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I quit caffeine this past fall and it was one of my best decisions and hardest things to do. Months after quitting I feel like I have more energy than I did at
by JCharante 6y ago
I quit caffeine this past fall and it was one of my best decisions and hardest things to do.
Months after quitting I feel like I have more energy than I did at my peak caffeine usage.
The withdrawal was tough. The muscle spasms caused me to hit my bedframe. The headaches left me unable to do anything productive for a couple days. I had spent the prior days taking the bare minimum to make the headaches go away but it was a fine line before deciding to forgoe it.
Teenage me had built up to taking 700mg/day on average. A year before quitting I'd start the day with a bottle of 5 hour energy and a 200mg caffeine pill just to get out of bed.
I still drink the occasional tea or take a small energy drink before going for a long workout.
I refuse to ever drink coffee again. I've become appalled at how ingrained coffee and caffeine is in the cultures around the world. It's become normalized for people to say that they're grumpy before consuming caffeine. I don't want to be dependent on anything like that ever again.