Addicted to Caffeine and Diet Soda?

girl i understand 100%! i was addicted to sun drop and have drank it ALL MY LIFE!! when i was younger i would drink diet sun drop but then as i got older and got out on my own i went to the reg. i got scared the last time i went to the doctor because the doctor thought she had found a lump in my breast. it really upset me and had me worried for weeks until i could get in to do an ultrasound. i was blessed to find out it was nothing other than some tissue that had "thickened" because of my caffeine intake. well that was enough to cause me to cut back. since may 1st i haven't had ANY caffeine!!! it's been very hard and the first two weeks were the hardest. Week one was a constant headache and week two was me just trying to fight the urge. I still want one every once in a while just for the simple fact that i really love the way sun drop tastes. but i've been drinking straight water or juice and i've also got some of the little MIO flavor drop things that i add in my water to help out with the taste when i want something with a little more flavor. I hope it gets easier for you! i'll keep you in my thoughts because i know it's hard!

I love diet soda! Although, I did decide to cut out diet soda a few months ago, because I was drinking way too much. I actually find that I have a ton more energy now, than I did when drinking the diet soda, but it took a few weeks for my body to adjust. I cut soda out gradually and I think that helped with any withdrawl symptoms. It is really hard though those first few weeks. Now I just have a morning coffee and I am fine for the rest of the day. Its nice waking up in the morning and not having that feeling that I need a soda. I still have a diet soda a couple times a week if I am really craving one.

My addiction is Diet Mt Dew. I was drinking a 12 pack a day. Now I am down to 1 or 2 . I just read an article yesterday about the side effects of aspartame. It was very interesting. I was shocked to see the list of bad things that is does to our bodies. Did it make me want to stop drinking my Dt Dew? NO WAY

i'm a diet coke and diet dr. pepper fiend! i know that i'll never completely stop drinking them but getting it down to a manageable amount is definitely in the cards. trying to supplement with yummy flavored seltzers and that's helping a bit

I am down to 1 can of Dr Pepper a day but I was most def an addict! One thing I did since I realized it was more the fizzy I missed was to alternate water with a 5 calorie flavor packet with cranberry or grape juice mixed with sparkling seltzer water. It's cheap but you get that soda feeling when you drink it. It's a nice break from water sometimes.

I start my day off with a pot of coffee, then once I get to work, I will drink coffee until 10 or 11, then its diet coke/pepsi until bed time. Funny though, if I drink coffee in the afternoon, I have trouble falling asleep at night, but I drink diet coke/pepsi until I turn the light out.

Coke, the regular stuff. One a day. I know its not good for me but it is alot better than the 6+ I used to have daily
As long as it fits in my limits

oh and those crazy knuckle heads who say just to drop it its like, bad for you have clearly never had a caffeine withdrawal migraine. those are just awful as awful gets.

I was. Not the diet soda part, but the caffeine part. Its a very, very hard thing to let go of. Last year ( 2011) my new years resolution was to give up soda, and all carbonated beverages. So its been almost 18 months now without any. This years has been a bit tougher. I gave up Starbucks.. ( its ok....) I was horrible with it. I was going at least every other day, if not every day.. So its been 7 months now for that. The first two weeks are the hardest part, but...I feel so much better after giving up the soda. I don't have stomach pains anymore, my teeth are better, food tastes better too ( not sure why...) And as far as giving up starbucks? Im not wasting money anymore. My husband bought me a Kurig last christmas, so I have coffee from there now, in the morning. Good luck, don't beat yourself up about it. You don't have to go cold turkey like I did. It was just something I wanted to do... Now Im working on paying more attention to myself so I can finally acheive my goals.

I drink diet mountain dew and diet dr. pepper at least once a day, usually twice. I buy one 16 or 32 oz drink at work, but once that's gone, I switch to water. Then when I get home, I'll usually have a can. Sometimes I don't finish it. I've dramatically upped my water intake, and I don't believe the hype about diet soda. The science just isn't there yet. However I DO know soda (diet or not) leaches calcium from my bones, so I take a calcium supplement.

I don't drink any coffee, ever.

I went from drinking ALOT of Diet Coke on a daily basis to 1-2 cans. I never drank water, it was all diet soda.

When I first started this journey and knew I needed to start drinking water, I stopped drinking Diet Coke and replaced it instead with tea. I still got my caffeine (so no withdrawal headache) and I was drinking water. I slowly replaced the tea with plain bottled water (I prefer the taste of bottled water vs. tap). Once I had it under control (drinking nothing but water every day) I realized I missed my Diet Cokes first thing in the morning. Now, I bring 1 can with me to have with breakfast. The rest of the day (unless I go out for lunch) I drink water.

I am always so freaking tired that now I have a 5 hour energy each day as well. This helps me feel like I can "manage" my day without curling up in the fetal position under my desk to take a nap.

I was addicted to caffeine to the point where if I didn't have it, I would get massive headaches throughout the day. When I lost my job, I cut back to 1 cup of coffee a day but even then if I didn't have it, I would still get the headaches. I decided to pretty much give it up cold turkey and I'm happy to say that I'm now 1 week coffee free. I occasionally will have an iced tea with dinner but my body doesn't rely on it to keep me awake anymore. Since I have MVP, caffeine isn't good for me anyway so I feel much better without it and drink water instead.

I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke, but it's not like it was helping me lose weight. My physician (German-trained, very no-nonsense) told me I needed to stop drinking it because it was essentially messing up my metabolism. She said that she would rather that I drink 1-2 cups of black coffee per day (maybe with a bit of skim milk) for the caffeine than ever drink soda (diet or otherwise). I still drink a couple of Diet Cokes per week, but it doesn't even taste very good to me anymore.

I gave up caffeine and Diet Coke in one fell swoop about two years ago. (It was also helpful that due to a kidney disorder, I am not allowed to drink caffeine anymore under doctors orders.) It took about two weeks to get over the addiction.

I still crave the bubbly feeling from soda and have found a great way to get that feeling. I drink carbonated water with a packet of Crystal Light. (When I'm feeling particularly silly, I use the Crystal Light Orange Juice Mix with the Seltzer Water and pretend it's a Mimosa)

hope that makes some sense!!