Quitting Caffeine.

[Mike.]

Another bucket list entry.

 

My caffeine intake, is way out of hand.

 

I have quit before, after large quantities of coffee +/or caffienated soft drinks. It has been relatively easy to do, to +++ drowsiness for 2 days, with a mild headache. Tylenol will look after headache if I really have to. I have always felt better with not having the highs and lows of it.

 

I'm in the ?inevitable position, to have naps if I want to.

 

Anyone have any experiences, they wish to share?

[Tink]

I drink a maximum of 3 fully leaded drinks a day and switch to decaf after 3pm or I have disturbed sleep

[BAT]

I'm new to the brew. I quit smoking and took up coffee.

 

Side note: .... I chewed dark roast coffee beans a couple of times when I first quit and had a little want for the smoke, and it seemed to help suppress the urge. Just say'n :)

[MichelleDoesntSmoke]

Congratulations on working through that bucket list!!!!

 

I have quit caffeine a few  times in my life (only to return!) Sounds like you are having a much easier time with it than I did. The last time was the worst...I had such a debilitating headache and exhaustion that all I could do for two days was lay in bed wanting to die. After that, I was free. And it was wonderful. I could kick myself for starting again.

 

I'm going to quit it too, but I'm going to wait until I'm on solid ground with this quit. Maybe in a month or two. 

 

I hope you're doing well today. Don't give up! Think about this...you have no addictive substances going through your body AT ALL. That is AMAZING.

 

So celebrate with a cup of non caffeinated tea or something. Here, I'll clink teacups with you....**clink**

 

M

[jess]

Coffee and I are great friends. We meet every morning regardless of what is going on and enjoy each others company for awhile, go on with our day and repeat the next morning. I could never give up my steady friend.

[Frezflops]

I have 2 cups in the morning and then maybe 1 in the afternoon, I replaced the sugary pepsi drink with coffee.....I am ok with that :)

[Mike.]

Thank you, everyone.

 

I have been pretty much like all of you, 'cept the BAT! I didn't take up caffeine after quitting, that seems BAT-ackwards. lol

 

I'm pretty much like Michelle. I have quit, and after a couple of days, I suffered no negative side-effects. Only positive ones. But, something would come up, often when I am made to work 16 hours, and be back to work in 8 hours. When days like that would start to happen, I would take 6 ounces of coffee, get a real rush, and push through until I could sleep. Usually that would start a cycle of caffeine use, sometimes moderated like other's have spoken of here until I succumb to full-fledged all out, let's drink it all day. That's where I am now. Way too much. So, being that moderating it, is not something I am bent towards, I am just going to quit. I tend to be an all or nothing type. Anything worth doing, is worth over-doing. So, quitting coffee is in line with the quitting booze, drugs, smokes, extra-curricular sex, bad eating habits, (I lost 55 pounds in the last 14 months, and am now my goal weight). Again, I don't know how to moderate, over the long haul.

 

Next is keeping up with my newly started again, work-out regimes, and then the health diet my Naturopathic Doc wants me to go on. The diet is simple enough but, requires some commitment to attending to it every day, for six months. My life is in such flux right now, with moving on out of a relationship and moving, it will be difficult to always cook, while everything is all over the place. But, I am going to try to do it at the same time.

 

Quitting coffee, is easy enough.

 

Again, thanks.

[Colleen]

When I was a smoker, there was never a time I didn't have a coffee in my hands.  When I quit, I cut back quite bit to only one.  I associated coffee with smoking.  Once I became more comfy with my quit, it gradually increased.  Last October, I found myself with a concussion and post-concussive syndrome which requires me to take medication daily that for some reason makes me wake up repeatedly through the night.  I still drink coffee, but stop caffeine after 2pm.  It hasn't made any difference, but I'm being patient and hoping it eventually will.