cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · edit-24 days agoWhy does a small amount of caffeine sometimes make you want to nap and actually make your sleep more refreshing?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareWhy does a small amount of caffeine sometimes make you want to nap and actually make your sleep more refreshing?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · edit-24 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoOh. Easy. Biphasic dose response. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749113004235 Also known as hormesis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis Small/normal doses of cannabis can perk you up. Large ones sedate. Reasonable doses of alcohol give party energy. Larger ones make you go to bed. Same with caffeine. And everything, really.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoVery cool, I’ll be spending more time meditating on this answer later :)
Oh. Easy.
Biphasic dose response.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749113004235
Also known as hormesis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis
Small/normal doses of cannabis can perk you up. Large ones sedate. Reasonable doses of alcohol give party energy. Larger ones make you go to bed.
Same with caffeine.
And everything, really.
Very cool, I’ll be spending more time meditating on this answer later :)