COFFEE COME-DOWN
I’m off the coffees. Had a few too many on a daily basis with some unpleasent side effects so I’ve jacked it in for january (note to self - campaign idea for giving something up - jackitinjanuary.com).
Just About Coffee report that:
On the negative side are the medical descriptions of the familiar “coffee nerves.” The heavy coffee drinker may suffer from chronic anxiety, a sort of “coffee come-down,” and may be restless and irritable. Insomnia and even twitching muscles and diarrhea may be among the effects. Very large doses of caffeine, the equivalent of about ten cups of strong coffee drunk in a row, produce toxic effects: vomiting, fever, chills, and mental confusion. In enormous doses caffeine is, quite literally, deadly. The lethal dose of caffeine in humans is estimated at about ten grams, or the equivalent of consuming 100 cups of coffee in one sitting.