Guest guest Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Has anyone ever heard or experienced coffee making you sleepy? I had a high protein, low carb breakfast and now feel like I am ready to crash. I will eliminate the carbs tomorrow and see if I feel better, but I am beginning to wonder if it could be the coffee that makes me sleepy. Most drugs make me sleepy. Wine makes me very sleepy. Is there something in coffee that could make some people sleepy? I only had 1/4 piece of whole wheat toast for breakfast. Thanks for your consideration! Warmest regards, Debra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Debra, coffee makes me sleepy as well. I used to work night shifts and drank a lot of coffee or took caffeeine pills to help stay awake. This was years ago and i remember that I got extremely sleepy on coffee. this still happens. As far as I know it has to do with coffee exhausting your adrenals, so you may get a kick when you first drink coffee but rather then giving real energy it "fakes" and robbs your essence causing fatigue. Claudia. - dagnyspy Has anyone ever heard or experienced coffee making you sleepy? I had a high protein, low carb breakfast and now feel like I am ready to crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 I have had experiences with wheat making me sleepy and with various drugs that are supposed to make me sleepy making me stay awake, so I would say it is possible. Consider the amount of fat in the breakfast; too much fat is good for a snooze. Darla On 7/11/05, dagnyspy <dagnyspy wrote: > Has anyone ever heard or experienced coffee making you sleepy? I had a high > > protein, low carb breakfast and now feel like I am ready to crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Claudia, I think, I will try to go without tomorrow and see if I get sleepy. In a message dated 7/12/2005 12:17:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dragonette775 writes: Debra, coffee makes me sleepy as well. I used to work night shifts and drank a lot of coffee or took caffeeine pills to help stay awake. Claudia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 its probably hypoglycemia coffee has an adrenergic activity, and raises blood sugar while decreasing insulin-sensitivity it may give you more energy initially, but this can be followed by a dramatic lowering of blood sugar due to a compensatory secretion of insulin - this can cause the sleepiness, as well as jitteriness and irritability coffee also stimulates gastric emptying, and this will increase blood sugars quickly todd caldecott Caldecott todd www.toddcaldecott.com On 12-Jul-05, at 3:11 AM, ayurveda wrote: > Coffee > > Has anyone ever heard or experienced coffee making you sleepy? I had a high protein, low carb breakfast and now feel like I am ready to crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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