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Huh, I get fewer headaches and wake up easier with coffee.

bryanlarsen 11y ago
That's because you're addicted. You're dependent on it to wake up, and when you don't use it, you get withdrawal headaches. You may need to go about a month caffeine free to see the benefits
- aroch 11y ago
  Or GP may be prone to migraines and potentially doesn't know it... I am and find caffeine pretty good at dulling their effects over multi-day migraines (Which I get fairly regularly). The frequency of migraines for me is independent of caffeine consumption; I've gones months with no caffeine and suffered though migraines, just as I've gone through months of heavy coffee/tea drinking and suffered (a little less) through them
  - prodmerc 11y ago
    You're right, I am prone to migraines, or at least I think that's what they are. I can go without coffee for weeks, have gone 2 months last year. Everything seems fine, but some days, I wake up in the morning with a terrible, terrible headache that fortunately goes away after a rather high dose of paracetamol+aspirin. Sometimes it occurs in the evening when I come home, seemingly fine, but then bam, hammer to the head. If I drink coffee regularly, I pretty much never get them...
- randallsquared 11y ago
  If it takes longer than a week to be completely free of withdrawal symptoms, there's something else wrong, I'd think. Two or three days is a more normal recovery time.
  - bryanlarsen 11y ago
    Yes, the worst withdrawal symptoms were over in a week. It took about a month to see the benefits of a caffeine free life.
  - thrownaway2424 11y ago
    That wasn't my experience. I had body pains, headaches, chills, and a profound feeling of fatigue for two weeks when I kicked caffeine (at first by accident, and then I ran with it).
- WalterSear 11y ago
  I went almost two months without caffeine at the end of last year, I muscled through at first, but about week six I realized I was just as tired as day one. I felt cheated :)
PKop 11y ago
You have to give it up for about a month to really compare the difference. I speak from experience. Long term after quitting there's no comparison: much easier to wake up and much easier to fall asleep (for me). If you're comparing how you feel drinking coffee, to how you feel a few days after quitting, then of course the coffee will feel better. If this doesn't describe your situation, then disregard.

That's because you're addicted. You're dependent on it to wake up, and when you don't use it, you get withdrawal headaches. You may need to go about a month caffeine free to see the benefits

aroch 11y ago
Or GP may be prone to migraines and potentially doesn't know it... I am and find caffeine pretty good at dulling their effects over multi-day migraines (Which I get fairly regularly). The frequency of migraines for me is independent of caffeine consumption; I've gones months with no caffeine and suffered though migraines, just as I've gone through months of heavy coffee/tea drinking and suffered (a little less) through them
- prodmerc 11y ago
  You're right, I am prone to migraines, or at least I think that's what they are. I can go without coffee for weeks, have gone 2 months last year. Everything seems fine, but some days, I wake up in the morning with a terrible, terrible headache that fortunately goes away after a rather high dose of paracetamol+aspirin. Sometimes it occurs in the evening when I come home, seemingly fine, but then bam, hammer to the head. If I drink coffee regularly, I pretty much never get them...
randallsquared 11y ago
If it takes longer than a week to be completely free of withdrawal symptoms, there's something else wrong, I'd think. Two or three days is a more normal recovery time.
- bryanlarsen 11y ago
  Yes, the worst withdrawal symptoms were over in a week. It took about a month to see the benefits of a caffeine free life.
- thrownaway2424 11y ago
  That wasn't my experience. I had body pains, headaches, chills, and a profound feeling of fatigue for two weeks when I kicked caffeine (at first by accident, and then I ran with it).
WalterSear 11y ago
I went almost two months without caffeine at the end of last year, I muscled through at first, but about week six I realized I was just as tired as day one. I felt cheated :)

PKop 11y ago

You have to give it up for about a month to really compare the difference. I speak from experience. Long term after quitting there's no comparison: much easier to wake up and much easier to fall asleep (for me). If you're comparing how you feel drinking coffee, to how you feel a few days after quitting, then of course the coffee will feel better. If this doesn't describe your situation, then disregard.