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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
i have to say that quitting coffee did help my headaches a lot. i stopped over the last month or so.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I had no idea caffeine was so addictive. It's like you guys are talking about smack or something. Good thing I've always preferred tea.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
how fancy of you
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
honestly though i lived for a good 2, maybe even 3?, years drinking non-caffeinated tea, having maybe a coffee or caffeinated tea every couple of weeks. then introduced it again slowly.
i mean now i'm almost full-blown addicted again but hey we'll see
what i'm saying is that you can do it! see how you feel, gauge it, etc
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
xposts - tea has caffeine
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I basically only drank tea for about 5 years, but now that I'm back in the US and there isn't much to do besides hang out and read at a starbucks, I'm drinking coffee again. The effects vary, from invigorating to draining. Driving home yesterday buzzing off the caffiene felt more dangerous than driving home from a bar after a couple of beers.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i think that most people just like being drugged
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
which is obv not new news!
yeah, my dr said i'll feel a million dollars better with my daily headaches (i know, sad!). migraines, maybe not, but i won't be taking a frightening amount of excederin to counteract the withdrawal of excederin.
thank you, all. i can do it, i guess. i mean, anything is better than having a headache all the time, right?
i *might* be able to drink coffee eventually, but NO MORE excederin. EVER.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, my dr said i'll feel a million dollars better with my daily headaches (i know, sad!)
that didn't make sense. blame my creeping headache that is coming on.
WITHOUT my daily headaches.
maybe you also need yoga!
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
but no headstands
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/images/products/herbal-teas/roastaroma-lg.jpg
― jaymc, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
YOGA!! excellent idea!
laurel and i were just discussing what i need to take up to make me seem badass now that i'm officially boring.
it's down to jujitsu or kickboxing.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
If I ever go off coffee cold turkey, I'll have to spend about four days in bed with the lights off.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
does that TASTE like coffee, but isn't?
fuck! i'm going to be unconscious for several weeks.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
remind me again what the problem with decaf coffee is? are you not allowed to have that because of the teensy tiny amount of caffeine?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much!
no soda either! (not that i drink that much of that anyway)
srsly, i'm going to be a zombie
but, if it helps, it helps, i guess.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
- that roastaroma tea or something like it sort of tastes like coffee - there are these roasted chicory or hazelnuts or whatever swiss beverages you can buy in health food stores - decaf coffee
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
there is a coffee alternatives thread but i need to not be in the office any longer
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i may try to roastarama, but it may make me sad.
i'll see how i do cold turkey. the excederin i took at noon is wearing off and my brain hurts.
i apologize in advance if i'm grumpy to any of you in the next few weeks.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Roastaroma. I drink it every weekday morning. It doesn't taste exactly like coffee, but it's made with chicory and cinnamon and barley and things like that, so it has a similar robustness. It also gives me the same "I am at work and about to start my very productive morning" feeling. But it's been a few years since I drank coffee regularly, so maybe I have just gotten used to the alternative.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
MOLLY I'VE GOT IT: SAYOC KALI -- FILIPINO KNIFE FIGHTING.
A friend of mine who is TEENY TINY and very shy used to take this, it look AWESOME.
http://bladearts.com/SayocKali.aspx
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
jaymc, thank you for the heads up about the celestial seasons goodness. Generally, I don't like chicory coffee, but something is better than nothing, right?
LAUREL OMG
No one will ever say, "Oh, Molly? That librarian who has 3 cats and knits and doesn't drink? She's boring!" IF I CAN IMPRESS THEM WITH MY FILIPINO KNIFE SKILLS.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"Sayoc Kali is ALL BLADE - ALL THE TIME. "
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
it's official. i want to die.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh Molls. u_u
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Are you home? Please go home.
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
no, i'm at work, moaning to my coworkers.
i think i will crack open my box of chamomile tea and see if i can trick myself with a caffeine-free hot beverage.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
agh
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
help.. meeee
Quitting or cutting back?
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
quitting
for a week at least
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Medical reasons, or? I can't imagine quitting coffee and I only started drinking it maybe six months ago. If I don't have coffee within an hour of waking up I get a horrid headache, lucidity is some weird distant memory...I sympathize.
― producto do Brazil (╓abies), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Can you taper off with decaf/caf mixed or do you have to just stop? If you have to go cold off caffiene, it can be rough, but if it's coffee you're avoiding, sub in some cola or caffienated aspirin to help with the headaches, etc. There's also caffienated soap (Shower Shock - caffiene will absorb through your skin).
― Jaq, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
If you've been drinking a lot and just want to reduce the intake, a week of cold turkey sounds like a bad idea. Splitting headache misery now and a day of screaming coffee nerves on your first day back after break. I'd just drop back one cup per day, repeat weekly until you're down to the level you want to be at.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link