Why can’t you drink coffee indefinitely to stay awake?

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If it blocks adenosine, why can’t it block it forever? What process stops it from working over and over?

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Sleep debt continuously builds and eventually your body accumulates more adenosine and receptors than the caffeine, or any other chemical, can keep up with.

The accumulated adenosine neurotransmitters will bind to the receptors and drowsiness and then sleep will set in.

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