The headaches begin today...
Jun. 23rd, 2003 11:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miriam_eI've decided to give up caffeine.
The headaches will start today and probably extend into tomorrow. I can expect to feel like I have a bad 'flu, with sore skin and the rest of it. I'm gonna stay mostly in bed and try to sleep thru the worst of it.
Caffeine is a much worse drug than is generally considered.
I can look forward to being a lot more alert in the future, especially in the morning, and copping far fewer headaches. I've noticed when I've been caffeine-free for long stretches before that I can go for ages without any headaches at all. When I drink caffeine headaches become a common fact of life.
What usually gets me back onto coffee is if I have to stay up all night in a rush job for something. Then, of course, I need it for the presentation the next day. In such cases I'm usually in some daily kind of job and need it to remain on top of things for the rest of the week. By the time the weekend comes I don't feel like losing it to headaches and sleep, so I continue with the caffeine. Hooked again. You'd think I'd learn, huh.
So I am gonna try to stay away from it this time.
The headaches will start today and probably extend into tomorrow. I can expect to feel like I have a bad 'flu, with sore skin and the rest of it. I'm gonna stay mostly in bed and try to sleep thru the worst of it.
Caffeine is a much worse drug than is generally considered.
I can look forward to being a lot more alert in the future, especially in the morning, and copping far fewer headaches. I've noticed when I've been caffeine-free for long stretches before that I can go for ages without any headaches at all. When I drink caffeine headaches become a common fact of life.
What usually gets me back onto coffee is if I have to stay up all night in a rush job for something. Then, of course, I need it for the presentation the next day. In such cases I'm usually in some daily kind of job and need it to remain on top of things for the rest of the week. By the time the weekend comes I don't feel like losing it to headaches and sleep, so I continue with the caffeine. Hooked again. You'd think I'd learn, huh.
So I am gonna try to stay away from it this time.
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Caffeine
Date: 2003-06-23 11:09 pm (UTC)I have an interesting relationship with caffiene. I can drink cola and/or energy drinks to put me to sleep at night.
Until the other day I didn't like coffee - see my post on Vanilla flavoured coffee. but that one cup of coffee gave me far more of a caffiene hit than I notice off cola or energy drinks. And a resulting headache, so i'm saving that one for special occasions...
I don't know that i could cut the cola and energy drinks out of my diet, but I only drink herbal tea so that's easy enough.
Its a hard thing to do though. Hope it goes well for you.
Re: Caffeine
Date: 2003-06-26 07:15 am (UTC)I'm past the headache stage now, and my memory seems back on track... more or less... now, what was I talking about? heheheh
Re: Caffeine
Date: 2003-06-27 08:41 am (UTC)Am glad you ar epast the headaches though.
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Date: 2003-06-28 05:57 pm (UTC)The caffeine itself didn't seem to fog me. It was when I stopped using caffeine that I had trouble with my memory. I have never noticed that before, but then on previous occasions I would simply dose myself up with painkillers and sleep my way thru the caffeine withdrawal. By the time I got past that bad stuff I guess my memory would be back to normal. This was the first time I've tried it without painkillers. And it will be the last, I can tell you!
:)