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Re: Quitting Caffeine

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Post by swah »

grp wrote: post #179
costcopizza wrote: post #130

I love coffee-- the smell, the ritual, the taste, but even 1 cup turns my anxiety from a normal 2/10 to a 7/10. On top of that I don't even feel more focused or productive from caffeine. Actually I get easily overwhelmed and rather indecisive. My brain is not made for stimulants, as adderall makes me tired. I'm going to try taking theanine with a cup tomorrow, if that doesn't improve things then I'm off caffeine for…

Same reasons why I quit coffee 7 years ago. It's not even hard. Coffee is only useful for zombies.

I love the taste, and even the most popular drink around here ("mate") has caffeine. So quitting would be hard.

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Post by tchaffee »

pluma wrote: post #185
tchaffee wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get those symptoms from coffee. I don't eat processed sugar and I mostly avoid other carbs during the work week. When I don't drink coffee I don't need an afternoon nap. But I like both coffee and naps so I often have coffee.

Do you put sugar in your coffee, though?

Quoting myself from my original comment "I don't eat processed sugar".

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Post by ttonkytonk »

As for the "wildly varying amounts of caffeine", for purposes of not exceeding 400 mg/day,I have settled on what I saw on the side of a can of coffee that one tablespoon of the average coffee has 63 mg of caffeine in it. Would love to see a precise, detailed breakdown of caffeine content and variances in coffee, tea etc.

Re: Quitting Caffeine

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Post by uptownfunk »

swah wrote: post #330
uptownfunk wrote: post #269

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly I was getting into a lot of fights with my wife (then girlfriend) and I was trying to figure out the cause. I was taking 20 units of upper div math at Berkeley and coffee is just part of the culture (see Erdos). I was more of a green tea or Yerba guy, but I eventually pinpointed it to the caffeine. It saved our relationship, and lucky for me too.. she's one of the good ones. Caffeine urges me to jump on my i…

So you didn't start meditation or something at the same moment?

I was doing a little yoga and pranayama, but that's about it. But I had been doing that for about a year before I quit. So nothing really changed in that regard..

I also started and stopped coffee a couple times before really quitting and the anger/irritability came right back like clockwork every time I started drinking again..

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Post by tekromancr »

JohnBooty wrote: post #208
tekromancr wrote: post #16

I have a lot of problems trying to quit caffeine. Ever since I was a young child, they gave me really powerful amphetamines to get me to focus. Then when I turned 18 it became much more difficult to obtain. In the US, Ritalin/dexadrine/adderall are all class II controlled substances with similar restrictions to cocaine or fentynal, so in order to get it I would need to have a doctor's appointment every month, which w…

I have tried not drinking any, but the inability to focus and headaches mean that trying to cutback seriously puts my job at risk. Hey, I've been there. How do you consume your caffeine? Black coffee or something else? If you're drinking coffees with a bunch of cream and sugar, or energy drinks, you're addicted to both caffeine and sugar. Try quitting one at a time. Slowly switch to unsweetened tea/coffee so that you…

My drink of choice is sugar free monsters, so I got the sugar thing in check. Definitely a valid point, though.

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Post by mcculley »

emilecantin wrote: post #13

I drink coffee because I enjoy it, not to give me a "boost" in the morning. I limit myself to 1 large mug per day, with the (very) occasional afternoon cup. I don't notice any difference between my energy levels before / after my morning coffee, nor on days I skip it. I get a headache in the early afternoon when I skip it, though, so I'm definitely addicted. I wonder if the author's energy level issues were due to hi…

> I wonder if the author's energy level issues were due to his "ever-increasing consumption".

I'm the author. Apparently caffeine affects people in different ways.

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Post by mcculley »

dannysu wrote: post #101

I've never been on coffee. I only drink water since... forever. It is true that getting coffee is kind of a social situation. But I'm ok just getting a hot chocolate or some other drink when I'm with people. The thing about less ability to compensate lack of sleep. The way I deal with that isn't with sugar or caffeine. I just take naps. If I only got between 3-5 hours of sleep, I might need a 15-min nap but once I ge…

I'm the original author. I can't nap, unfortunately. I feel groggy after a nap and it messes up my sleep schedule. I envy those of you who can benefit from a nap.

I'll update my post to explain that.

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Post by arrty88 »

uptownfunk wrote: post #112

I've been off Caffeine for a good two years now and have no plans of going back. Life runs too fast for me on caffeine, yes I can blow through work faster, but when I was on caffeine it would feel like days, weeks, months would go by in the blink of an eye. I wasn't enjoying the moment.. and then I stopped drinking caffeine. Life became more present for me, not slower in the bad sense, but that I was able to relish e…

I don't see myself ever quitting... I only go to work for the coffee.

Re: Quitting Caffeine

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Post by bwat49 »

PacketPaul wrote: post #190

I love coffee ... when I'm addicted to caffeine. I found when I get off of caffeine my love of coffee disappears. I've been on/off caffeine numerous times. Mostly because I have a big backpack trip where obtaining caffeine is a pain. It takes exactly a week for me with days 3-6 being miserable. I feel I am not fully "there" almost as if I'm an observer in my own body. There are two advantages I see in being off caffe…

Yeah, I always loathed the taste of coffee and never understood how people drink the stuff. Now I drink it every day (mmmm caffeine)

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Post by louithethrid »

Someone i know has shizophrenia, for him, cafeein ment propelling insomnia and a infinite creation drug binge. Also a inability to socialize regularly and bursts of paranoia.

Its fascinating what this drug has created. Just look at pre cofee europe and post coffe europe. All those half thought through manifestos would have never been written if it werent for that coup burning the midnight oil.

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