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Anti-caffeine bloggers are so annoying. There is nothing wrong with caffeine, it pretty much drives the modern world. Caffeine is a highly successful and safe nootropic and I'm convinced that people who tell you to stop it are the same people who would tell you to stop masturbating, or to take cold showers, or to sleep without a mattress.

There is no good reason to stop caffeine. If you want an extra boost, just drink more! Duh!

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Successful? Yes. Safe? Not for everyone.

Repeated studies show caffeine to increase panic and anxiety symptoms in people with depression, panic disorder, and related mood disorders.

I stopped taking caffeine when my psychiatrist told me it was contributing to my anxiety problems. Went from several sleepless nights per week to falling asleep at the same (reasonable) hour every night.

Masturbation changes your testostron levels, so I some cases that might be beneficial. Cold showers influence your metabolic rate, so they can help with weightloss.

Sleeping on the floor may be better for your back, but honestly I don't know.

If you want to speak "honestly" . . . everything you just said was pulled out of your ass.

Cold showers may influence metabolic rate but their most pronounced effect is that they make you want to avoid taking a shower, resulting in stinky, anxious, unhappy people.

Masturbating is so much fun than any health benefits or detriments are irrelevant. It increases quality of life.

There seem to be genetic variances in how well you deal with caffeine. Some people definitely have problems with it. 23andMe claims a slightly increased risk for heart attacks for me in relation to caffeine, though I don't think it is so bad. But I do have a problem with caffeine. (According to 23andMe, I am a slow caffeine metabolizer - I suppose that means that I can't gulp down 8 cups without side effects, like some people claim doing).

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