I have one cup of coffee in the morning, not particularly strong or large (prob 6 ounces) with unsweetened almond or coconut milk. Later in the day, I will drink Yerba Mate if I feel like I need more pep. Often I will have a cup of green tea with lemon in the afternoon if I am sleepy. Sometimes I will drink unsweetened black iced tea around lunchtime, but this is infrequent and mostly in the summer.
So overall it's not that much, though it is coming from a variety of sources. If I accidentally get a coffee from a coffee shop that is too strong then I am WIRED for hours
. Also if I drink coffee after around noon, I won't be able to sleep at night (crazy but I have tested it - a cup of green tea doesn't affect me that way but I also wouldn't drink that in the evening).
I wish I could give up caffeine! It affects me unpredictably - sometimes making me jittery and spacey... but alternatively, I am headache-y and spacey without it.
I am very sensitive to caffeine withdrawal. I have gone off completely several times. It is a week+ long process with blinding headaches.
BUT I decided (partly based on previous debates on 3fc) that caffeine is OK. I just wish I wasn't *addicted* to it. It stinks when traveling or taking fasting blood tests that I am dependent on my morning boost...