coffee addict needs help..lol

goaliema

I was just wondering if there are some successful ex-coffee drinkers. I have successfully quit cold turkey drinking diet pepsi since Feb 12. (all pop for that matter...but I was a huge diet pepsi drinker)

I need my coffee and sometimes feel that I drink way too much. I use milk and the odd time put a half sugar. But want to quit.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Goaliema

MzBug

Can't help you....I love my coffee! I did have to stop all caffeine for a couple weeks before a surgery. The easiest thing the doc suggested was the first time you get the caffeine withdrawl headache take two Excedrin (contains caffeine). When that wears off and if you still have the headache, take one Excedrine and one other non caffeinated pain reliever. After that if you still have the headache take just the non caffeinated pain reliever. I did go back to my coffee after the recovery time.

rachel0923

Why do you want to stop? I usually measure my daily consumption by the pot rather than by the cup, but I drink it black and scale back to two cups daily during pregnancy and nursing. I quit coffee once because I thought it might be more healthy or something, but after a month of constant headaches, grumpiness, and exhaustion, I decided it wasn't worth it