going off of caffeine

[PunditLisa]

@Qadgop the Mercotan

While caffeine withdrawal may provoke a migraine headache in people with that disorder, or with a propensity towards it, I consider it a grave mistake to refer to a garden-variety caffeine withdrawal headache as a migraine. (Some folks, including one Barry Spencer, believe that migraine is always caused by caffeine).

You and my physician can fight it out. When she asked if I had headaches, I told her I had them if I skipped having a soda at lunch. She’s the one who called it a migraine. Now, I have zero medical training, but I can tell you that there is no comparison between a garden variety headache and the wickedness that I suffer when I skip Pepsi.

Nomenclature aside, I do wonder why I set myself up for the inevitable withdrawal headache/migraine. There is absolutely nothing in Pepsi that is beneficial to my health. Yet I persist. I’m an idiot.

[Caffeine.addict]

@Caffeine.addict

I NEEDS COFFEE, (yes, that S is intentional), besides, without Coffee my wife would leave me, I would be fired from my job and space aliens would take over the Earth.

If it helps, picture the above dialogue being said with the voice of Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

There was supposed to be a after the first paragraph.

[Thrasymachus]

I gave up caffeine cold turkey about a year ago. I’ve felt much better and have been measurably more productive since.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@catsix

Coffee has health benefits, which are due to the fact that it has many anti-oxidants which are important to a good diet.

The article says that moderate coffee drinking can provide lots of the helpful anti-oxidants and can also help lower the risk of developing one type of diabetes.

So who cares if someone needs their coffee comfort food?

Marijuana has lots of health benefits, too. Just sayin’.

[tremorviolet]

@PunditLisa

You and my physician can fight it out. When she asked if I had headaches, I told her I had them if I skipped having a soda at lunch. She’s the one who called it a migraine. Now, I have zero medical training, but I can tell you that there is no comparison between a garden variety headache and the wickedness that I suffer when I skip Pepsi.

Nomenclature aside, I do wonder why I set myself up for the inevitable withdrawal headache/migraine. There is absolutely nothing in Pepsi that is beneficial to my health. Yet I persist. I’m an idiot.

It may differ among people. I’ve had migraines and they’re much worse and different than quitting caffeine. Headaches from lack of caffeine don’t (for me at least) include nasuea and sensitivity to light and sound, they just hurt. But, maybe caffeine withdrawal coudl trigger a real migrain in some people.

Personally, if I were to quit again, I would taper. I only drink green tea and the occaisional soda now and I’ve noticed I can now go a day without caffeine without a headache. Much different from when I was a Vivarin addict…