How caffeine keeps you awake

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I figure it’s magic and leave it at that.

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My coffee seems to be defective.

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Caffeine makes me sleepy.

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Sadly I have an extremely high tolerance to caffeine. It takes a can of Rock Star for me to feel much of any sort of buzz. Without my daily dose of caffeinated beverages I’m even more of a wreck though.

Do you have AD(H)D? This is a common side effect of that.

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Lethal caffeine overdoses are a thing that really happens, BTW:

http://scicurious.scientopia.org/2010/11/04/caffeine-overdoses-know-your-dose/

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I do actually, only found out last year, when I was 30.

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That video had amazing sound. Worth watching it for that reason alone.

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