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I almost always have a cup of coffee right before starting work!

Posted By: Jo on 2007-08-13
In Reply to: I find lotsa CAFFEINE gets me focused & read to go. - Flibertygibbit - nm

Sometimes I even have another one mid-shift for a pick up!


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It gives me tons of energy so I don't need as much coffee!
hah, i guess that'd probably work better than coffee alright!!
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A coffee pot. No more instant coffee!!! :-) nm
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Yes, me since 2006, so I'm starting

to be an old pro at trying to make ends meet. Hang in there. I doubt it can get any worse????


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Tell me point A to B, where starting and where ending?
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Age of starting depends on a lot of things sm
My husband's cousin started when she was 10 while my niece, who is 6 months older than her, did not start until she was 13. Family genetics make a difference; if her mother was younger, she would likely be younger. Body fat makes a big difference also. DH's cousin is not fat but a little chunky while my niece is very slim. My own DD is 11 and has not started yet and is built more like my niece.

As far as what to have on hand, I would ask her mother what they have at home so she has what she is used to there.
Glad he's starting to act like a human being. :D nm
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The recommended starting dosage for adults is 25 mg (sm)
3 to 4 x daily with a maximum of 150 mg daily.  The medication is prescribed for depression, but with alot of those antidepressants, they are also prescribed for their sedative effect, and thus also prescribed for insomnia.  Pamelor has been around a long time, and in my last 10 years of transcribing, don't recall any physician prescribing it as a sleep aid.  The usual standard now seems to be trazodone, starting dose 50, but may increase in increments of 50 mg up a max of 300.  I am not questioning your doctor's reasoning for prescribing this, I just find it unusual.  I would not be concerned about increasing the dose you are taking.  Most medications, in order to cause deliterious and life-threating potential, need to be taken 30x the normal prescribing dose.  Hope you feel better. 
it's okay, none taken, I feel bad for accusing you of starting trouble.
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Coffee, coffee and more coffee.
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Why does she see have a cup of coffee with her
hubby each morning you ask?  BECAUSE THAT IS THE KEY TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE!  Always have a cup of coffee with your husband before he leaves for work because you can always go back to bed!  This was told to me by a woman I worked with that was passed down from her mother.  Staying in bed back in those days (before women worked outside of the home) was considered lazy.  I always get up and have a cup of coffee with my husband, and I see the kids off to school.  I can always go back to bed, but I don't.  I just start typing, which usually leads to laundry, more typing, straightening up the house, more typing, trolling this board, more typing, petting the cat, more typing, and then more COFFEE!!!!!  lol  Have fun! 
oh but I think we DO get together for coffee...s/m

virtually/cyberly speaking, that is *grin*



 


Coffee for four?

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Thanks for your nice comments!     


don't be shy, just tell him so over a cup of coffee that you asked him out for.
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I'm 50 and coffee was my eye opener. Don't

know what happened, but it doesn't work for me anymore.  I sleep anywhere from 6 to 8 hours and that doesn't help.  Can't seem to concentrate on work either.  LOL - Yikes, I"m a mess


RE: Need a new coffee maker
Capresso brand, either at Linens and Things, Bed, Bath and Beyond. Purchased mine at Neiman Marcus $160....absolutely worth every cented drop! It's a thermal carafe type so you never have burnt coffee taste. Always keeps coffee perfect temp, first cup to the last.
PS. RE: Need a new coffee maker
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This morning before my first cup of coffee

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Coffee cups. nm
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champagne. Tea or coffee?
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