Caffeine Intake Reduction and Feeling Tired
The series of studies have been taken recently to define the connection between constant consumption of caffeine. They determined high risk factors for organisms’ wellbeing. Caffeine is one of the most used drugs in the planet. The wide range of different drugs contains caffeine even if they are not associated directly with this component, such as OTC stimulants and combination analgesics. Caffeine can also be found in tea or coke. Therefore, it can be seen that this drug plays important role in the life of contemporary society. This issue deserves special attention.
The close connection between the constant stresses and loss of strength on one side and caffeine consumption has been supported by the multiple researches. Moreover, the theoretical background supports the development of the research. The main concept here is the emergence of habit (Peacock, Bland, Anderson, 1995). The caffeine consumption and abuse is one of the main public habits. It is important factor that impact the environment in the causation of psychological and physiological disorders. To underline the importance of caffeine abuse as the main factor of the increased stress and tiredness it is possible to underline the works of Janet Peacock that used unifactorial analysis to demonstrated the connection between caffeine intake and unusually early births that are widespread among people of the third class.
Therefore, research of the behavior modification of an individual that is impacted by the caffeine intake represents serious importance for contemporary communication studies as it gives ability to define the main factors that reshape individual’s character and give ability to define the stress losses that occur when the caffeine intake is periodical. The pharmacological effects of the caffeine intake that impact behavior modification is regarded by J. Murdoch Ritchie in Goodman’s and Gilman’s Pharmacology Text (Ritchie, 1975), where he claims that caffeine seriously affects central nervous system. Moreover, the effect is also produced on muscles and gastric secretion. The serious harm produced in these organs negatively affects general wellbeing and behavior.
The method that can be implemented in order to decrease the tiredness is negative reinforcement. This method proposes to take away the negative outcomes and therefore increase the response of the individual.
Negative response requires serious personal self-control and further analysis of outcomes of the caffeine intake. Scientific investigation of caffeine reinforcement though the observation and analysis of the drinking preferences or behavior and mood during the low caffeine intake is perfectly analyzed in the work of Rogers, Richardson and Elliman (1995). Individuals that were taking low-caffeine drinks, changes their attitude to these drinks and their tastes changed seriously. Moreover, the positive changes occurred in their personal behavior. In contrast to that, the caffeine drinkers demonstrated strong dislike towards the drinks with law caffeine level. Their mood lowered and they began to have the overnight caffeine abstinence (Rogers, Richardson, Elliman, 1995).
However, it is interesting to underline that the caffeine consumers’ behavior seriously improved, became livelier and clear headed after the next caffeine intake. In contrast to that, the behavior of those people, who stopped intake caffeine, had behavior improvements without outside influence.
Therefore, the behavior modification occurred with the usage of this method and the outcome was positive. The caffeine intake made people tired, unenthusiastic and stressed. At the same time, the individuals that stopped this harmful habit seriously improved their health that also impacted their psychological stance and behavior. Their character also became more open, live and active (Orbeta, Overpeck, Ramcharran, Kogan, Ledsky, 1996).
Caffeine is an excellent example that demonstrates all the positive and negative effects of drug abuse. First, it stimulates higher levels of the central nervous system, then it gets to cortex and medulla and in the end the impact occurs in spinal cord, especially if the caffeine amount is high. The stimulation of the cortex has positive result as it increases the thinking abilities (Hughes, Oliveto, 1997). However, the effect disappears within several hours and the contrast is serious enough to stimulate the emergence of the series of psychological problems.
The organism reacts immediately on high caffeine doses. In case an individual drinks two or three cups of coffee, it can provoke the emergence of hyperesthesia and discomfort in sensory sensation. These processes result in the series of outside effects. The powerful impact on the central nervous system reflects the lower energy level, constant stresses provoked by the lack of additional stimulation. Behavior also changes: people become less active and more tired and irritated. The lack of additional caffeine support reflects the faster loss of strengths and constant fatigue (Griffiths, Chausmer, 2000).
The stimulation of CNS is flowed by the formation of depression, even when caffeine doses are comparatively small. Therefore, even one cup of coffee can develop serious psychological disorders. Constant caffeine intake is extremely harmful and the behavior modification is negative for the majority of individuals.
The possible solution to this problem is the implementation of the negative reinforcement method. The serious lowering the level of caffeine in the individual’s everyday rations results in the serious improvement of behavior and overall wellbeing. Organism gets used to autonomic work and supports the coordinated work of CNS (Dunham, 1971).
This method shows the contrast between two behavior types of the people that intake caffeine and the ones that stop this consumption. It can be stated that behavior modification occurs when people start drinking low-level caffeine drinks that impacts their health, both physiological and psychological. It also stimulates the development of more living and active character. The strength loss decreases as well, people do not feel so tried and the stress disappears. Therefore, it can be stated that caffeine consumption is a serious problem for the contemporary society that has to be solved with the implementation of the effective psychological methods that can help to get rid of this drug abuse.
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