any extreme caffeine consumers here ever give up their addiction?
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tmoneyag99 wrote: »I typically keep a cup of coffee at my desk. So I'm pretty sure I fall into the extreme category.
Anyone ever successfully quit their habit?
Sorta.
I still drink 1-3 11 oz mugs of green tea a day. Allegedly, three cups is equivalent to one cup of coffee caffeine-wise.
But I spent over eight years drinking the coffee stuff by the 10-cup carafe full, all day long. Light, medium, dark roasted, espresso, etc. - all of it. I still have a yuge collection of 32+ oz insulated travel mugs to prove it.
I traded drinking my caffeine to popping it in pill form (caffeine tablets) about seven years ago and have never looked back. On a good day I only need the one in the morning to help wake up/balance another Rx I take that predictably causes drowsiness. On a bad day, I probably take 4-5 (one every three hours).
Well, except for a bag of specialty coffee from my home state around the holidays when I can afford it and remember to order it.
But ultimately my wallet, and my teeth, thank me for the switch.
Can't stand energy drinks. To me, they uniformly taste like what I imagine baboon butt does.0 -
By the way, caffeine is used to treat headaches not cause them. That's why it's added to over the counter pain killers. The biggest reason for a caffeine-related headache is withdrawal.
That’s what I meant by after a couple days of drinking coffee, I get headaches (without the coffee). That’s why I lay off it0 -
HAHAHA no. I do try to switch to tea later in the day if i want a warm beverage but it too often has caffeine0
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I cut back after being diagnosed with breast cysts and the docs telling me excessive caffeine consumption was thought to be a contributing factor in causing them (nothing scarier than finding a lump, haha, but what a relief when it's just a cyst!). However, I still have caffeine, I have a Diet Pepsi in the mornings instead of the pot or two of coffee I used to down, and a latte in the afternoon a couple of times a week rather than the two or three per day I was drinking. I've been on lower caffeine for years now, and aside from a week of headaches when I first cut back, I haven't had any negative effects.0
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I quit drinking coffee a few years ago under the advisement of my doctor as I was struggling with stomach issues. It was really hard and it never really got easy. I felt like a drug addict craving caffeine. I went back to it after about 2 months when my stomach had healed.0
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Anyone that tries to pry my caffeine (in other words my coffee) from hands may lose and arm or two. Just sayin.0
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^^^^ That sounds like a challenge! LOL!1
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I used to drink it all day but went to half decaff & have full. when I started mfp, I learned how many calories creamer has in it, so I mixed up my coffee for the day & put just 3 creamers in it, then I started HIIT classes & after 3 months I started feeling my heart beating throughout the day. It was very uncomfortable. I had this problem, along with skipping beats10yrs ago & dr said it's from drinking too much caffeine for too long. I had to quit the HIIT classes(too much cardio) & cut way down on coffee, so now I drink it in the morning with some of my unsweetened almond milk in it & herbal tea rest of day. So sad, I hate changes of things I really enjoy, but had to be done0
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