Caffeine withdrawal = belief in a soul?

Thanks to Kim the Health Lady, I have a pretty whomping level of caffeine withdrawal. I’m down from my morning routine of 1/5 cups on waking and a Venti Redeye from Starbucks at 7:30am, to a cup of green tea on waking (after the 32ounces of lemon water, fo course) followed by another cup of green tea around 7:30. That’s about a 85 – 90% reduction in caffeine.

The center of my brain is working perfectly. Or rather, the place in my head where I hear my own thoughts is functioning at full speed. But when I try to express these things to the people around me, something gets lost in the process. It’s like there’s an enforced distance between me internally, me externally, and whoever I’m trying to talk to.

Is this a vastly reduced version of what it’s like for Alzheimer’s patients? I always thought of it as a crumbling of consciousness…. But maybe it’s more of a Pulling Back.