Caffeine and shifts

I need the caffiene. Plain and simple. But...pop had the effect the above poster stated. Too much sugar..and too much weight gain. I slowly converted over to cofee with limited amount of creamer in it.

Luckily I hate soda and most sweet things. I haven't had a soda since I was about 5 years old. Just black coffee for me! Only bad thing with that is though is the staining sometimes.

I work 12 hour night shifts, four days a week, and I drink coffee from the moment I wake up until I get off work and it doesn't affect my sleeping.....I usually sleep six hours during the day, eight if I am sleeping at night. I absolutely love my coffee, but also drink iced tea, no soda.

I'm working 8-hour days and I know I'm addicted to coffee, plalin and simple. But I do feel more awake and focused, so it helps me. When I worked 12-hour shifts it was the same. Usually coffee ever four hours got me over any sluggishness.

i absolutely have to have my coffee, but i get it with skim milk and splenda instead of cream and sugar. same caffeine, not all the calories! just dont get yourself hooked on mountain dew...

I don't like coffee, and try to stay away from lots of soda. But I work Baylor night shifts so I need something to keep me going. I take NoDoze (caffeine pill), but I only need half of one to get me through the night. I've also tried those 5- hour energy drinks, and they work, too. I don't like to overdo it on the caffeine. Sometimes a big glass of water is all I need to wake up.

my black coffee, sustains me.

if i don't have it, i will withdraw.

but no more tonics or sweetened drinks for me.

i've been drinking a lot of flavored waters when i'm home.

but to function, i depend on my coffee.

my dtr works at starbucks, and brings home 1 lb/week.

leslie

Ironically, I couldn't stand coffee until I started working as a nurse......I can even drink the stuff while driving home from work and go straight to sleep! Several Tim Horton's restaurant workers in my area know exactly what I want when I pull up! As someone in one of their commercials stated, "you don't even want to see me until I've had my first cup!" Coffee is just about the only thing that keeps my coworkers and I from falling asleep on our long shifts! It gives me the extra kick in the butt to get my job done! I will admit though, that I have had dreaded palpitations from drinking too much of it:o.

I too am lost without my coffee...I drink it black mostly but a little ffmilk/sugar substitute from time to time to change it up. I totally quit for a while and found myself struggling with being sluggish and tired to the point that I just threw up my hands and said forget it....give me some coffee. I do definitely feel a difference if I overdo it with the caffeine...heart palpitations and nervousness. I try to keep it to 3-4 cups, spread out during a 12 hr shift and I don't drink any after about 5-6pm to avoid messing up sleep time. So, yeah I am a caffeine addict but there are much worse things I am thinking.

They come out with new research on caffeine all the time and most of it says that a little coffee is good for you...actually has antioxidants and health benefits....too much is not good. All things in moderation:)

I go to Starbucks and get a grande mocha cap with 3 shots of espresso (yes, 3 ). Gets me through the shift. If I don't have it I have zero energy and can't function. The only time I drink coffee is at work, 2- 3 days a week so I don't feel that I have to worry about those dreaded caffeine headaches.

Me without coffee in the am at work is like watching the Exorcist.