Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

[Spenner]

Re: Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

It sure is a catalyst for aggressiveness depending on the person that's for sure. My workplace had a coffee drink fountain pretty well and it was intimidating to not be over stimulated like everyone else .__.

[SCWolf]

Re: Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

you already have anger issues

Ok no it doesn't, the person does, I get it.

[Reach]

Re: Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

I don't think there is any link between caffeine and aggression. I tried looking up studies and the two I could find showed caffeine decreased aggressive behaviors.

Caffeine isn't even a potent stimulant, it antagonizes adenosine which means it keeps you from feeling tired more so than stimulating you. This ends up promoting the release of some neurotransmitters and stimulating various nervous centers to increase heart rate etc but I really fail to see any reason why this drug would make people more aggressive.

If you can find further readings though I'd be glad to read them.

[contrapatior]

Re: Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

so that explains the caffeine crash?

[Reach]

Re: Caffefine, a modern day poison or a sweet elixir of energy?

Yeah. Once the antagonism wears off adenosine is free to bind to the receptors and can cause a crash.

Unless you take a huge dosage of caffeine or you're new to it, you really shouldn't get much of a 'hit' or rush from drinking a coffee. The primary effect is that you won't feel drowsy or like you're falling asleep anymore, because it binds to adenosine receptors blocking their action.

As such, even a little bit of caffeine can be bad before you want to go to bed, since you certainly won't feel energized but at the same time won't be able to fall asleep.

But its actual stimulant effects on the ANS are very mild compared to many other stimulants and I fail to see how it could possibly have any causal link with aggression.