{{{Cindy}}} I drink tea when I get anxious, and if I have too much, I can definitely feel it make my anxiety worse.
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Jan 12, 2007 6:50:03 am PST #500 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2007 6:51:31 am PST #501 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Cindy, I've pretty much given up full-caffinated coffee for the reasons you've been mentioning. It just wasn't worth the shakiness and anxiety. I drink half-caf at most and anything after noontime is decaf. Even then I limit my intake because some of the other things found in coffee just make my stomach yucky. I've started substituting various teas for coffee as a lot of the time all I want is something warm to drink. I've got a chai made with rooibos that is very nummy.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2007 6:53:37 am PST #502 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sj - Jan 12, 2007 6:56:30 am PST #503 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm going to take some benadryl and go back to bed. Hopefully, I can get up before 3, because TCG is getting out early today and I'll feel so guilty if I am still in bed when he gets home.
Cass - Jan 12, 2007 7:02:12 am PST #504 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I drink half-cafTJ's half caf is good. If you are looking for sources. Of course this is not surprising as their decaf is also good but their half caf is all premixed... I have both in my freezer.
Beverly - Jan 12, 2007 7:04:27 am PST #505 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yay! for J&E!
Yay! and congratulations to Brenda!
Thank goodness, and thank you for checking in, Raq. I never had a problem distinguishing which RPG, which I'm not really happy about. I'd be glad if war was role-play rather than rockets and grenades.
Coffee-ma, Cindy. I've found a chai latte that I lovelovelove, and they'll make it up for me with erzatz tea. I could probably steep straight cardamom and cinnamon with skim milk or vanilla silk and get the same result. But then cardamom probably makes your frammis gland turn inside out--you can't win.
Vortex - Jan 12, 2007 7:05:12 am PST #506 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, Vortex. I bet the bathroom smells nice, though, huh?
yeah. and my bandaid smells GREAT
P.M. Marc - Jan 12, 2007 7:06:50 am PST #507 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Vortex, which perfume had an untimely demise?
Vortex - Jan 12, 2007 7:09:22 am PST #508 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Jo Malone's Lime, Basil and Mandarin I wouldn't normally spend this kind of money on a fragrance, but I fell in love with it, and stayed in love with it. Usually, I get tired of a scent after half a bottle or so. This one, I still love.
Amy - Jan 12, 2007 7:27:57 am PST #509 of 10001
Because books.
Vortex, that sounds lovely. So sorry your bottle broke. As Sparky points out, slo-mo disasters are especially sucky.
I don't know what would happen if I went caffeine-less. I drink tea (or diet soda) all day long, up till bedtime. I suspect at this point I might actually be immune. It certainly doesn't keep me from falling asleep at night, and (sadly) I think my wake-up cigarette has as much to do with waking me up as my first cup of tea does.
Actually, that's a lie -- the caffeine part. If I go without for too long, I will get a headache. But the caffeine itself doesn't make me jittery or anxious. Although, who knows how I'd feel if I went off it completely?