Let's talk about caffeine...

I drink about 12 oz of cold brew when I get up. I then drink caffeinated iced tea all day long and into the night. I never drink water because our well water tastes like butt and I feel guilty buying bottled water. Brita filtered water doesn’t taste good to me either. If I get really thirsty, I drink a can or two of plain seltzer. I never have trouble sleeping.

Long ago, Diet Coke was my poison of choice. It was my morning drink (a large cup) and also my lunch time drink. I would have it at dinner time if we went out to eat. Now, I drink either cold green tea or a cold brew, about 8-10 ounces, in the morning. And then at lunch I'll have an iced tea. I don't drink caffeine after about 2PM. I haven't noticed any problems or changes in my sleeping. I stopped drinking caffeine later in the day more because of my GERD. I did go about 2 months without any caffeine at all. I did have headaches and brain fog for about a week.

I have 2-5 glasses of unsweetened iced tea a day and usually one large fountain diet Coke, plus water at bedtime and after exercise.

I should drink more water and less tea but I like tea.

Decades ago I used to drink 3-4 cans of Barq’s root beer a day. At one point I decided all that caffeine probably was a bad idea (plus I didn’t like how caramel coloring in soda was staining my teeth) so I switched to Sprite. I quit cold turkey and had one massive headache for about two weeks straight but I powered through because I was determined to give it up. Other than trying one “health drink” years later that DH convinced me to try (I only tasted it, it was awful, and I had to look at the VERY fine print to find out that it was loaded with caffeine) I haven’t had anything with caffeine in it since. 

I still get tired in the afternoon sometimes but that’s mostly due to not sleeping well at night more than anything. Daytime tiredness can also be due to dehydration so if you’re not getting enough water during the day that could be part of the problem.

My only source of caffeine is chocolate. I gave up soft drinks entirely 12 years ago and haven't had a sip since. I never really drank a lot anyway. I would open a 16 oz coke and take a few sips a day and finally throw out what was left on about the 4th day. There were two foods I loved Coke with - pizza and hamburgers - so it took awhile to stop craving a soda with those. Now I don't think about it at all.

I had no issues with stopping but as I was consuming so little anyway. I drank a lot of soda growing up. I cut back severely when losing weight my senior year in high school. I've never liked tea or coffee so I just never got hooked on caffeine.

One KCup every morning. That’s it. Once every 2 months or so we go to lunch at a local Italian restaurant that has a nice raspberry iced tea. Sometimes I order that.

That’s the only caffeine I consume. Mostly I drink water plain or with some flavor added. I also drink caffeine free Diet Coke. It’s my biggest weakness.

Trace amounts in the green tea that I have daily and that’s it. I gave up caffeine about 10 years ago and don’t regret it a bit.

Is your crash after lunch? It could be a spike in your blood glucose after eating. That’s hard to avoid if you are sensitive to it and unmedicated. There’s a reason why a lot of cultures embrace an afternoon sieste!

I only have one cup of coffee a day. Occasionally I will drink a bottled frap but that is rare.

I open 1-2 cans of Mtn Dew per day, and drink about half of each can. I use a caffeinated energy drink as a chaser when I do whiskey shots, so a few swallows once or twice a month. I don’t drink coffee.

Caffeine doesn’t keep me awake, but I do use it as an energy boost sometimes.

Many see tea as water because it is made with water! My cardiologist and nutritionist said to count any tea I drink towards my daily intake 😁

I have two cups of coffee in the morning and have had that habit virtually my entire adult life. Always caffeinated. Never decaf.

I don't drink sodas of any sort. Never really have. Just don't care for them.

I will occasionally have "sweet tea" (what we southerners call iced tea) with a lunch or dinner meal away from home -- maybe twice a week?

I can have coffee after dinner at night without it bothering me at bedtime, but I rarely opt for that evening cup unless it's been a very fancy meal. Some nights I will do a late night cup of tea before bed and that doesn't bother me either.

One cup caffeinated in the morning plus one cup decaf. I used to drink several cups of caffeinated per day with no discernible effects for most of my life, but as I’ve gotten older and my blood pressure started going up, I cut back. 

Spongemom Scrappants,We must be twins 😂

I drink hot tea. Usually 2-4 cups a day. With milk and sugar in it. Black tea only, no flavored tea.
I used to drink 6-8 cups a day, but cut back a few years ago, trying to have less sugar.

I've been drinking hot tea since I was about 2-3 years old (my grandmother gave it to me, back then). 
Hot tea has always been a part of my daily life. 
If I go more than 9-10-ish hours without a cup of hot tea, then I start to get a headache from not having hot tea(caffeine).

For me personally..... a cup of tea and quiet time, is necessary part of my self care.