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Has anyone successfuly quit coffee? I quit cigarettes, alcohol but tried many times to quit coffee and just can't. I feel so terrible it feels it gets worse eve

Has anyone successfuly quit coffee? I quit cigarettes, alcohol but tried many times to quit coffee and just can't. I feel so terrible it feels it gets worse every day I don't drink, then a little cup of espresso fixes everything.

Roritharr 6y ago
It took me 4 days of headaches but afterwards I had no symptoms. My friend group did a challenge to go without caffeine for 30 days. Everyone made it. My "trick" was to treat the withdrawal symptoms like I was coming off of heroine, visualize a clear improvement after the slump. The rest was just to find caffeine free replacements. Coke Zero Caffeine-Free was a blessing.
BossingAround 6y ago
> Has anyone successfuly quit coffee? Sure. I assume you tried to go cold turkey on coffee, and didn't like it. I'd suggest the gradual method, which might work better for you. Over the span of a week, normalize your coffee intake. Have just two cups of coffee a day at a regular time with known quantity of coffee. Next week, reduce the amount of coffee in one cup by 1/2. So, if you grind 30g of coffee, grind 15g. The week after that, reduce the amount of coffee in the other cup to the same amount. The week after that, reduce the amount of coffee in one cup by 1/4 (or, eliminate entirely). One week after that, do the same to the other cup. Before you know it, going cold turkey gives you no symptoms. You can see how this goes on. Adjust the time period and/or the coffee reduction to whatever works for you. For me, a week and coffee reduction by 1/4th (of the original amount) worked just fine for me.
andromeduck 6y ago
It's like diet coke, you can either gradually wean off over a few months or take a few weeks off work and just bite the bullet.
nicoburns 6y ago
It typically takes me 2-3 weeks to not miss it. And that's after tapering down consumption. It's definitely doable.
sokoloff 6y ago
I “admitted” to my doctor that I’d successfully switched to consciously eating better but that I was still drinking coffee. Her immediate reaction was “So what? Coffee’s not bad for you.” Now, that’s just one doctor’s opinion, but when I did some follow up research, it did seem like the overall effects were probably very modestly negative at worst and might easily be positive. In terms of quitting caffeine in general (to which I was previously essentially addicted), it seemed to have a trough at day 4-10 and then was better by around day 20 and didn’t miss it much by around the 6th week. I’m back on it, but quitting it cold turkey took a lot longer than I’d have expected.
lakala6790 6y ago
I’m not a doctor, this isnt medical advice; Ive used L-tyrosine several times to help me quit. I typically use it for 2-3 days and have no with drawl symptoms during that time. I always go back because it helps with DOMS.
redvenom 6y ago
Yes... I did. One day I just stopped drinking it. There may be something in your lifestyle that you are doing that coffee hides that you need to change. It could be going to bed too late, eating too late, or even taking a shower too late. All those things can mess with your sleep, and a morning coffee just hides that, even though the damage is still being done.

Roritharr 6y ago

It took me 4 days of headaches but afterwards I had no symptoms. My friend group did a challenge to go without caffeine for 30 days. Everyone made it. My "trick" was to treat the withdrawal symptoms like I was coming off of heroine, visualize a clear improvement after the slump. The rest was just to find caffeine free replacements. Coke Zero Caffeine-Free was a blessing.

BossingAround 6y ago

> Has anyone successfuly quit coffee? Sure. I assume you tried to go cold turkey on coffee, and didn't like it. I'd suggest the gradual method, which might work better for you. Over the span of a week, normalize your coffee intake. Have just two cups of coffee a day at a regular time with known quantity of coffee. Next week, reduce the amount of coffee in one cup by 1/2. So, if you grind 30g of coffee, grind 15g. The week after that, reduce the amount of coffee in the other cup to the same amount. The week after that, reduce the amount of coffee in one cup by 1/4 (or, eliminate entirely). One week after that, do the same to the other cup. Before you know it, going cold turkey gives you no symptoms. You can see how this goes on. Adjust the time period and/or the coffee reduction to whatever works for you. For me, a week and coffee reduction by 1/4th (of the original amount) worked just fine for me.

andromeduck 6y ago

It's like diet coke, you can either gradually wean off over a few months or take a few weeks off work and just bite the bullet.

nicoburns 6y ago

It typically takes me 2-3 weeks to not miss it. And that's after tapering down consumption. It's definitely doable.

sokoloff 6y ago

I “admitted” to my doctor that I’d successfully switched to consciously eating better but that I was still drinking coffee. Her immediate reaction was “So what? Coffee’s not bad for you.” Now, that’s just one doctor’s opinion, but when I did some follow up research, it did seem like the overall effects were probably very modestly negative at worst and might easily be positive. In terms of quitting caffeine in general (to which I was previously essentially addicted), it seemed to have a trough at day 4-10 and then was better by around day 20 and didn’t miss it much by around the 6th week. I’m back on it, but quitting it cold turkey took a lot longer than I’d have expected.

lakala6790 6y ago

I’m not a doctor, this isnt medical advice; Ive used L-tyrosine several times to help me quit. I typically use it for 2-3 days and have no with drawl symptoms during that time. I always go back because it helps with DOMS.

redvenom 6y ago

Yes... I did. One day I just stopped drinking it. There may be something in your lifestyle that you are doing that coffee hides that you need to change. It could be going to bed too late, eating too late, or even taking a shower too late. All those things can mess with your sleep, and a morning coffee just hides that, even though the damage is still being done.