Chocolate Addiction; Withdrawal symptoms???

It might be a caffeine withdrawal. Chocolate has caffeine in it and if your used to consuming a lot that could be the problem. I drank 2 cups a day after my son was born and he started getting reflux symptoms so I had to stop cold turkey. I felt like I had the flu for a few days, horrible headaches and body aches. Best of luck with your chocolate detox!

The same thing happened to me when I gave up soda a month ago. I was grouchy, and had headaches a lot and got tired often. If you feel drained of energy, try drinking green tea with honey (or without. your choice) and I found that also got rid of the headaches. Be sure to drink a lot of water too.

I think you're having symptoms of withdrawal!
I like chocolate candy, too, but I don't like the sugar content.
I don't want to use up my carb allowance on empty calories.

So my way around this problem is to resist buying commercial chocolate products.
I make a 'freezer candy' by mixing a half-ounce of a bar
of 100% cocoa baking chocolate into 2 tablespoons
of melted coconut oil or unsalted butter, with some artificial sweetener.
Spoon the mixture into the dividers of an ice cube tray,
and put it the freezer for 30 minutes or so to harden.

Eat as many portions as your fat allowance permits.
The carbs are negligible.

You stopped eating chocolate, but are you eating enough calories in the rest of the day?
I get those symptoms when I have been undereating, or eating not enough carbs.

have a look at a website called radiant recovery. They have plenty of info which shows why some people get addicted to sugar and others don't it also gives tips to getting your body off the stuff and how to protect yourself. Well worth a read.

I'm a mass sweet tooth, trust me it gets easier!!
If I get a little craving now (not HALF as bad as I was! I used to always need some kind of chocolate creation after dinner) I make muffins with blueberries / raspberries / bananas and some chocolate chips in them. Coconut oil in there also gives it a sweet kick without adding a lot of sugar.
Your body will learn to love the more natural sugars eventually!

Measure out a reasonable portion of chocolate that fits into your calories for the day, put the rest away, and then eat your portion. Chocolate is not bad for you and there is no reason to never eat it again for the rest of your life. Even if you did 'succeed' what have you accomplished?

Yep. My bet is your missing the caffeine as well.

QFT, have you thought about switching to dark chocolate and eating that in moderation? No reason to give up one of natures greatest gifts.

Dear Dat Panna,

I just thought sharing my issues with chocolate may be helpful.

OK I have 2 auto-immune diseases....the 1st being Central Sensitization, which turns the sympathetic nervous system on ALL the time (this is our flight or fight response)....amongst other stuff it causes cortisol levels to be constantly raised and left long enough will affect internal organs. The 2nd is Lupus....newly diagnosed May 2013.

Now with that background out of the way I was always sensitive to chocolate/sugar (other than natural fruits...even had to be careful with the amount consumed) and booze. Enough was never enough. Post ingestion I would be edgy, prone to over-reacting, dips in mood (OK one minute, teary the next) and then there were the headaches, which eventually deteriorated to migraines. Now I have developed these health issues....the whole chocolate, sugar, booze issue is MUCH more profound.

Look my situation is unique......but so many times these genuine enquiries and personal experiences of unusual reactions to foods turn into a bun-fight.....and that isn't fair. In regards to reactions to foods often we are unique. There may be little or no diagnostic evidence that medicine can show us to explain why or how we feel the way we do. That lack of evidence shouldn't deter someone from conducting the experiment on themselves to see if they actually do FEEL better and lose the problematic symptoms they are having. It isn't as tho you are going to have a nutritional crisis cutting these things back or out completely.

For me it has taken me a long, long time to get to the point where I don't feel liking I'm missing out or caving in to societal pressure that comes with the idea that, "This food/drink won't hurt you....just have a whatever portion you're allowed, put the rest away and don't deprive yourself." Also with this comes the warnings that this decision is unsustainable and life will now be lacking in some way or another. The rigidity of such a mindset can be very difficult to cope with.

For many people, including those that have been kind enough and brave enough to respond to this question; we do know that it is a problem for us, whether it's a trigger, leading to a binge, headaches, hungover feelings, major dip in energy levels, whatever.

Good Luck.

Dark chocolate is actually healthy for you. Get a chocolate with a high cocoa quality like 70%.