• XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Is that your experience when you have it in the morning or is it used to stave off sleepiness later in the day/night? Because that experience sounds a bit like me with sleep deprivation. “This isn’t right” paranoia. I don’t associate it with caffeine because I know it’s masking the sleepiness and it’s the sleepiness causing the paranoia. Like one time, I got paranoid that the face in the constellation of Taurus was watching me. Totally illogical and a sign to pack it in and quit stargazing for the night.

    I’m just curious. I drink it a lot. It’s a tool. Whether it works or it’s a placebo slotted into a natural cycle, I’ll never know, because it makes me happy and I continue the routine.

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
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      12 days ago

      just whenever. i tried a glass of iced coffee in the morning for a while and that still negatively impacted me. but i also failed to mention that i am diagnosed with schizophrenia and medicated, which obviously feeds into the feeling of safety and delusory aspects.