Coffee used to be enough but now I feel like I need something extra. Five year old was up at 5 AM and wouldn't go back to sleep. Had three cups of coffee and I'm still running on fumes at 2 PM. Do you guys switch to energy drinks or am I just getting old?
Five AM crew is brutal. I'd stick with coffee over energy drinks though, at least it won't mess with your sleep more than you already are.
Coffee is my religion but honestly at some point it just stops working. I've been there with the early mornings. Might be time to accept you're just running on fumes for a bit.
You might just be hitting that wall where no amount of caffeine helps. Grab it where you can and try to get to bed early tonight.
Energy drinks hit different when you're running on fumes but they'll destroy your sleep cycle and then you need them more. It's a trap. Stick with coffee and maybe look at why your five year old is waking at 5 - is that normal for him or did something change?
I went hard on energy drinks for a while and honestly it just made me more jittery and crashed harder. Switched back to coffee and now I actually try to get to bed earlier when I can. Coffee usually does the job if I'm actually rested.
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Coffee black, no sugar. That's my answer. But if you're feeling like you need MORE than you used to, that might be worth paying attention to. Are you getting decent sleep at all? A 5am wake-up is brutal.