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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/4/2006 8:28:06 AM

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Caffeine is evil. I've tried to give it up for the sake of my cystic breasts, but I just can't do it. I need the pick me up. Coffee, lattes and Lipton's iced tea. And when it's delivered in my favorite form - caramel latte poured over ice, I can't pass it up.

Itis addictive and most doctor's today will tell you to get far away from it. Does quite a bit of damage. Yet, if you're an addict waiting to happen I guess caffiene is better than something far worse.
I know that sounds heartless but I deal with a recovering addict on a daily basis. Hiding the coffee is paramount. If he drinks a pot he is as high as he would be on illegal drugs.

Onto the caramel though, that is my addiction. I actually crave caramel and will get a hot caramel sundae now and then just for the caramel fix.
Don't know what it is but I love it.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/4/2006 9:20:09 AM

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a bit offtopic, but i think i heard or read once that chocolate makes a product in the body that makes you addicted, and thats why you always want a piece more after you have eaten(right way to spell/pronounce that?) a piece..

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/4/2006 9:30:55 AM

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It's not off-topic, it's related to caffeine. If you google search "chocolate addiction", you will find a lot of information on the chemicals in chocolate and how they affect your brain and physiology. It's similar to amphetamines.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/4/2006 10:09:05 PM

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ughhhhhhhhhh

on the downside........I feel absolutly horrid

but on the upside.........it's been a whole whopping 6 days now

/bangs head down

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/5/2006 4:41:07 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: IceyOne

ughhhhhhhhhh

on the downside........I feel absolutly horrid

but on the upside.........it's been a whole whopping 6 days now

/bangs head down

Exedrine has caffiene in it in measured doses. Generally incredibly helpful for easing back/off of caffiene before trips and such in my experience since it has the same amount in each pill while just going by the size of the cup would vary depending on the beans, how it's ground, how it's breweed, etc.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/5/2006 5:32:43 PM

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Caffeine Rebound Headaches are aweful.

Honest you will live through it. I'm now going on my 8th year since the Dr's decided that I needed to be off caffeine due to migraines. Lets see my withdrawal symptoms were massive headaches, nausea, sweats and chills, and I swear my skin hurt but my doctor said there was no way for that to happen. I mean was in physical pain. Oh and lets not mention the mood swings, hell I wouldnt even call it a swing, I went from "She Who Must be Obeyed" to "She Who Must be Avoided". But after 30 days I felt human again. Even now if I accidentally get a cup of regular coffee instead of decaf I end up sick for 3 days with the Rebound Headache. But I dont have any more migraines. Lets see before I switched to DeCaf. I would get up in the morning drink a pot of coffee, then take a pot of coffee to work in my thermos, and during the day I would have 3 espresso drinks with extra shots and when I got home from work I would need a pot of coffee to go to bed.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/5/2006 11:54:16 PM

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My former secretary had a major coffee habit, too. Her doctor told her she'd might as well switch to meth... that it would be easier on her kidneys.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/8/2006 12:02:34 PM

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i'm trying to conceive right now and my DOC told me i should give up caffiene, liquor, and eat well. So, i normally had about 3 (large cups) of coffee a day. i didn't quit cold turkey heres how i did it and how i felt: went from 3 cups daily to about 2 and felt the same because i'd have one in the morning and another in mid afternoon. So no headaches. Then i cut down to one cup in the morning. OMG headaches in the afternoon. i became kinda grouchy. Then i switched from coffee to tea. Depending on how strong you brew it i was told it contained anywhere from half the caffeine to the same amount as coffee. So i just dipped in the bag long enough for the flavor to kick it. i had 2 cups a day and i did get headaches. Then i only had one cup in the morning. Then it went to forgetting to have my one cup of tea and having it maybe a few times a week. Then i quit completely. Then i cut out soda at the same time. Ok, so this process lasted about a month and a half. i was a complete bitch for about 2 weeks when switching to tea. i had major headaches and did have body aches too. Now i have no need for caffiene to function. But i still act like a caffeine addict when passing a Starbucks. i can always taste the Latte and feel the foam on my lips..LMAO!!!

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/8/2006 1:24:12 PM

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quote:

But i still act like a caffeine addict when passing a Starbucks. i can always taste the Latte and feel the foam on my lips..LMAO!!!

Yep, for me it's the caramel macchiato served over ice!

