Guys, caffeinated drinks do not dehydrate you. The dehydration effects of caffeine are not enough to overcome the hydrating effect of the drink itself. So drink up! E.g.: [link]
Oh, yeah, baby, it's snakalicious in here.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Oct 19, 2010 6:54:43 am PDT #520 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Burrell - Oct 19, 2010 7:00:48 am PDT #521 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ita, I am confused. Why doesn't the sleep specialist want you on Ambien if Ambien was working for you?
Oh and as to the rest of the conversation, I loves my coffee, I tell you what. Am going to go make another pot in a sec and do a bit of grading.
What? I only got one cup from the first pot. Stop looking at me that way.
Amy - Oct 19, 2010 7:01:49 am PDT #522 of 30001
Because books.
Looks like tea isn't bad, either. Whoot.
Jesse - Oct 19, 2010 7:01:54 am PDT #523 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Argh, I made it so long! But have now found out something that happens in Mad Men, which I hope to watch tonight. I will not say "spoiled" because I don't think it's the real point of the hour, but still. I tried.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2010 7:12:05 am PDT #524 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why doesn't the sleep specialist want you on Ambien if Ambien was working for you?
Ambien wasn't working every night. So far, trazadone isn't working any night. Also, I think she's gotten more than a little excited about my migraines. Why does every doctor (apart from my pain specialists who could not care less and refuse to prescribe or endorse any pain meds) get so hot on them, like no one has ever tried before? The amount of time I spend going "I know, but..." and not feeling like they're listening is way too much.
I'm thinking I'll work out how much Red Bull has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee and drink that instead. I find it much more refreshing, and since it will have less volume, more space left over for my diluted juice.
Jessica - Oct 19, 2010 7:13:38 am PDT #525 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I don't see it having a major therapeutic effect on people who aren't already addicts.
It's actually the opposite - if you drink coffee every day, the only thing it will do for you is get rid of your withdrawal headache. You can only use it to wake up if you're not an addict.
But since it only takes about a week of regular consumption to get addicted in the first place, it's really not a reliable performance enhancer - after a few days it'll stop working unless you start drinking more, and at some point most people will start to get rebound headaches that are worse than the caffiene withdrawal.
(For me it was 4-5 cups every day for months before I noticed. I cut down to 1 cup a day and my headaches went away, but a caffiene overdose headache is not chronic migraine.)
Amy - Oct 19, 2010 7:18:30 am PDT #526 of 30001
Because books.
Jessica, insent.
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2010 7:24:55 am PDT #527 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 19, 2010 7:31:50 am PDT #528 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's actually the opposite - if you drink coffee every day, the only thing it will do for you is get rid of your withdrawal headache. You can only use it to wake up if you're not an addict.
This. I have cut down to one iced coffee a week as my only caffeine consumption period (at least in terms of a caffeinated beverage), and boy can I feel that sucker. I have it on Fridays and/or the last work day of a given week since I like getting to bed later when I have a day off the next day.
Burrell - Oct 19, 2010 7:35:23 am PDT #529 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ambien wasn't working every night. So far, trazadone isn't working any night.
That seems to work out to Ambien:1, trazadone:0, right?
It's actually the opposite - if you drink coffee every day, the only thing it will do for you is get rid of your withdrawal headache. You can only use it to wake up if you're not an addict.
I don't think it's either/or. I've been drinking coffee regularly for decades and I only *need* about 1/4-1/2 cup of coffee a day to stave off the headache, so a cup in the morning easily provides both satisfaction of my addiction AND a bit of pep.