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For me, the addiction gets really bad about every six months or so. So I go through a week of zombified detox and terrible headaches... and then I start all ove

For me, the addiction gets really bad about every six months or so. So I go through a week of zombified detox and terrible headaches... and then I start all over again.

btilly 17y ago
Having been through the headaches once, why on Earth would you risk having to do it again? I will never forget that week, and I never want to experience anything like it again.
- angelbob 17y ago
  I find that each successive withdrawal is less severe. I get maybe two days of headaches at this point, not a week, and they are far less annoying and painful. My body may be atypical, but it definitely reduced the severity of the withdrawal with every occurrence.
- keefe 17y ago
  "Life is pain, anyone who tells you different is selling you something." If you need the performance boost for a certain period of time, fuck the withdrawal. It's not that bad.
yesimahuman 17y ago
I'm thinking of quitting cold turkey again. I'm getting exhausted even a few hours after having caffeine and I'm very cranky in the afternoon. Also, I can't focus as well when I'm all juiced up.
RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Twelve years ago or so I was up to 8-10 mugs a day. Not cool. After a year of this I quit cold turkey and went through two weeks of hell - everything was too loud, everything was too bright, I had a persistent splitting headache and was extremely irritable (even more than usual). I didn't drink any coffee at all for several years, and then we got a coffee machine as a Christmas gift and I started drinking it again, albeit in strict moderation. These days I stick to one or two coffees a day - one in the morning and sometimes one around 1-2 PM when I hit an energy trough. If I have more than two cups, I toss and turn all night and wake up exhausted ... which of course prompts me to drink still more coffee.

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For me, the addiction gets really bad about every six months or so. So I go through a week of zombified detox and terrible headaches... and then I start all ove

by presidentender 17y ago

For me, the addiction gets really bad about every six months or so. So I go through a week of zombified detox and terrible headaches... and then I start all over again.

btilly 17y ago
Having been through the headaches once, why on Earth would you risk having to do it again? I will never forget that week, and I never want to experience anything like it again.
- angelbob 17y ago
  I find that each successive withdrawal is less severe. I get maybe two days of headaches at this point, not a week, and they are far less annoying and painful. My body may be atypical, but it definitely reduced the severity of the withdrawal with every occurrence.
- keefe 17y ago
  "Life is pain, anyone who tells you different is selling you something." If you need the performance boost for a certain period of time, fuck the withdrawal. It's not that bad.
yesimahuman 17y ago
I'm thinking of quitting cold turkey again. I'm getting exhausted even a few hours after having caffeine and I'm very cranky in the afternoon. Also, I can't focus as well when I'm all juiced up.
RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Twelve years ago or so I was up to 8-10 mugs a day. Not cool. After a year of this I quit cold turkey and went through two weeks of hell - everything was too loud, everything was too bright, I had a persistent splitting headache and was extremely irritable (even more than usual). I didn't drink any coffee at all for several years, and then we got a coffee machine as a Christmas gift and I started drinking it again, albeit in strict moderation. These days I stick to one or two coffees a day - one in the morning and sometimes one around 1-2 PM when I hit an energy trough. If I have more than two cups, I toss and turn all night and wake up exhausted ... which of course prompts me to drink still more coffee.