Coffee Withdrawal???? WTF????

Heh, pretty normal reaction.

It's the caffeine you're addicted to.

brainstorm77 said:

Easier just to drink and enjoy it

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Word.

I think you should drink twice as much to compensate for the time you lost those 2 days.

Coffee---did someone say coffee?

Yes please

yup. if you 'cut back slowly', the headache shouldn't bother you, though.

Yeah, if you really want to cut down, start mixing in half decaf. Do that for a few days, then go to three quarters. After a few days go to straight decak (which still has a little caffeine.)

Then you can quit.

And pick it up again at your leisure.

Personally, I like coffee too much, so I just drink half-caff now.

Perks said:

Yeah, if you really want to cut down, start mixing in half decaf. Do that for a few days, then go to three quarters. After a few days go to straight decak (which still has a little caffeine.)

Then you can quit.

And pick it up again at your leisure.

Personally, I like coffee too much, so I just drink half-caff now.

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You know, they should have a quit smoking program just like that with cigarettes.

Not things like patches and pills, but actual cigarettes that you smoke until the nicotine content is zilch.

brainstorm77 said:

A while back I tried to stop drinking coffee and for two days I had the worst headache.... Needless to say I'm back to drinking it again. Has anyone else experienced this?

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When I started Atkins this happened to me. It's your body going through withdrawls basically. A few days is all it should last, then you should feel better. The interesting thing, once I was off coffee, I started dreaming.

Oh, I ditched Atkins after 2 weeks. Managed to stay off coffee for a little longer, but damn it, I love the stuff.

jennifer75 said:

When I started Atkins this happened to me. It's your body going through withdrawls basically. A few days is all it should last, then you should feel better. The interesting thing, once I was off coffee, I started dreaming.

Oh, I ditched Atkins after 2 weeks. Managed to stay off coffee for a little longer, but damn it, I love the stuff.

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I went through the same thing when I tried to start flossing. I would get these headaches and suddenly I realized that it was because I started flossing. I quickly quit that shit and have been fine ever since.

OH YEAH BABY. Major withdrawl when I don't get caffeine. blinding headaches. not good. I joke that coffee is cheaper than anti depressants, too.

I also noticed I started drinking coffee in earnest when I cut back on cocacola.

Jen what you say about cutting coffee and starting to dream is interesting. I was having trouble sleeping and started cutting caffeine off in the afternoon, only having caffiene in the mornings, and I started sleeping better. It is probably something to do with that.

If I don't get my coffee, I'm liable to kill someone . Seriously.

One time, my husband bought decaf by mistake and I didn't realize it until later that day when I started to feel really weird. I mean like REALLY WEIRD. Even bitchier than usual (and that's sayin' something). I thought I was losing my mind until I opened the closet for something and found the coffee can. Whew.

Ever since, I double check what he's bought.

Now, I double check

brainstorm77 said:

A while back I tried to stop drinking coffee and for two days I had the worst headache.... Needless to say I'm back to drinking it again. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Was it Tim Hortons coffee? I stop drinking that and I get a headache. I have 2 a day.

I'm seriously addicted. Tried many times to quit.

You can pry my coffee and my caffeine from my cold, dead fingers.

Must. Have. Coffee. Now would be nice.

sassandgroove said:

Jen what you say about cutting coffee and starting to dream is interesting. I was having trouble sleeping and started cutting caffeine off in the afternoon, only having caffiene in the mornings, and I started sleeping better. It is probably something to do with that.

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I read/or was told that you start dreaming because on the caffeine your brain is pretty much .... what's the word I'm looking for.... basically when you free your body of the caffeine, your brain works again, while you're asleep. So, coffee = no brain activity while you're asleep, no coffee = sweet dreams. Or something.

see my sig.

No more than 2 cups a day, mind. I had a third cup this morning and was bouncing off the walls, now I've crashed and would love to crawl under my desk and go to sleep.

jennifer75 said:

I read/or was told that you start dreaming because on the caffiene your brain is pretty much .... what's the word I'm looking for.... basically when you free your body of the caffiene, your brain works again, while you're asleep. So, coffee = no brain activity while you're asleep, no coffee = sweet dreams. Or something.

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but. but. but. I dream. of coffee.

Jersey Chick said:

One time, my husband bought decaf by mistake and I didn't realize it until later that day when I started to feel really weird. I mean like REALLY WEIRD. Even bitchier than usual (and that's sayin' something).

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Should have seen me on Atkins. Imagine, no caffeine and no carbs? Sheesh.

KTC said:

but. but. but. I dream. of coffee.

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I dream of Jeannie.

KTC said:

but. but. but. I dream. of coffee.

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ha!

I still dream. Weird dreams, sure, but they're dreams.

Why, just the other night, I was dreaming of... um... that is, I dreamed...


oh noes...

James81 said:

I dream of Jeannie.

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...with the light brown hair? Not me.

Why, just the other decade I had a dream about...um...er...uh. Oh noes. Maybe it's a good time to give it up?

Dreaming's overrated, anyway...