Can Caffeine make you MORE tired?

You develop a tolerance and then it takes more to make you feel awake.

I think that if you get used to the caffeine in it you can become accustomed to it and therefore it have no effect on you what so ever. I know that I was like that with Coca Cola drinks, but I haven't drank that in awhile so now Coffee gives me a bit of a pick me up.

yup I have had that happen not sure that it is the coffee tho. I ge tthat washed out feeling just all of a sudden whooshhhhhhh I am done in and have to take a nap right then. funny feeling like that.

Just like with most addictive substances, and as a sel proclaimed coffee-o-holic I know this lol, once the effect wears off your body crashes. I found an interesting article about it here. http://health.howstuffworks.com/caffeine4.htm

Caffeine does not wake me up, that's for sure. I don't know if it can make you more tired or not. The only caffeine I take in is in chocolate or the occasional soda pop. I don't drink coffee really so I am sorry I guess I can't say one way or the other. Have a nice day and happy myLotting!!!

Sometimes that is true for my wife. It does not wake me up either. I don't know, I just drink an occasional espresso every now and then but it never really wakes me up. I know that is what caffeine is supposed to do but I have never seen that happen.

yes it does, caffeine perks you up for a period of about 20 minutes then it causes you to crash, there has been numerous studies done on this. That is why doctors tell you if you feel tired eat an apple or an orange, it will give you vitamins and strength and you won't crash 20 minutes afterwards.

Coffee always has that effect on me. Maybe not first thing in the morning perhaps but it doesn't stimulate me either...it's my choice of drink throughout the day and even before bedtime. I have always looked forward to coffee breaks at work but there was never any jolt to perk me up. I'm not sleeping well at the moment, in fact some nights I cannot sleep at all. I have tried not having coffee after my dinner but it makes no difference. In seems that I can at least sleep a little if I DO have a cuppa.

I think it probably can, it depends on how your system is wired. Think of those people with ADD or ADHD--the meds they are given are stimulants yet it calms them down and allows them to focus because they are wired differently. Try drinking decaffeinated if you can and see if you get the same reaction. Maybe try some chamomile tea that relaxes most people and see if it gives you some pep instead!

Of course I love coffee, but sometimes I don't understand the effects it had on me. There were times that after drinking coffee, I got nervous for nothing specific reason. Sometimes I don't. There maybe some compound in the coffee that trigger those. Anyways, I still love coffee.

I do not drink coffe, but my husband does. He is always complaining about being tired. I always question him on this, because he hasn't done anything to make him tired. Now, that you have started this discussion, I am wondering if him being tired all of the time is due to the coffee. He drinks about three cups a day.

You are not alone. Caffeine is apt to make me tired too. After 2 or 3 cups, I've even had to take a nap before. Murphy's law says that if I can't sleep at night and have a couple of cups of coffee to make me tired...that I'd then probably bounce off the walls.

Hi, By any chance, do U have problem in Thyroid? If yes, taking Caffeine(any form) will make U tired, instead of Cheering! Get T3,T4,TSH checked. =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

caffeine affects people in different ways. I've worked coffee for 5+ years and I notice it in each customer. I personally get sleepy. I dont drink coffee regularly as it is. But there are days i'm at the peak of exhaustion and drink coffee and get nothin, or a nice swift kick in the sleepy pants lol. your not strange or anything or wierd so dont think that. its like people who drink coffee and are wired for 2 days just from one cup (my friends mom). Its more of a case by case. It's more of the stigmatism attached that its all about waking you up in the morning. dang those pesky commercials. :D

It depends. If am I extremely tired then coffee will not have any effect on me, but if I am only mildly tired, then it will perk me up for about an hour or two.

I drink coffee all day and it does not keep me awake. I drink a mug of creamy coffee before I go to bed and I sleep like a log so I also think it just makes me sleepy.

That does happen. There are some people that caffeine does not work and you may be one of those people. I am the same. Maybe we are just weird, needing what makes us drowsy to keep us awake. I find that after I have some booze, I am fully awake. Weird isn't it? Or maybe I am not drinking Starbucks coffee. I heard that that is so strong it can keep anybody awake.

Oh yes, unfortunately it can. I try to drink only one serving of caffeine a day, usually a coke. But sometimes I go for another one, and if I drink too much, I crash. I get tired and irritable. Too much caffeine does have the opposite of the desired effect.

Caffeine provides energy for the first while after It is drank but after a while it wears off and you end being more tired that you were!

I think it depends on the individual. It must act in some like ridulin does in the hyperactive child. It also causes hardening of the arteries so who is to say??!! All these in small amounts though.