Caffeine and the adrenaline monster

So after I posted last nights blog entry I was inspired to do a bit of research of my own on this caffeine and adrenaline thing. Mostly because my inner addict wanted to disprove it as it needed a fix desperately. But alas it backfired on me; another serious blow for my mental state of mind.

In looking through different articles I read about the conditions that can occur when using this miracle drug (caffeine). And it described what I was experiencing to a “T”. At the ragged edge of exhaustion, and not because I’m training to much, just because I’m taxing the body continually and it catches up. And then you have to pay the piper so to speak.

In essence, and you can read this for yourself here and here (to name a few articles), your body essentially is running on adrenaline too much when using caffeine and eventually it gets plumb tired out. There are alternatives to coffee that are a little better such as Tea which is lower in caffeine but in the end too much of a good thing is a bad thing for Paully.

I figure another week of abstaining (from coffee that is) and I’ll be right as rain. Until then I suggest you stay clear of Mongo for my own protection.