I haven't had a coffee for 4 days!!!!

tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
edited February 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
AHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm trying to detox my body of caffine and sugar. I haven't had a coffee in 4 days and I feel like my body is moving in slow mo. The headaches were terrible and have only gone away today. The upside is that I am sleeping so much better, both falling and staying asleep. Has anybody else gone cold turkey off coffee? Do you ever feel normal again??
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    tinkerbell wrote:
    AHHHHHHHHHHHH

    I'm trying to detox my body of caffine and sugar. I haven't had a coffee in 4 days and I feel like my body is moving in slow mo. The headaches were terrible and have only gone away today. The upside is that I am sleeping so much better, both falling and staying asleep. Has anybody else gone cold turkey off coffee? Do you ever feel normal again??
    lol.. I'm the complete opposite. I need alcohol to calm me down. I had coffee a few weeks back for the first time in years and had an anxiety attack from it. :lol:
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    Congrats!!! :thumbup: :clap::clap::clap: :thumbup: I've stopped all caffeine and sugar too!!!

    Wish you were here...

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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    A couple of years ago, I just went on a water only thing. Stopped everything except for drinking on the weekend.

    But 2009 I bought a coffee machine, and can't live without it. Or else I will get a headache.

    Unless I have had a big night on the drink, I can't handle the smell of coffee..
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  • Why in the world would you want to give up coffee??? ;) I'm a complete coffee addict (I think I'm getting the shakes just typing about it), but I understand where you are coming from. I used to drink it 24/7, but I had to force myself to stop drinking it after seven or so at night, because I was having trouble sleeping. I wish you luck and hope you feel better soon! :)
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  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    Why in the world would you want to give up coffee??? ;) I'm a complete coffee addict (I think I'm getting the shakes just typing about it), but I understand where you are coming from. I used to drink it 24/7, but I had to force myself to stop drinking it after seven or so at night, because I was having trouble sleeping. I wish you luck and hope you feel better soon! :)

    Thanks. I am wondering why right now! I could curl up on the couch and go to sleep right about now, but I can't still another 1/2 hour of work then pick kids up cook dinner, do laundry..... maybe I'll just crack open the wine when I get home.... then I really will be asleep on the couch :lol:
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  • I've had at least a cup every day for, I don't know, about 11 years.

    Honestly, I would drink it all day but it starts to bother my stomach after a while.
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  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    I never started drinking it daily, I've maybe had 2 or 3 cups of coffee in my life. but I have had a few iced caps, maybe one or two a year.
  • you what?! :o
    i need a cup of coffee a day at least, otherwise...things get nasty :lol:

    i've started drinking two cups of coffee a day, but i need to cut it down
    it doesn't help my iron deficiency

    but no coffee? couldn't do that
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    I just started drinking coffee :lol: :roll:
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  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    I weaned myself from regular Dunkin' Donuts to cream only, and now to light with milk. I'm almost, but not quite, ready to switch from a "large" to a "medium."
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  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,127
    Good luck to you. I don't think I could give up coffee...I know I don't even want to try. Without it, mornings at work would just be unbearable.
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Good luck to you! I go off coffee at least once a year, but never can stay off. It just tastes too damn good. But I can tell you you will feel normal again. The headaches suck, but that is just the detox. You are almost in the clear. 8-)
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  • Good luck to you. I don't think I could give up coffee...I know I don't even want to try. Without it, mornings at work would just be unbearable.

    I really have no desire to get off coffee. I love the taste, I drink it black so there are minimal calories, I don't have poor blood pressure, and I sleep just fine (when my son isn't waking me up). But I understand it gives lots of people problems.
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    tinkerbell wrote:
    AHHHHHHHHHHHH

    I'm trying to detox my body of caffine and sugar. I haven't had a coffee in 4 days and I feel like my body is moving in slow mo. The headaches were terrible and have only gone away today. The upside is that I am sleeping so much better, both falling and staying asleep. Has anybody else gone cold turkey off coffee? Do you ever feel normal again??
    :shock:

    When I was pregnant with my firstborn I gave it up...very dumb thing to do...
    I felt extra terrible. :lol:
    I think if you drink a cup or so in the am it's ok pregnant or not.
    I could give up anything but my morning coffee.
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  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    CJMST3K wrote:

    :lol::lol: Unfortunately I don't have any speakers on this computer, but watching it with no sound was hilarious! That was me less than a week ago. I never thought caffine affected me much but now looking back it was like being a speed sometimes! This is day 5 and I'm enjoying a herbal tea and feel pretty good.
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  • CJMST3K wrote:

    I love Dave! It obvious we feel the same way about coffee. :lol:
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.


    Cocaine could help.
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.

    Thats why I decided to stop. In the middle of the day I would be fine a little hyper, but by 3:30pm I would be a mess, struggling to do much of anything.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Tinkerbell, how many exclamation points do you use when you ARE drinking coffee?
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.


    Cocaine could help.

    Calling Charlie Sheen now...
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.


    Cocaine could help.

    Calling Charlie Sheen now...


    Eh, ya might wana wade in slowly from the shallow end, no reason to cannonball off the high dive.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378

    Cocaine could help.

    Calling Charlie Sheen now...


    Eh, ya might wana wade in slowly from the shallow end, no reason to cannonball off the high dive.

    eh, good point. Baby steps.
  • BH304897BH304897 Posts: 137
    tinkerbell wrote:
    AHHHHHHHHHHHH

    I'm trying to detox my body of caffine and sugar. I haven't had a coffee in 4 days and I feel like my body is moving in slow mo. The headaches were terrible and have only gone away today. The upside is that I am sleeping so much better, both falling and staying asleep. Has anybody else gone cold turkey off coffee? Do you ever feel normal again??

    If you go cold turkey from caffeine your going to have headeaches but they will go away after a week or two. In the end you'll probably end up feeling a lot better than before but it will take a couple weeks. Also if you stay off it for a while, just a slight cup of joe will probably get you wired. Personally I can't give the stuff up, but I have cut back a bit and drink a lot more green tea.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    I've had about 6 cups today and I'm barely conscious.


    Cocaine could help.

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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I love coffee...the smell, the taste...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    reminds me of my dad, lots of cream and sugar. Used to drink americanos and 4 shot mochas all the time, now I just can't handle so much of it...now I get all shaky and the room starts to spin, kinda like when you're really tired and haven't slept in 2 days. So a mocha here and there....have to buy those coffee nips to tide me over when I get really bad cravings

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    my caffiene addiction is satisfied with coke, or red bull
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