xpost - I can't handle the venti caliber coffees either. One of those and I'm ready to jump out of my skin!
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
-- webcrack (signon2...), March 23rd, 2004.
I quit for four or five months at one point. I wouldn't say it changed my life, but there are some minor benefits -- slightly improved digestion and maybe sleep, and generally a more 'steady' mood with fewer ups and downs. The best way to quit is to start mixing your regular with decaf and gradually reduce the proportion. That way you don't have to break the psychological addiction and the physical one at the same time.
Quitting honestly wasn't that hard once I decided to do it. The problem was more the discipline of keeping it up, especially when I took on a demanding internship. Once you decide to have "just one cup" it's pretty much over.
― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 25 April 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 02:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm also finding I've developed a sensitivity to guarana as well - it sometimes gives me this really bad attack of what feels like hypoglycemia, I get all weak, shaky, and faint.
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 02:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 02:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eyeball Kix, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 03:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― You Work For Irene (dymaxia), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Supplied FREE? It certainly isn't free where I work - it's 20p a cup from the vending machine, or bring your own in.
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
a lot of painkillers have caffeine in them! (dunno if you were using 'asprin' as a general term for 'painkiller' or what but thought it would be worth mentioning.)
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I just had a 20 oz. Mountain Dew, and it felt like I had gone swimming in it after I finished. Very strange. I think fountain sodas are kinder to me than bottled sodas (possibly a carbonation issue).
I USED to have wicked shakes after drinking caffeine, tho. And occasional headaches. I only get headaches now after drinking Gatorade, which I don't do anymore, because of the headaches.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I knew the printing company I worked for was in trouble when the coffee well ran dry. (Five months later, Chapter 7; one year later, Chapter 13.)
Remember in Leaving Las Vegas how Cage's character had to drink a certain amount to keep from getting the shakes? That's me and coffee. I should probably quit, but I love it so much, especially since my wife bought me a grind-and-brew coffee maker and I can go straight from beans to brew.
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Strung the fuck out, on coffee!
― Aaron A., Monday, 2 May 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
yes, it was a general term for painkiller.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― you work for kay (dymaxia), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Last week this happened and I thought something specific was pissing me off but didn't know what it was. Turned out to be nothing, just the vague edginess caused by caffeine withdrawal.
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mog, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hanna (Hanna), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Too much (i.e. more than two cups a day) coffee makes me jittery, grumpy and shouty. Tea is just safer, given that I'm a witch at the best of times.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
This is now my concern. After saying several times, on this forum and elsewhere, that I would rather go blind than give up coffee, I am starting to become concerned about the possible psychological side effects. I have a reasonably large coffee intake (5 or 6 cups a day), and lately I have not been able to so much as lose my credit card without going into a mild hysterical fit. I also have a lot of trouble concentrating. I've started to wonder just how things would be without coffee. Will there be changes? How is it done?
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Thursday, 9 June 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I HAVE TO GIVE UP COFFEE AND ALL FORMS OF CAFFEINE.
Also, my almost daily cocktail of Excederin Migraine needs to stop ASAP (I apparently get rebound headaches).
My doctor told me I could get such a bad headache that it might send me to the EMERGENCY ROOM.
YAY.
I AM NOW BORING (I can't really drink booze either).
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
TIME FOR A NEW BRAIN
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
excedrin migraine has lots of caffeine! i hope he gave you some other headache meds at least.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
LOBOTOMY PLZ
yeah, he gave me stuff for my migraines and a low grade anti-depressant (?!) to ward of potentially terrible withdrawal headache.
I AM OFFICIALLY DULL
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
don't quit coffee! coffee needs you!
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
what do doctors really know
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
can you taper? do the half decaf half regular? or did he say you have to stop immediately?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
is it time to try topamax yet?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I LOVE COFFEE BUT IT DOES NOT LOVE ME ;_;
excederin migraine is officially a BITCH
AM I GOING TO TURN INTO A HIPPY WITH MY NEW HERBAL TEA DRINKING BEHAVIOR??!
I have to go cold turkey! The fact that I could get such a raging headache that would send me to the emergency room is scary.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
brain doctor put me on samples of Maxalt?
Imitrex doesn't work for me, as demonstrated by 4 DAY migraine. ;_;
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link