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 9:51:11 AM

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I used to drink a half gallon of iced tea a day, minimum. Gave it up years ago when trying to conceive. The headaches were unbearable so instead of going cold turkey I switched to half regular and half decaf. After a few days, 1/4 regular to 3/4 decaf. By the end of the week I was off totally.

They sell ground coffee that's half regular and half decaf. I've known several people who switch to that to still get some buzz but with lesser side effects. Even buying coffee out, you should be able to ask for half decaf.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 10:39:30 AM

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Caffeine is evil! I love it! LOL

My DH had terrible headaches for years...I was convinced it was the caffeine - and I was right. I started sneakily mixing decaf in the container, a scoop at a time until over the course of about 2 months I had him drinking full leaded to 1/4 leaded. After about 6 weeks the headaches went away. He knew I was doing it

he told me later, but started on his own trying to cut down consumption of full leaded at work & drinking so much. Now he drinks ALOT more water. We still go thru 2-3 pots here but I keep it 1/2 caff or decaff. If we take a road trip and I don't watch him like a hawk he'll get (by habit) full caff huge cups at the truck stops...and that night he has a killer headache

When I drink too much caffeine it gets to the point where I'm TIRED, not energized from it. Also alot more moody, grumpy, edgy, bitchy and don't sleep as well.

If it's killing you that bad try cutting DOWN before going cold turkey, start mixing in decaff - start upping your water and detoxifying fruits & veggies. I think when you quit any drug like this or sugar your body goes into overtime trying to throw the stuff out. The detox is what makes you sick. I can believe your joints & skin are hurting, I'm sure pockets of the stuff are stashed all over your body.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 5:08:21 PM

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Two years ago, after 30+ years of excessive (1-2 pots per day) coffee consumption, I quit cold turkey. This was upon the doc's orders.

I experienced a nasty headache and some irritability the next day, but then felt fine afterwards. After reading about the OP's suffering condition, I guess I was pretty lucky!

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 7:19:33 PM

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If it's killing you that bad try cutting DOWN before going cold turkey, start mixing in decaff - start upping your water and detoxifying fruits & veggies. I think when you quit any drug like this or sugar your body goes into overtime trying to throw the stuff out. The detox is what makes you sick. I can believe your joints & skin are hurting, I'm sure pockets of the stuff are stashed all over your body.

Recently, meaning in the past week I have read somewhere that decaf has almost as much caffiene in it as many whole caffinated products.
Really is not decaf at all in other words.
If I see it again, I'll post it. Though, I have no plans on going searching.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 8:00:33 PM

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Ok, I broke down and went to my doctor. I told him that I was trying to get off the coffee ( i don't just call it caffeine because I still drink caffeineated beverages ) All that has been happening is just from the stopping of coffee.

/hangs head low

It's been almost 2 weeks, the pain is almost, ALMOST, gone, though I still have spurts where it flairs up at the oddest times. The headaches are gone completly. But my doctor says that the worse is yet to come? He said to expect some sweats, some dillusions maybe, and some hallucinations to go along with everything else that I am feeling.

He offered me a prescription for ambien which I declined, and a prescription for vallium which I also declined. I don't want any artificial drugs helping me through this.

I am sleeping alot better since I stopped driking the coffee, though I am much more nervous and prone to violent outbursts, which I hate, since they seem to be aimed at my youngins. They tell me they understand, but it does not alleviate the guilt that I feel.

Either way, I am doing better physically, with exception to the mood swings. I just need to be able to control those now....preferabbly without the aid of prescription medication.

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 8:06:16 PM

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I used to drink a pot or two a day. I cut down to about 2-3 cups a day and my blood pressure dropped 30 points. (WOW!) It still wasn't enough though - I've been off caffienne for several months now. I still miss it terribly... but I'm no longer the monster I was for the first few weeks after each step-down.

Ah, I miss my caffienne.....

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 9:14:12 PM

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IceyOne...

I was reading through this post because it struck my intrest. I spent alot of years driving the big 18's on the open highway. Got to the point the coffee pot was my life line. Let alone the cokes. I started suffering from migraines. On the phone to Doctor mom about the problem. She sugested I back off my caffine intake. Ok I'm a stuborn shit. I couldn't decide what one to give up. Luckily Maxwell House came out with a Lite coffee... half hard .. half defcaf. When I can't find it.. I buy both and mix it well.

