Talk:Caffeine dependence

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It seems like this article means well, but it sounds to me like it was written by either a high school student (this being the entire focus of the article), or by someone who does not fully understand the process of writing an article for Wikipedia.

"Caffeine addiction" is not even defined. The article focuses solely on the perception of high school students (where? in which countries? There are no sources given) drinking caffeinated and sugared beverages. While most people would say this is probably true, it doesn't really explain to the reader what caffeine addiction is, how it affects the human body, the cultural impact of caffeine addiction, the chemical and pharmacological study of caffeine addiction, etc. No studies or sources are cited on any of these topics.

I am a bit surprised this article isn't more fleshed out already. Most of us do not use methamphetamine, but the article on its effects and addictive qualities is extensive. On the other hand, most humans do consume caffeine (coffee being the most widely consumed beverage in the world, next to tea).

I think this article deserves to be included in Wikipedia, but needs a lot of work. Thank you to the original creator for getting things started. --71.37.170.2 (talk) 22:35, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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"Taking over 300mg of caffeine daily over a long period of time will overstimulate the nervous system and produce nervousness, a flushed face, muscle twitching, irregular and/or rapid heart beat (tacchycardia),rambling thoughts and speech.[citation needed]" - This is a pretty bold claim to make without any kind of citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.123.225.85 (talk) 14:51, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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I think this page needs to be merged with the Caffeine page. There is no reason to have it separate, all other drugs have the addiction section within the drug's article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.147.5.95 (talk) 01:27, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree. This also solves the problem of this being an orphaned article and should attract more attention to it so it can be improved. Stu42 (talk) 11:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Merge, OR & other problems
I agree that it should be merged with Caffeine. Additionally, I think that the article suffers from original research and problematic structure (e.g. "Caffeine's mechanism of action" is out of subject, as well as "Headaches" and "Behavioral effects"). Fot these reasons, have I just added the OR and Merge template messages. Btw, I don't understand the purpose of this one: Thanks mostly in part to Burchfield, C. Hedges, D. Mind, Brain and Drug: An Introduction to Psychopharmacology 2006, Pearson Education, Inc., pp. 144–146, & Professor James Epps, Ph.D. at USFP.--Dipa1965 (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Style/tone is clumsy and stilted
This article needs to be rewritten to sound more smooth. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 22:24, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

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Throughout the article, I was confused by the major subjects and how they did not seem to be talked about in the Lead or vise versa. Throughout the article, I added new information with their citations to add more precise definitions to the topic.

"Caffeine dependence can be determined in individuals who exhibit tolerance, withdrawal, desire, and continued problems that have known to be increased from caffeine usage."

"One area of concern that has been presented is the relationship between pregnancy and caffeine consumption. When looking at the relationship between pregnancy and caffeine, larger doses of 100mg of caffeine suggested to decrease birth length in birth. When looking at birth weight however, there was no significant difference when there was a large amount of caffeine consumed." Nicolemicha (talk) 03:52, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

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