Soooo sleepy today. I'm at a loss to explain why. Sure, I had some trouble getting to sleep last night; I got up around midnight to eat some pineapple and read a bit before trying again. I didn't check the time, but it must have been before 1:00 am. Getting up at 7:00 might not quite be a full night's sleep, but I shouldn't be groggy like this. I haven't been performing mighty labors recently, nor getting an excess of fresh air and sunlight. (A day of hiking puts me right out.) I haven't had any caffeine for two days, since we need to get groceries, but I'm not a heavy drinker anyway, so that can't be it.
Or can it?
Like I said, I'm not a heavy drinker; I usually have a mug of tea with breakfast or some Pepsi with lunch, sometimes both. But never after 6:00pm, never second cups, and no coffee or Jolt or similarly heavy stuff. Some days I skip caffeine entirely, if it's one of those natural high-energy days with plenty of sun.
On the other hand, thinking about it now, I can imagine drinking a glass of pop. Pepsi sounds very good. Caffeine-free Pepsi doesn't, especially. And there's the headache.
If I've got this right, and am not buying somebody's quackery, migraines are not merely intense headaches; indeed, they can be quite mild. Rather, migraines are caused by an entirely different set of symptoms, most notably low blood pressure in the head. Vasoconstrictors, like caffeine, often relieve them. I've had a headache since last night that won't go away, even with aspirin ? and I take aspirin so rarely that I have no built-up resistance; one tablet clears up just about anything.
It's DT's! I'm a junkie! Ahhhh!
Okay, Mike. Deep, healing breaths. That's better.
Just a reminder, I suppose, of what we burden ourselves with, the habits we develop, the hot coals we heap on our own heads. I don't like the idea of depending on any chemical, (That's why I resist taking aspirin, among other things.) but somehow, I think eliminating caffeine from my life would have more negatives than positives.
Besides, I can quit at any time.