[BobbyP]

I've been wondering what others here in Insomnia Land choose as their stay-awake beverage, on those really tough days of sleepiness. I have a weakness for Starbucks non-fat cappuccino, half mocha half hazelnut. 🙄

[Martin Reed]

Coffee is a funny old thing for me – I find it makes my heart race, but when I am feeling really tired, it doesn't really perk me up. I know that some members here actually find coffee helps them sleep!!

Great idea for a discussion topic, Bobby! I look forward to seeing what other members have to say!

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[Caers]

'Martin' wrote on '08:

Coffee is a funny old thing for me – I find it makes my heart race, but when I am feeling really tired, it doesn't really perk me up. I know that some members here actually find coffee helps them sleep!!

Great idea for a discussion topic, Bobby! I look forward to seeing what other members have to say!

Yeah, I'm one of those people who have drunk so much caffeine over the years that it either doesn't do much of anything, or it makes me tired. My morning coffee is more a ritual, which helps me wake up, than anything.

[MarinaFournier]

'BobbyP' wrote on '08:

I've been wondering what others here in Insomnia Land choose as their stay-awake beverage, on those really tough days of sleepiness. I have a weakness for Starbucks non-fat cappuccino, half mocha half hazelnut. 🙄

I have to say that the only time caffeine keeps me awake is when I don't want it to! If I am drowsy late at night, and still have to drive, getting cold is more effective than expecting caffeine to do instant wonders, instead of the usual three hours later, it hits me.

I have never had an immediate jolt from caffeine, as I have never had from sugar, either. I did once fall asleep in college, after taking two NoDoz about 30 min. before, when I wanted to study long into the night, but I woke up with the caffeine shakes. Never tried that again.

That said, while I used to have a giant (20+ oz) of sweetened & milked strong black tea in the morning and afternoon, I began to prefer a latte in the morning. Originally it was regular, but at one point my Dr put me on decaf or tea. So now my usual latte is (Starbucks terms): decaf venti latte, sugar free hazelnut, no foam, own cup. I can't hack non fat, but 2% is just fine.If I'm not at Starbucks, it's 20 oz decaf latte, sugar-free hazelnut syrup, 2% milk, no foam, own cup. If I'm up early and need to be functioning up near midnight, I get a regular or half-caff.

I love hazelnut mochas, but seldom allow myself to have them.

There is a small local chain with a new shop in my neighborhood. They make all drinks to order, including not grinding the beans before you order. No syrups (too messy), but they have flavored extract powders, and heaven forfend you should want your latte in different proportions than they find optimum. Not going back–I tend to want my drinks the way *I* want them, for some odd reason.

[Tommy ToXen]

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[brayan]

Haha, I have several stay awake drinks, I used to work at mcdonald's, so when I was there,the first thing i'd do before I clocked in was get a double shot of espresso, and just sweeten it and add cream, and chug it real quick, I would be jumping off the walls, regular coffee doesn't do anything for me, from starbucks I would like getting the venti mocha frappuccino afogado, haha, from the gas station I like getting the starbucks double shot energy, I've tried java monster's, the vanilla bean is the only 1 I like, and the hyrdoxycut drink mix packs, it is a diet supplement that's spose to make u lose weight, but again, I dnt really care, cuz I'm so exhausted at this point, I drink it literally 20minutes after I get up for work because it picks me up immensely, when I was at mcd's I would drink the hydroxycut drink pack along with the double shot espressos i'd drink, and I wouldn't drink just 1 double shot of espressos, I would drink at least 2, so that would be 4 espresso shots, sometimes I would drink even 4 of these double shots just so I wouldn't dread feeling tired, but then I got into a cycle that I wouldn't be able to sleep because of how many espresso shots i'd drink, then because I was so tired when i'd go in, I would drink even more to wake back up, but at the moment its the hydroxycut drink mix packs that I use, when I was fat, I actually used hydroxycut to lose weight, and use it as an energy booster currently when I go running or work out, which I haven't done in over a year now

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