cup and then hit the O2. The fact that it's luke warm instead of piping hot makes it easy to drink it fast.

That's my usual routine.

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Reply #4 - May 29^th, 2009 at 2:53pm

I don't have anything to back it up but after my mother died I began making very strong coffee for myself (I add a little espresso to it) which I didn't do until then. Within a year or so my hits were few and fewer until they ended 3 years later. I've drunk gallons of coffee all my adult life. There's no proof that it works though this but hey..coffee is good. Cool

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Reply #5 - May 29^th, 2009 at 10:44pm

You will find a lot of opinions on this. Results seem to be wildly inconsistent.

For me, it seems that caffeine postpones. A few judicious cups of coffee will usually get me through a day at work, but I'll get hits at home in the evening as the buzz wears off. But given the choice, I'd rather take the hit at home where I can deal with it easier with pacing and/or O2, and not feed the rumor mill in the office.

Other than to keep my job, I avoid caffeine while in cycle.

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Reply #6 - May 30^th, 2009 at 10:55pm

Caffeine, Love it. Dont know what I would do without it. If I dont have my coffee(strong and black), during the usual morning and afternoon times, I will get slammed with a nasty headache. Even when not in cycle. And it definately helps with shadows for me.

Maybe its bad, but I feel that it helps, and I wouldnt want to deal with these problems without it.

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Reply #7 - May 31^st, 2009 at 11:46pm

As with so many other things for us clusterheads what works for one is either ineffective or even aggravates. Personally, I drink coffee all day and into the night. I can't abort a hit with it, but by keeping my intake high all day it helps to ease the hits. On days that I don't drink as much the hits are much stronger. I cannot drink it fast enough to break a hit, so I use an energy drink a lot of times if I am out where I can't deal with it alone. The Taurene in the drinks seems to accentuate the caffeine with out causing the tremors slamming to much caffeine all at once can give. My only prob with them is stomach upset.

I've used so much caffeine the last few years that I can make a pot of coffee after dinner, drink it, and go to bed. It will get me up, but not keep me up! Grin

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