Pure conjectural or anecdotal but it is my intuition that there is something to it
EDIT: My running theory is related to hormesis or tolerance where the body produces an opposite effect to the ligand to maintain homeostasis and there is not a sufficient dose of the exogenous drug taken to override the body’s compensatory reaction
So even tho caffeine is a stimulant (adenosine antagonist) it actually causes the body to produce the opposite reaction, causing the reverse effect of making you sleepy
I feel like there’s different sorts of ‘tired’, and caffeine only interacts with one of them. I’ve had some crazy dreams from caffeine naps
different kinds of tired
Can you described some of these, intrigued
Oh. Easy.
Biphasic dose response.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749113004235
Also known as hormesis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis
Small/normal doses of cannabis can perk you up. Large ones sedate. Reasonable doses of alcohol give party energy. Larger ones make you go to bed.
Same with caffeine.
And everything, really.
Very cool, I’ll be spending more time meditating on this answer later :)
IIRC it takes about 30ish minutes for caffeine to “kick in”. So if you have a bit, then take a nap, it can give you a nice 20ish minute power nap, then naturally wake you up so you don’t feel groggy. The key is to be able to fall asleep quickly enough to have a decent power nap before it kicks in.
This restonates ;)
