Caffine Withdrawal

SPG · 12 Mar 2017 at 18:52

Coffee is 1-2 days, its been proven in a couple of studies that`s all it takes folks.

Rest is in the mind, get some moral fibre

Glaucus · 12 Mar 2017 at 18:57

its hell, happenes every time i give up caffeine. Migrane tablets i find are the only thing that takes the pain away.

A2Z · 12 Mar 2017 at 18:58

Never drink coffee, but I do/did have slight addictions to other things, and I find the first 3 days of stopping are the worst, after that it gets easier.

neil_g · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:50

People want to give up caffeine?

That's crazy talk.

SPG · 12 Mar 2017 at 20:24

neil_g said:
People want to give up caffeine?

That's crazy talk.

Well not caffeine.... Its in Tea as well.

Coffee is nice mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

scritchyrat · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:09

Life without tea is a life not worth living. I'll suffer the addition if it means going without.

Jamesyboyjim · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:14

I drink a good 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day at work, not anywhere near as much on the weekends, there are days when I haven't had a coffee all Saturday morning and I'll be a bit short with my missus without even realising, she'll tell me to have a coffee and to make her one, usually after this I'm really happy again so it would seem I get a big grumpy but I don't ever knowingly feel tired from not drinking one or get headaches or any other symptoms.

Freefaller · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:15

It's a thing, just like any drug.

But I need it.

EVERY DAY!

I did give up caffeine for Lent last year - it was hell initially but actually turned out okay in the end. But I realised how much I love coffee.

Glaucus · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:16

Jamesyboyjim said:
I get a big grumpy but I don't ever knowingly feel tired from not drinking one or get headaches or any other symptoms.

if you've barely gone for a day without it, then its not surprising that you don't get a headache, although not everyone does anyway.
when you give it up, you realise how tiered you are on caffeine and how poor the sleep is.

mattyg · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:17

Are you replacing the fluid your not getting from the coffee with water or anything as it sounds like you could be dehydrated

tom_e · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:17

I don't drink tea or coffee but I have worked up to consuming 400mg of caffeine in a working day over the last couple of weeks, so it's now time to tough it out and stop or else it'll be 600mg in another week or 2!

Jamesyboyjim · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:21

Glaucus said:
if you've barely gone for a day without it, then its not surprising that you don't get a headache, although not everyone does anyway.
when you give it up, you realise how tiered you are on caffeine and how poor the sleep is.

I may have to experiment then! Not sure I can give it up just yet though

how long before it really starts to leave your system?

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:22

Drink water and you'll get over it. Now man up.

tom_e · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:25

Jamesyboyjim said:
I may have to experiment then! Not sure I can give it up just yet though how long before it really starts to leave your system?

The half life is around 6 hours IIRC so it's actually out of your system pretty quickly but it can take a week to 10 days for the general rubbish feeling to subside.

Glaucus · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:26

Jamesyboyjim said:
I may have to experiment then! Not sure I can give it up just yet though how long before it really starts to leave your system?

Depends, I find I don't have headaches till at least 36hrs after, and after a week or so just feel better and more rested. For me at least giving up caffeine is hell. But its in such tasty drinks, which is why i always end up going back and then having to quit again. Rinse and repeat.

ebilcake · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:31

Nope, I can drink 8+ cups some days and other days barely anything with caffeine, makes very little difference to me.

I just like the taste.

TS7 · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:34

Yea it is a thing; I used to work with a lady who used to drink a minimum of 2litres of coke per day along with about 5 coffees. She decided to cut out the coke completely and reduce the coffee and went through pretty major withdrawals.

mattyg · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:36

I have 2 sugars in my coffee, Its that,that worries me the most...........Not the ten cups a day

ebilcake · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:38

TS7 said:
Yea it is a thing; I used to work with a lady who used to drink a minimum of 2litres of coke per day along with about 5 coffees. She decided to cut out the coke completely and reduce the coffee and went through pretty major withdrawals.

Lots of caffeine in soft drinks, far more than most people realize, also aspartame doesn't do you any good either, two litres a day is just insane.

TS7 · 13 Mar 2017 at 16:42

ebilcake said:
Lots of caffeine in soft drinks, far more than most people realize, also aspartame doesn't do you any good either, two litres a day is just insane.

It really was shocking when I first started as for me Coke has always been an occasional drink not a fundamental part of my daily intake. She used to come in with a bottle each day and had a 24 pack of cans under her desk just in case. Nuts.