Caffeine Detox Time

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Steedie said:
Not at all. The UK version has 42mg in a 330ml can, that's hardly lots.
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Just saw this! You're assuming someone is drinking the UK recipe version. I'm assuming my local dealer isn't supplying me that from the fact that there's no English on the cans :p I think for some reason that the UK version does contain less, although 42mg is still a reasonable amount!
 
I’ve cut coffee completely from my diet. And I find drifting off to sleep a lot easier now. :)

When I was a heavy drinker (4 cups a day with two scoops of freeze dried coffee in each cup) I’d often find the clock coming up to midnight and still feeling too awake to drift off.

The only caffeine I take in now is the occasional Coke now and again.
 
So I've been slowly drinking more caffeine again. It started on a holiday with the family and daily trips to Starbucks and I thought why not I'm on holiday. This didn't have much impact on my IBS so I gave myself the green light. I've been using pre-workout supplements with about 200mg caffeine to fuel my workouts and that is going well. I have noticed my IBS is flaring again recently which could be a number of things I'm eating. So decided today to cut out any supplements and caffeine as well to see how that impacts me.

I really like how I feel when my body isn't dependant on caffeine, but I also love the buzz and how it helps in the gym.
 
There may be a connection between coffee consumption and a slowing of dementia development. There's no concrete connection yet, but enough indicators to keep me drinking coffee even if I didn't need it to help mask sleep deprivation... which is probably a factor in accelerated dementia. Might be healthier to get more sleep and drink less coffee, but what we want in life and what we get are two different things! :-)
 
I'm intrigued by caffeine addiction. I drink coffee occasionally, but more because of the rep it has. If I am tired or want to stay awake, I'd make myself a coffee, however I would feel no change to how I felt. Right now, I feel really lethargic having been sat at a desk all day, if I make a coffee I know I will feel no different. Can bodies be immune from caffeine or is it just because I don't drink enough?

The last place I worked people couldn't perform without having their morning coffee, I couldn't understand it.
 
Andybtsn said:
I'm intrigued by caffeine addiction. I drink coffee occasionally, but more because of the rep it has. If I am tired or want to stay awake, I'd make myself a coffee, however I would feel no change to how I felt. Right now, I feel really lethargic having been sat at a desk all day, if I make a coffee I know I will feel no different. Can bodies be immune from caffeine or is it just because I don't drink enough?

The last place I worked people couldn't perform without having their morning coffee, I couldn't understand it.
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Yes people metabolism caffeine differently. I am sensitive to caffeine so I feel a big hit/buzz, where as I know some friends don't and not because they are seasoned drinkers.
 
Caffeine withdrawal headaches are horrible and very common/standard. It's why I'll cut back but I won't ever stop with caffeine. I have to balance the risk of headaches, with the regular consumption, with the overdoing it and getting wobbly/high-strung.
 
I used to work in an office and for 10-15 years I would drink around 6-8 cups of coffee a day.

I'm now working self-employed and I'm outside all the time. I haven't drunk coffee since my career change 6 months ago as it's just not there for me to drink.

I have not noticed a difference at all. I've just completely forgotten about coffee and as a result I don't crave it or seemingly need it.
 
After experiencing difficulty staying asleep and some increased anxiety levels in recent times I've decided to give it another go and taper myself off of caffeine. Similarly I have increased sweating in the afternoon, especially in the face, which I'd like to see if it's anything to do with my caffeine intake.

In the last two weeks I've gone from 3 coffees in the morning, to 2 coffees, to 1 coffee, and now I'm on decaf today.

Tomorrow - tying in nicely with the calendar month of October - will hopefully be the start of being coffee free (caffeine is difficult to remove entirely due to what it's found in, noticeably chocolate which I love. I'll do my best to lower my dosage of that too).

I'm hoping I can achieve this level of energy as the mornings are becoming more and more difficult:

LiE said:
I feel amazing! My energy levels are consistent and mornings no longer suck. The biggest surprise was I was up at 5am a couple Monday's ago, watching GoT, went to the gym by 7am, then came home and did a full day of work and didn't once feel tired.
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I ditched the coffee for about a week, had terrible headaches on and off for a few days.
Now I try to not have coffee on subsequent days in the week and only 1 day.
Switched to tea for my daily cuppa Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
 
Reading back through this thread has been useful in seeing how my past detoxes have gone. Looks like 10 days is the sweet spot. The other thing that the thread has made clear is that I do need to cycle caffeine after a while, I don't think I could be caffeine free for life.

I've been having caffeine daily for a while now and I've been enjoying it. My tolerance has gone up to a level where I'm no longer feeling the high/mood boosting effects. Today is day 1 coming off caffeine to reset my tolerance.

Bring on the headaches and crushing tiredness. I'm hoping my gym sessions will mitigate these a little.
 
So the detox I did in Jan was good, it gave me back some of the benefits of caffeine but it started to creep again to terrible levels. Double shot coffees were now the normal, sometimes a can of monster zero at 9.30am, pre-workout scoops getting a little more heaped and some days a pre-workout and a can of monster or 2 x monster.

Today is day 3 of zero caffeine. Withdrawal has been OK as I tapered down things before I quit. I still feel pretty tired and "flat" but my body will come back into balance soon. Cravings are strong, my body wants some caffeine to clear my head. Instead I'm crying into my hot mug of peppermint tea T_T
 
I've considered doing one of these as usually I have 2 coffees and about 3 or 4 teas a day. Just seems like quite a lot but I wonder whether other people have more without any issue.

I do find that I can't get on at work in the morning unless I've had a coffee :(
 
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