Is Caffeine A Cause Of Insomnia?
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Skip That Last Cup After Dinner
Are you a serious insomniac, sometimes going for more than 24 hours without sleep? Try eliminating caffeine from your diet. Caffeine is a stimulant that can cause a person to stay up when all they really want to do is sleep. Could it be, if you can’t find sleep, that caffeine is the cause of your insomnia?
Many people drink coffee after large meals, especially dinner. Waiters will often ask if anyone wants coffee after they eat. Digestion takes energy and people often become tired after they eat. For this reason, people drink coffee to perk them up. However, having this cup of coffee, or two or three, after dinner can wreak havoc on your sleeping schedule. That coffee could be the cause of your insomnia. With all of that caffeine surging through your body, there’s no way that you can lay down and fall asleep. Your heart and head are racing and your legs feel as though there are things crawling on them. You’re up and you’re ready to go, even though you know that you should be winding down so that your body can recharge.
That’s what sleep is. Sleep is your body’s way of recharging after a day of activity. Your body requires sleep, and without sleep your body will literally weaken and whither away. You will become absent minded, unable to complete thoughts and your body will literally feel drained. If you do suffer from this sleeping disorder, it’s important to find out if what you consume, such as caffeine, is the cause of your insomnia.
Decaf?
If you are reading this, and you think coffee may be the cause of your insomnia, try switching to decaf. Or, if you need your coffee in the morning for fear of going postal on everyone around you, try switching to decaf at night, if you are a night coffee drinker.
It should be noted that even decaf has a slight amount of caffeine in it, but it’s a good alternative to drinking full strength right before you’re supposed to be going to bed. Insomnia sounds good to some, imagine all you can get done when you’re not bothered by sleep, but it’s not good at all. The less sleep you get, the less you are able to function.
So, if you think coffee is the cause of your insomnia, skip that last cup of coffee and get some sleep. You can have all the coffee you can drink when you wake up in the morning after a long night’s sleep.
