Caffeine with drawl

don't give in and have the caffeine... once you get past this, you will feel so much better. You can see now that caffeine is a drug and clearly not good for you!!
drink lots of water... this will pass...
good luck!

caffeine free since July 2007!!!

Is there a "real" reason you have cut out coffee completely? I have yet to drop coffee - nor will I. I have lost 10 lbs since starting MFP , which includes my morning coffee. OK-perhaps you drank ++++ quantity , but I am not sure why you feel the need to give it up.?
I do not mean to sound rude ..I really am curious as to why you feel you must give it up?

I agree. This is a normal process and something you'll just have to push through while your body gets used to having less caffine. Just keep telling yourself that the headaches are worth the ache to have a healthier you! :-)

Good luck!

Hang in there!! I have been caffeine free since my second child....that was ten years ago.....

I have a huge headache....

ugh!

Nothing I do seems to help.

I have laid my head down for as long as I can here at work.

I have taken some Aleve (all I had)

any other suggestions?

Did you quit cold turkey? Thats really hard to do. You'll be headachy for a day or two, and than you'll be fine. I wean myself off it over the course of a week. The cup gets smaller and smaller, than I don't drink the whole thing, until one day, I'm off coffee.

When I started this diet over two weeks ago I loved sodas and drank about 2 or more a day. I had the biggest headache for about two days once I decided to quit. It's been 20 days now and I have stayed strong. It will pass trust me and it's so worth it!

I used to drink 3 mt. Dew's a day and I would get awful headaches if I did not have one by noon. When i tired to quit cold turkey the withdrawal hit me like a migraine by 3:00 I could not deal with light, sound, or motion, and I was literally praying to the porcelin gods. Needless to say my husband made me drink a dew take a nap and I felt better but still headachey. This was with 3 aleve already in me now. I spoke with my dr about it and she suggested cutting back first it was 2 a day for 2 days then 1 a day for 2 days then 4 oz. for 1 or 2 days then I was done. Barely any headaches and if I felt one coming on one Aleve took care of the problem. 3 weeks later I really do not even like the taste of Mt. Dew any more, how I drank it for 17 years I have no idea. Moral of the story is if you are truly addicted you need to slowly cut back especially if you are a person prone to headaches and migraines like myself. Also measure out 80z. of soda and not a can or plastic bottle you'll automatically drink less. Though I have to agree with the poster who said it's no big deal to have a bit of caffine each day if you limit it. I had to simply because I need to break the dew habit with all the sugar and corn syrup.

Thanks for posting your experience. I had read that dropping a little each day was the way to do it without so many adverse side affects, but it's good to hear that you agree that that is the best approach. Although I tend to avoid caffeine because of its extreme affect on me, my husband is a caffeine drinker from morning to night. He also has diabetes, and I'm not sure, but I think caffeine is discouraged if you have blood sugar issues. Anyway, I wish he would cut back. I'll be sharing your story with him... Thanks again for the post.

My doctor told me to use decaf and he said the best way to wean yourself off regular was to use regular and decaf together. Gradually decrease the amount of regular over a 4 week period and you won't get the headaches. I didn't. I used 1 scoop (from slimfast)of regular coffee before I began. So I divided it by 1/4 each week till I was using all decaf. By the way caffeine is a stimulant and gives you energy but the Doctor says it is and appetite increaser. I always thought it was supposed to help control your appetite but he informed me that I was wrong.