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Well, folks, I think the caffeine withdrawal started peaking today. It’s been five days since I’ve had a coffee. I did have a tea on Tuesday night, and a HUUUUGE Coke at the movie last night. I’ve had a headache since Monday, and both doses of caffeine helped ease it, slightly.
I’ve been utterly exhausted for the past few days. Yesterday morning, in fact, after dropping the girls off at daycamp I came home and napped for an hour and a half. It took the edge off, but geez.
I’ve been headachy, cranky, and exhausted for days. This morning was the worst. I think after all of yesterday’s processing, I’m feeling some emotional backlash. I just wasn’t in the mood for suffering through another day of caffeine withdrawal.
So….I caved. Brewed myself up a big ‘ol pot of coffee and had my way with it. 
Damn…I feel so much better than I did a couple of hours ago. The fog that I’ve been in for days has completely lifted. The funk still remains, but has improved mildly.
Screw it. I’m an addict. Maybe I’ll work on breaking it some day….but it’s sure as hell not going to be today.
Or even this week.
Cheers!
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Go On Girl!!! (o=
I’m about to go get cup #3….I didn’t get any yesterday and my body is letting me know about it today. So I’m making up for the loss.
Love the dotted mug, too!
I gotta have my coffee in the am.
Why were you trying to quit? I hear it’s not that bad as long as it’s moderate so if you aren’t drinking caffeine in ALL your beverages all day long you should be fine.
Mindy, I just hated the idea of being “addicted”. Plus, years ago, I had a naturopath diagnose me with adrenal fatigue and tell me that caffeine is NOT good for that particular problem as it stresses your adrenals even futher. It’s not a problem for everyone, just for some of us, who are particularly sensitive…
Oh, that coffee looks so good!! I have to stay away from it, too easy to get hooked. I can seriously have one cup of coffee and it will take me three days to recover from the cravings of wanting to gulp an entire pot. Probably a good thing I never picked up smoking, I’m not great at quitting!
Welcome to the dark side!
Oh, I hear you on not wanting to be addicted to anything, even caffeine. If you do want to go off it again, you could go in for acupuncture and that might help. I haven’t tried it yet…hmmm… note to self. Gotta break that Starbucks addiction sometime.
I have tried to kick coffee in the morning. No luck. I just enjoy having it auto brewed and ready when I wake up. Have you ever tried half caff ? It is made by Folgers and only has half the caffeine. Worth a try.
I kicked my caffeine habit once, and it lasted several years. And I have to tell you, once I got it completely out of my system and got through the AWFUL withdrawal headaches, I really did feel better. My entire system was more even-keeled, and I actually woke up feeling more awake in the morning. Imagine that! But it was an awful 2-3 months before I was done with the withdrawals. (Do you call it withdrawals when it’s caffeine?) And anytime I touched a drop of caffeine, I’d have to deal with the headaches for a week again.
On my 30th birthday, I gifted myself a latte and I’ve been back on the juice ever since (that was almost 4 years ago). I don’t know if I’ll ever have the strength to quit again. I can’t even think about it without getting a headache!!
I SO relate to this!
Coffee is my one addiction… In the a.m.
I don’t trust a woman without vices
That looks delicious.
I think it’s time I had another hit… er.. cup, myself..