Can you go through withdrawal like you can from other addictions?
I stopped drinking energy drinks & I've been very sluggish & irritatable lately. I also have a pounding headache that won't go away.
I usually drink 3 a day to keep going.
Quitting smoking was easier than this is gonna be I can feel it.
Caffeine is defiantly a drug. Like other drugs, it has potent and harmful side effects, including heart arrhythmias. 3 energy drinks a day is a lot of caffeine.
Coffee is normally not my thing, but sometimes when I am tired on a travel or in a duty I like it. On a travel I like ecpresso coffee, it is strong and quick to drink. In duty I like bad filter coffee, the badder the better. Then I know that I hate it and that I want to come home to drink my black Darjeeling tea. I admit that I am a tea drinker most of all.
Couldn't get to sleep til 1am. I thought no caffeine would make sleep come easier.
And I have to work today. FML
EDIT: water it is
I have no money to get tea til Next fracking Monday.
Any advice how to make the headaches go away at least?
and if you are looking for tea: try Celestial Seasonings Sleepytyme Extra - it has Valerian Root in it which helps you sleep...make sure you get the "Extra" the regular "Sleepytyme" does not have Valerian. You may find it in a grocery store but best bet might be a health food store and they might also have alternative tea products...
Ok I got Lipton 100% pure green tea and it's actually helping.
I drank my last soda today & had plenty of water.
Maybe life is worth living.
You can get bad headaches trying to kick caffeine, but you have to drink a lot to get that reliant.
Lipton makes some fruity white teas, like blueberry pomegranate and a peach one. They taste better than green tea, and have much less caffeine than coffee. Good way to ease off.
How are you doing? No judgment either way.
Totally kicked my dependency on energy drinks, those are gone.
Seriously reduced my soda intake. I've gone from about 10 cans/bottles a day to 1 every 3 or 4 days. My next goal is to kick that habit too.
Always have a bottle of water close at hand.
Still have the green tea my friend gave me that I drink on occasion but I've never been a big tea drinker.
I am glad to hear you are doing this. You will feel so much better. I realized too that my caffeine intake was affecting my moods more than I realized. I do drink green tea/white/red teas but I rarely drink black. Are you feeling better yet?
No headaches anymore & my sleeping is normal.
Besides a stuffy nose I am 100%
You can do it. Taper the caffeine. I went through a double espresso phase and I felt horrible for a few days when I stopped. Headaches and like you said and irritable. Lots of water to flush your system and you can do this. You can.
