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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Depends on the person. I used to get a splitting headache after ~36 hours of not drinking coffee (i.e. sunday mornings) and would be useless for that day until everything was fine again Monday morning for work. Took me a while to realize it was caffeine withdrawal.

[–] REDACTED -3 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

At that point I might do a full medical checkup. If it's so easy to get headaches and become "useless" for the day just because of coffee, that sounds like something else is going on in your body that makes you extra suspecible to these things, but I'm no medical professional, it just sounds extreme/rare to me, something worth checking out

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Folks who drink coffee consistently are likely perpetually dehydrated and get worse sleep on average cuz they use the coffee to counteract the effects of less sleep daily.

[–] REDACTED -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Coffee literally hydrates you. The fact that you believe a popular myth makes me assume you don't really understand coffee.

The worse sleep is a fair argument, but coffee drinkers generally live by a golden rule - no coffee 6 hours before bed.

EDIT: Ffs Lemmy, it really isn't that hard to search and learn something new instead of just downvotting.

Moderate coffee consumption hydrates you similarly to water, debunking the myth that its diuretic effect causes dehydration. While caffeine is a mild diuretic, the high water content in coffee outweighs this effect. Daily coffee drinkers develop a tolerance, allowing coffee to contribute effectively to daily fluid needs.

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