Headaches from green tea?

shoni2122
shoni2122 Posts: 7 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone else get headaches from drinking green tea?
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    Not me. What brand are you using?

    I drink green tea from Celestial Seasonings and Whole Food's 365 store brand.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    Is it caffeinated?
  • Oneironaut
    Oneironaut Posts: 43 Member
    Stomach problems are common when drinking tea on an empty stomach, but I haven't heard of people getting headaches.
  • lifewithnicki
    lifewithnicki Posts: 5 Member
    yes i dooo!!!! and nausea but it helps if you ate something before
  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    lifewithnicki wrote: »
    yes i dooo!!!! and nausea but it helps if you ate something before

    My mom has this problem too. No idea why.
  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    Tea is a common migraine trigger, not just because of the caffeine but also because of the tannins (many people think green tea doesn't contain them but it does). You could try a herbal tisane instead.
  • Abe178
    Abe178 Posts: 8 Member
    Yes. I've had same. I stick with mint or peppermint for hot tea and have not had headaches from either. I'm pretty sensitive to different floral scents... Not sure if that's related but I've done a lot of tea trial and error.
  • SimoneBee12
    SimoneBee12 Posts: 268 Member
    Yeah, I do, not from green tea (I just don't like it), but I 100% get it from regular black tea, and most herbal teas, I have found one very specific brand of black tea that it doesn't happen with, so I just drink that, and peppermint tea. I don't know why it happens, I'm sensitive to caffeine though, so I assume it's just that.

    Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, just try to find a tea that works for you, it took me some trial and error.
  • musicandarts
    musicandarts Posts: 187 Member
    I don't have any issues with black or green teas. I also drink huge quantities of both. Perhaps you are allergic to one or more of the ingredients.
  • shoni2122
    shoni2122 Posts: 7 Member
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?
  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    UltimateRBF wrote: »
    Yes, it could be dehydrating you. Ditch this dieter tea, it's nothing more than harsh laxatives.

    This^^

    Also, "cleaning you out" is completely unrelated to burning calories and losing fat. Pointless pain that will not leave you any leaner, just badly dehydrated and possibly with severely irritated bowels.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    edited May 2015
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    That's entirely different than just drinking a regular green tea.

    This is likely a dehydration issue. Dehydration is a major migraine trigger.
  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    edited May 2015
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    I didn't even know this could be called green tea! lol

    ETA: Just avoid it, OP.
  • malkurdi
    malkurdi Posts: 1 Member
    I do have that headache when I drink green tea specially when it is heavy i.e. When the tea bag is left in my cup for a long time ... I currently have light green tea after lunch... But the question is: is it right to have green tea even if I know it will cause headache? Will it help me on my diet ?
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    Curious as to why you feel you need to clean yourself out after your last meal of the day?
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    No, in fact it's the opposite for me. If I am getting a headache, tea (or coffee) will usually make it go away.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    Think you are confused.

    If the green tea is causing you to have a migraine then why drink it?
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    999tigger wrote: »
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    Think you are confused.

    If the green tea is causing you to have a migraine then why drink it?

    Because it's 'dieter tea.' Duh. ;)
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    Why are you doing this to yourself?

    This doesn't sound like healthy behavior.

    Something you are using as a daily laxative (unnecessary and a red flag) gives you migraines. Instead of not drinking it, you take too many Excedrins to counter it?

    Why feel the need to clean yourself out?

    Why suffer with migraines?

  • SimoneBee12
    SimoneBee12 Posts: 268 Member
    999tigger wrote: »
    shoni2122 wrote: »
    I drink this dieter tea that helps clean me out after my last meal of the day. When I wake up the next morning I have migraine. I have it for days... And I take excedrin like candy!!! Maybe because the tea sucks all the water out of me. Is that possible?

    Think you are confused.

    If the green tea is causing you to have a migraine then why drink it?

    This isn't in reference to the OP's diet tea, this is just from my POV.

    Sometimes you just feeling like a nice cup of tea! I use to drink it all the time when I got headaches, luckily I found one that doesn't do it. But sometimes, you just really need a cup of tea, and the headache is worth it. However, in saying that, I have persistent tension headaches, so it doesn't make much of a difference to me.

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