Caffeine addiction

[Paul Hannan]

Has anyone else tried to give up stimulants such as coffee, tea, chocolate, coke (the popular soft drink) and energy drinks etc? I'm finding it tough to come off after 2 weeks in - it's not quitting nicotine tough (stopped smoking 10 year ago) - but I am having some nasty withdrawals such as aching limbs, cold shivers and extreme lethargy...anyone would believe it was crack I'd given up

[Brandon Woolsey]

Yeah that sucks. Caffeine withdraw gives me killer headaches for a week or so. So I still drink coffee and rockstar rehydrate energy drink. Its non carbonated and tastes like lemon lime Gatorade.

[Tim Elliott]

I drink massive amounts of coffee. My withdrawals only last a day, two at the most. Headache and lethargy. I tend not to register a lot of things. My head hurts, but I never really bother to consider why. I only noticed when my girlfriend has said "Iv got a headache, I never had a coffee today".

I only drink fresh ground coffee though. Hardly ever touch energy drinks unless Im driving and I dont touch softdrink. Just up to 5 tripple shot espressos a day. Usually two.

[Paul Hannan]

Thanks for the replies guys. It's just that I've read that caffeine and similar compounds (at fairly low doses) can lead to some serious health problems over a period of time. It also can take 2 months for the caffeine to be out of your system and for the physiological withdrawal symptoms to end. I was just curious to see waht it felt like to be completely free from all stimulants. When you consider how prevalent legal stimulants are in the modern world and the young age at which we start ingesting such substances...who knows, after the 2 months of hell, you could feel as good as Renato if all 10P students suddenly realised that they needed the gi in their lives.

[Victor Tabeling]

I tried taking vitamin B12 last weekend to give me some energy after a night of hard drinking before a wedding and maybe if you are weening yourself off of caffeine you should try to take that to give you some energy instead. 5 hour energy shots are just massive doses of the stuff, but you don't need 18000% of your daily recommended dose to get the job done.

[michael craig]

caffine wrecks havok with your metabalism too

[Scott Elkin]

I am going on my second month of no caffeine. I would drink 1 to 2 venti cups a day, but I found it to really mess with my attitude and sleep.

What helped me was to drink a lot of water and I saw a chiro/nutrionalist that prescribed supplements for me to help make up for the nutrients I was robbing my body while drinking so much sugar/caffeine.

[michael craig]

that too,,caffine robs your muscles of water and nutrients..will really make you fly into lactic acidosis

[Brandon Mccaghren]

i can always tell when i have had too many soft drinks. it really affects my stamina and my work ethic during my training.

i drink diet pepsi like it's going out of style. i know it has to be killing me. somebody, please intervene and save me. i am a slave to caffeine and aspartame. and spicy chicken sandwiches from chic-fil-a.

[Jonathan Wylie]

I tried taking vitamin B12 last weekend to give me some energy after a night of hard drinking before a wedding and maybe if you are weening yourself off of caffeine you should try to take that to give you some energy instead. 5 hour energy shots are just massive doses of the stuff, but you don't need 18000% of your daily recommended dose to get the job done.

they also have caffein in them