Well, it turns out that sipping sweet tea (caffeinated) from fast-food establishments from early morning until late night is not good for the mental health.
The amount of tea had sort of crept up on me. I did know that I was buying it by the gallon.
It took a doctor to tell me that caffeine is a depressant and undoes the good that serotonin-encouraging drugs do.
By the gallon!!!
And so on Tuesday I went off the stuff. I cut down to a modest cup of home-brew in the mornings...and no more. Practically cold turkey--in keeping with the holiday.
The transition hasn't been as bad as I'd expected: I wake up with a headache, take a couple of Tylenol and then in twenty minutes I'm okay. At some point, the headaches will likely stop.
In the meantime I've discovered faintly-flavored water. Pas si mal, as the French say. Not so bad.
And I'm relieved to discover the ridiculously simple cause of the blues that kept threatening to recur.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
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