Posted by SLS on February 19, 2009, at 22:15:00
In reply to Adenosine receptors, caffeine, and dopamine, posted by SLS on February 9, 2009, at 7:16:51
I have been experimenting with the timing and amount of caffeine I take in. I have tried to stay away from it as much as I can in order to not build up too much of a tolerance for it. I was trying to wait as late in the day as possible and use it just before an event that I would have to be more functional at. This strategy has failed miserably. I have actually made things worse.
I can't help but to believe that the caffeine is acting as a zeitgeber to reset the endocrine body clock. I find that as long as I have some caffeine immediately when I wake up in the morning, I do much better during the day, and I am not sacrificing the energy boost that it gives me when I take additional caffeine later in the day. I seemingly was confusing my body clock by not taking my first dose of caffeine in the morning when other zeitgebers are cuing circadian rhythms.
- Scott
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