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[quietann]

I seem to be on the path to quitting caffeine.

Yesterday, I drank two bottles of Diet Mountain Dew, after my BIL corrected my impressions about what was allowed on the clear liquid diet. *Coffee* is out, because it stains. Caffeine is fine.

I've had a headache all day today. Just woke up from a long nap and realized that it was because I'd had no caffeine since 8 or so last night. And it's not a terrible headache, so I'm just going to Get With The Program and see if I can quit that habit entirely.

(I have other medical reasons for doing so. Having the opportunity fall into my lap means I don't have to "make the decision" to quit.)

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i've found that overhydrating the first couple of caffeineless days helps with the headache.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Withdrawing from a diuretic means you retain fluids, and the only way to stop that is to convince the metabolism it doesn't have to. Flood.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I'm drinking lots and lots of herbal tea...

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I went cold turkey a while ago because the Dr. found some minor cysts that were due to caffeine. He said stop the caffeine, and they'll go away. It worked! no caffeine for a year, and he couldn't find them next visit.

Then when I thought back on that period of time, I realized that I slept extremely poorly for about 6 months. Eventually I put the "couldn't sleep" and "caffeine withdrawal" together.

It's a hard one to break. Those coffee and/or coca-cola executives know what they're talking about when they discuss their customers, and the need for their product.