I was having two, maybe three cups per day, but I have a heart condition which causes frequent tachycardia.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 2 February 2023 09:48 (one year ago) link
I felt groggy for a few days but now feel significantly better in the mornings especially (the "before I've had my coffee" time)
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 2 February 2023 09:49 (one year ago) link
Sincere best wishes to you both
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 2 February 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
I know more people that have cut out coffee than have cut out alcohol, tbh. I couldn't imagine. The same neuroscience doc I posted about in the alcohol thread, he's brought up coffee a few times, and given his objective buzzkill-ness I keep expecting him to tell everyone to cut it out, too, but he keeps finding positive things to say about coffee/caffeine. For example, not only is its dopamine kick much, much lower than stuff like chocolate, but chemically it actually positively affects your dopamine receptors in a beneficial way (as opposed to the usual peaks and valleys of its stimulant peers). Surprising.
Anyway, good luck! I hear the first two weeks of quitting anything can be the toughest.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 February 2023 13:10 (one year ago) link
yes post all my procedures (see the atrial fibbing thread for details) i have a high resting heart rate and have intermittently come off coffee for a few months at a time to see if that makes a difference
well it doesn't so i'm back on right now -- my cardiologist says absent other problematic symptoms the high heart rate isn't concerning him especially (check in again at the end of the year) and as far as he's concerned coffee is unrelated and good for you in other ways
once i've actually fkn moved house -- i whish this could hurry up a bit lol -- i might try cutting down again as i want to shift all my habits a bit in the new place (walk more, swim more, lose some weight, eat a salad) as i definitely sleep much better after the several (many) days of dreary grief
mainly i fall off the wagon bcz hard-deadline subbing & proofing needs me to be SHARP AS A PIN FIRST THING (but my plan is to be doing less of that also, as it pais less and less and less and less)
― mark s, Thursday, 2 February 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
Ugh, I have both migraines and heart palpitations, so I guess I probably should cut out coffee, but I'm scared of the withdrawal migraines and what will happen when I don't have it to help me focus.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 2 February 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
(lol not me discussing proofing and being sharp as a pin and then spelling "pays" as "pais")
― mark s, Thursday, 2 February 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
fwiw have have had only a low-level headache for one (1x) day as a result of this and today i'm actually feeling pretty good mentally, just a bit bereft of my little ritual
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
In my experience, the brutal symptoms (headaches, fogginess) are all really, really frontloaded in those first few days. Superstitiously, I go for rehydrating drinks, hot showers, Tylenol and naps. Eventually you're on the other side.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
and that’s where i am
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
guys i have been taking only magnificent shits
A good substitute for the ritual aspect, I've found during times where I had to swear off coffee: heating a cup of broth.
― Chris L, Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
i am drinking roiboos tea like my life depends on it. probably will develop some form of roiboos-inflicted malady
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
I gave up alcohol five years ago to save my life and my marriage. I'm sure as fuck not giving up coffee.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:51 (one year ago) link
― here you go, muttonchops Yaz (gyac), Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
lol a barry zito macro for every occasion
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
i just had coffee again and gents this is the stuff
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 08:58 (eleven months ago) link
sorry wrong thread. or is it.i am absolutely flying. seeing through the universe. cracking jokes before i even start my sentence.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 08:59 (eleven months ago) link
sightly unsettling vibes in my extremities and general heart location
thread's here if you need it :(
the thread of ATRIAL FIBBING
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 09:14 (eleven months ago) link
:/
i think i'm okay. but suddenly very emotional
caffeine's a hell of a drug, kids
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 09:19 (eleven months ago) link
god i fucking love roiboos
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:31 (ten months ago) link
stand by for a "quitting roiboos and the ensuing effects" thread
🤖
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:53 (ten months ago) link
Did the thing of drinking restaurant coffee which revealed that I was in a worse mood than I thought :(
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 June 2023 18:43 (ten months ago) link
One brand that for whatever reason does not give me that weird erratic takeoff and crash on the runway feeling is Lavazza.
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2023 17:45 (ten months ago) link
Perhaps I spoke too soon
― Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 June 2023 01:31 (ten months ago) link