Upon doing so.. I found myself suffering through the lack of caffine migraines. Until I was able to stablize my system.. it was hell. I started having other pains as well. Now I'm a 3 potter a day drinker because of using half the caffine and not regular. To the point now that if I stop at a Circle K for a cup of coffee... after i'm done drinking it.. i get a head ache from having too much caffine.

As I believe it was Sub4hire stated.. caffine... like nicotine.. is a drug.. a legal drug.. but one none the less. And as with most drugs... when you have been on them for so long.. stopping all of a sudden... cold turkey... can cause some problems. Pain being one of them. it effects each person differenly.

I don't know how long ago it was you gave up caffine... but I would give a few days... week... if things don't improve.. I would seek medical attention.. because it really could be smething else that just happen to show up at the same time. In the meant time... icey/hot packs... heating pads.... hot baths and or showers... gentle massages.... allow your body to adjust to a change of habit.......

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 2/9/2006 9:17:31 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: amishbill

I used to drink a pot or two a day. I cut down to about 2-3 cups a day and my blood pressure dropped 30 points. (WOW!)

My doctor told me to stop smoking to bring my blood pressure down... i stopped one night.. went in the next day it was too high... they made me sit for 30 mins.. still to high... he told me.. go out and have a smoke.. i did this.. came back in.. my blood pressure dropped alomsot 25 points... doctor hasn't said word 1 about my smoking sense... LOL

I think i'll die if I had to give up my coffee and smokes both together... LOL... but I do try not to use both at same time.... all the time...

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 1/11/2009 4:22:31 PM

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I know this is an oldoldthread but I figured better to bring it back up than to create my own, right?

Currently I'm living back home for the rest of the week... and I'm majorly addicted to caffeine in the form of Diet Coke. I'm talking, I'd get caffeine headaches after going without for 5 or less hours while awake and the first thing I'd do when I woke up would be buy or drink some.

My parents have decided that they want to cut their caffeine down more than they have already (they switched to Half-the-Caffeine coffee a long time ago) and they decided to do it in the form of soft drinks. I was unhappy (to say the least) about this because I have never had any intention of getting 'off' caffeine (though I have been reducing the amount I take in purely for monetary reasons. I'm down about one can less than normal a day).

Well now I have no choice. They've decided they don't even want Caffeine diet coke in their house.

This may be funny, but it IS the only way that I take in caffeine. I don't like coffee (makes me sick), I don't like drinks that even contain coffee, or most other soft drinks (and those I do like are caffeine-free). My habit was enough that I would drink around 10 cans a day and also a few fountain glasses or bottles.

So here I am on day TWO of no caffeine at all (effectively cold-turkey T_T). I'm going through withdrawal very badly, I have a headache that's almost as bad as any migraine I've ever had (and my migraine meds have done nothing to help), my joints ACHE (it feels like someone is grinding them together), I'm nauseous, and my throat even hurts (and though it's NOT swollen I'm getting sensations as though it were).

Does anyone have any ideas for lessening the symptoms a little? Cold on my forehead helps the headache for a little, but it also makes the nausea worse. I'm making sure to keep hydrated and to force down some food, as well...but I just don't like feeling like this at *all*

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 1/11/2009 4:28:37 PM

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I am a heavy caffeine drinker. I pretty much drink coffee all day long. It's the only thing that keeps me going. I've tried to cut down on caffeine many times but the withdrawal just really gets to me and I can't function at all. Master has threatened at times to make me quit my addiction <shudder><cringe>

. My only suggestion is to keep hydrated, eat, keep busy, get some sleep and just wait it out. I don't know of anything else you can really do until the caffeine is out of your system completely.

I do wish you the best of luck. It's hell!

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RE: caffeine withdrawl - 1/11/2009 8:08:12 PM

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Caffeine withdrawl ~shudder~

Quitting cold turkey made me feel like (wish ) I was dying. Why, oh why, would anyone want to torture themselves that way?!

I had much better luck slowly weaning myself off. I started by drinking cokes as I normally do and keeping tabs on how much I drank in a day. From there, using a Pyrex liquid measuring cup, I started decreasing the amount by one half to one ounce every two to three days or so, gauged by the severity of any withdrawl symptoms I experienced. When I got down to one ounce, I stopped drinking them completely. It worked perfectly for me.

I'd gotten off the caffeine before becoming pregnant with my third UM, but after she was born, I went back to my cokes. Stupid, stupid, stupid *still kicking self*

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