Quitting caffeine

It_Is_My_Time

It_Is_My_Time

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Has anyone here quit caffeine, or at least stopped making it a part of your daily routine? I am working on it now, this week I have only used caffeine, in a small dose of BCAA Energy mix, before my lifting. Other than this, so far this week I have not had any other caffeine. I started to wean myself off of it last week, drinking less and less coffee and so far, I have kept from going back to coffee. I slept better and had better dreams last night than I have had in a long time. I don't know what the longer term impact will be. I have been using a blended mix of water, lemon, ginger root, cayenne pepper, raw garlic, pink salt and ACV to get going in the morning, and it is bitter but does a better job of waking me up than coffee has done in years.

I'm just checking to see if anyone else has had success in quitting caffeine, and if so, what their longer-term affects have been. Also, a support thread for those who are trying to do so.
 
Coffee isn't bad for you it's actually a natural anti oxidant, cream and sugar is bad for you, caffeine in general without the sugar that usually comes with it isn't bad for you but overusing it can lead to issues. I had a friend who was using massive amounts of stimulants, espressos, pre-workout, energy drinks and etc.....he ended up having to deal with adrenal fatigue which is incredibly difficult to get over. I begged him to get off the stimulants but he just kept suffering through it, I told him the caffeine withdrawals are well worth getting over the adrenal fatigue but he's a hard headed greasy italian and wouldn't do it. He suffered for months and eventually relented and stopped all stimulants, it took him a while but he did get over the adrenal fatigue.

He doesn't use any caffeine at all anymore and he's probably one of the most energetic people I know, it can be done and caffeine withdrawal alone isn't too crazy just some headaches and lethargy. It's just a matter of asking yourself why you are doing it, do you genuinely have an issue with it or is it something you're doing just to do it and perhaps your actual issue is the sugar that often comes with the caffeine.
 
FrancisK said:
Coffee isn't bad for you it's actually a natural anti oxidant, cream and sugar is bad for you, caffeine in general without the sugar that usually comes with it isn't bad for you but overusing it can lead to issues. I had a friend who was using massive amounts of stimulants, espressos, pre-workout, energy drinks and etc.....he ended up having to deal with adrenal fatigue which is incredibly difficult to get over. I begged him to get off the stimulants but he just kept suffering through it, I told him the caffeine withdrawals are well worth getting over the adrenal fatigue but he's a hard headed greasy italian and wouldn't do it. He suffered for months and eventually relented and stopped all stimulants, it took him a while but he did get over the adrenal fatigue.

He doesn't use any caffeine at all anymore and he's probably one of the most energetic people I know, it can be done and caffeine withdrawal alone isn't too crazy just some headaches and lethargy. It's just a matter of asking yourself why you are doing it, do you genuinely have an issue with it or is it something you're doing just to do it and perhaps your actual issue is the sugar that often comes with the caffeine.
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I cut out all sugar a while back, I was only drinking black coffee. The reports I see are better sleep, more natural energy, and better food digestion.

I never overdid caffeine as it was, but it was part of my morning routine to have a cup of coffee. I am hoping to cut it out, to see if I get these benefits and then if I am ever really sleep deprived, I can have a cup and it will probably hit me a lot harder and do more good in that time of need.
 
It_Is_My_Time said:
I cut out all sugar a while back, I was only drinking black coffee. The reports I see are better sleep, more natural energy, and better food digestion.

I never overdid caffeine as it was, but it was part of my morning routine to have a cup of coffee. I am hoping to cut it out, to see if I get these benefits and then if I am ever really sleep deprived, I can have a cup and it will probably hit me a lot harder and do more good in that time of need.
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Yea sure that sounds reasonable, I don't see any reason not to go with that. If you were only at a cup in the morning I don't see why you would have any issues cutting it out other than the mental aspect of the routine, I doubt you would have much at all in the way of caffeine withdrawals and if you do you can taper off.

But that also applies to other side, you may not get much out of cutting it out if it was only a single cup a day. The benefits you read in a bias article probably don't apply so much to someone using a small negligible amount.
 
I don’t drink coffee. I take caffeine tabs now and then if I need to stay awake or have something important.

Last year I took it everyday for a week and the day I didn’t take, gave me a crazy headache.

I saw a funny comment about stopping caffeine and ibuprofen to show how old and dependent you are to those medications.
 
All stimulants have a cost and when I realized that, after only a few years of drinking one small cup of coffee a day, I had developed a dependence on caffeine, I gradually decreased my intake.

I cut the amount of beans per cup in half for a while from 30g to 15g, then skipped days, and continued to decrease the beans down to 7-10 grams per cup, with only 1 or 2 cups a week.

Now I just have it for emergencies and try to organize my sleep schedule better so that I don't need it, which also requires having a more consistent daily prayer rule.

Reducing my dependence on caffeine led me to better sleep and prayer, which is why I continue to avoid caffeine as much as possible.
 
Well, I completely eliminated soda - i.e., Pepsi, Coca-Cola, etc. - years ago in early 2000's. It is the only thing I quit.

As for coffee, it is a part of my normal morning routine for years so I'm not going to stop just to fit in with the "quit caffeine" crowd. No offense. Heck, my late father and grandparents drank coffee well into their late 80's.
 
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