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post #1 of 46
2/5/10 at 4:51am
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Is anybody here addicted to caffeine?? Details pls...

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post #2 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:10am
I used to be and kicked the habit a little over a year ago. Cold turkey.

That was a nasty one, for sure. I felt like death on a biscuit for about four days, then there was a sudden clarity and I felt great. Didn't expect withdrawal to be so bad, either. After spending four years of drinking heavily (or, as some call it, "undergrad"), I went cold turkey. That was a breeze. Every so often I'd crave beer and I'd stop and tell myself 'no' and find something else to do.

But caffeine gave me headaches, assorted pains and more than a bit of irratibility. It was miserable. But it's been great since. My sleep dramatically improved and I feel great in the morning. My sleep schedule normalized and I can pull off late nights with no problem.

Funny, because I expected the opposite. I figured I'd be drowsy all morning and sleepy in the evenings. But that didn't happen and it worked out really well.

If you're willing to subject yourself to a few days of withdrawal, I recommend getting off caffeine. You'll feel great.

Yes, I do miss having a hot cup of coffee in the morning. But the cravings aren't that bad and I've come to appreciate water that much more.
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post #3 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:19am
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coffeine actually helps me with headaches though (I think).

btw what are you doing up at this time? and what does "felt like death" mean?
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post #4 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:25am
I used to be, there for several years i was drinking far too much mountain dew for my own good. But then when i decided to join the air force, i realized i wouldnt want to go through withdrawls while at basic training, so a month before hand i quit cold turkey, and like UE said, i spent like a week pretty much asleep the whole time, and when i wasnt sleeping, i was pretty irratable, and not good tempered. Now i have soda periodically, like only when i go out to eat, and even then only a couple glasses. I can really tell that im healthier drinking water more often now.
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post #5 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:27am
Funny that this thread should pop up now, considering I quit drinking coffee around 4 or 5 days ago. I found that coffee was destroying my sleep patterns and was making my anxiety even worse.
Already my sleep has corrected itself, and my anxiety has decreased dramatically.
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post #6 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:57am
i drink once a day after lunch...does it qualify as addiction?
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post #7 of 46
2/5/10 at 5:59am
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Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 View Post
i drink once a day after lunch...does it qualify as addiction?
lol unfortunately not i was drinking at least a 2 liter a day
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post #8 of 46
2/5/10 at 6:29am
I switched to tea and never looked back. Tea > coffee.
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post #9 of 46
2/5/10 at 8:47am
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Originally Posted by gevorg View Post
I switched to tea and never looked back. Tea > coffee.
Still has the caffeine though.

I have a mild physical addiction (mild headache when a day or to without it), but a strong mental addiction.
It's simply just too good to give up, though I keep the daily intake at a moderate level.
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post #10 of 46
2/5/10 at 9:17am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post
I used to be and kicked the habit a little over a year ago. Cold turkey.

That was a nasty one, for sure. I felt like death on a biscuit for about four days, then there was a sudden clarity and I felt great. Didn't expect withdrawal to be so bad, either. After spending four years of drinking heavily (or, as some call it, "undergrad"), I went cold turkey. That was a breeze. Every so often I'd crave beer and I'd stop and tell myself 'no' and find something else to do.

But caffeine gave me headaches, assorted pains and more than a bit of irratibility. It was miserable. But it's been great since. My sleep dramatically improved and I feel great in the morning. My sleep schedule normalized and I can pull off late nights with no problem.

Funny, because I expected the opposite. I figured I'd be drowsy all morning and sleepy in the evenings. But that didn't happen and it worked out really well.

If you're willing to subject yourself to a few days of withdrawal, I recommend getting off caffeine. You'll feel great.

Yes, I do miss having a hot cup of coffee in the morning. But the cravings aren't that bad and I've come to appreciate water that much more.
I feel exactly the same way. I had a bad addiction via coffee back in college which I was able to get over with little trouble. Problem is I was also badly addicted all through college and the next 2 years (midway through 2009)on soda. I used to have the exact same symptoms you did, and felt like hell when I dropped soda cold turkey. Now I drink maybe a can a month at most and I feel much better.
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post #11 of 46
2/5/10 at 9:48am
im not any more but i used to be

like if i went more than a couple hours without a coffee i got really snipy, really really snipy, with people.
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post #12 of 46
2/5/10 at 10:59am
I quit caffeine cold turkey for about 3 months a few years ago. I was drinking about 8/9 cups a day, and pretty non-functional without it. I gave up not only coffee and tea, but cola and chocolate as well. For a few days I felt really *sadface*, but then I could feel myself being a bit healthier, sleeping better and generally having more (and more reliable) energy throughout the day. After a few weeks though, this wore off, and I felt just the same again.

The first cup of coffee to break my caffeine-sabbatical hit me very hard. I was buzzing for ages.
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post #13 of 46
2/5/10 at 11:34am
what me addicted to caffeine nope not me I'm not gotta do something oh wait no not that guess I'll no wait a minute coffee yeah more coffee oh it's too hot cool off with Mtn. Dew wow yummy oh coffee is good now yum now what was I saying .... oh look a chicken
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post #14 of 46
2/5/10 at 11:58am
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Originally Posted by d3adeyes View Post
what me addicted to caffeine nope not me I'm not gotta do something oh wait no not that guess I'll no wait a minute coffee yeah more coffee oh it's too hot cool off with Mtn. Dew wow yummy oh coffee is good now yum now what was I saying .... oh look a chicken
Are you sure you're not addicted to something else?
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post #15 of 46
2/5/10 at 12:06pm
I drink only 12-16oz, bu I do so every day. I think the caffeine was going ashes to ashes on my arse, so I try only to drink when I need to do serious studying or homework.
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