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I've been drinking coffee for years. I can stop for a few weeks without any withdrawal symptoms. So it's highly personal.

scotty79 5y ago
Yup. I, on the other hand, on 3 cups daily felt like a zombie. Then I quit cold turkey and after a week I felt better that any time in the previous months. When I occasionally forget myself and ingest more than minimal dose of caffeine (one strong coffee is sufficient) I get dizzy, my sleep patterns immediately go out of whack and if I keep ingesting caffeine I get face muscle twiches and a sense that something very bad happens and I'm gonna probably die soon. Meanwhile I love coffee and I drink up to six cups of decaf a day. I also love earl gray tea but I have to indulge occasionally, and cheap energetics, but I have to dose them by half a glass and even that also only occasionally.
- canadianfella 5y ago
  What is an energetic?
- gumboshoes 5y ago
  Decaf still has enough caffeine left in it that it affects me. So interesting how differently bodies react to different amounts. I can't even have some kinds of chocolate.
  - atombender 5y ago
    Depends on the brand. The modern Swiss Water process (which is what most high-end espresso brands use nowadays, since it's cheaper and doesn't rely on chemicals) uses osmosis to remove 99.9% of the caffeine from the coffee bean.
  - scotty79 5y ago
    Wow. That's extreme. Decaf supposedly has way less than 1/20 of the caffeine of regular coffee. Maybe you are sensitive to other substances that coffee contains on top of your sensitivity to caffeine? Things we ingest have many weird organic substances which we don't pay much attention to because they don't noticeably harm nearly all people. But there's no guarantee they will not somewhat harm anybody. Nothing we eat or drink was perfectly designed for human consumption. We just kind of get away with it.
BizarroLand 5y ago
By any chance do you also consume nicotine? I've heard that they work together and that nicotine increases the speed at which your body processes caffeine, which might contribute to your lack of withdrawal symptoms.

scotty79 5y ago

Yup. I, on the other hand, on 3 cups daily felt like a zombie. Then I quit cold turkey and after a week I felt better that any time in the previous months. When I occasionally forget myself and ingest more than minimal dose of caffeine (one strong coffee is sufficient) I get dizzy, my sleep patterns immediately go out of whack and if I keep ingesting caffeine I get face muscle twiches and a sense that something very bad happens and I'm gonna probably die soon. Meanwhile I love coffee and I drink up to six cups of decaf a day. I also love earl gray tea but I have to indulge occasionally, and cheap energetics, but I have to dose them by half a glass and even that also only occasionally.

canadianfella 5y ago
What is an energetic?
gumboshoes 5y ago
Decaf still has enough caffeine left in it that it affects me. So interesting how differently bodies react to different amounts. I can't even have some kinds of chocolate.
- atombender 5y ago
  Depends on the brand. The modern Swiss Water process (which is what most high-end espresso brands use nowadays, since it's cheaper and doesn't rely on chemicals) uses osmosis to remove 99.9% of the caffeine from the coffee bean.
- scotty79 5y ago
  Wow. That's extreme. Decaf supposedly has way less than 1/20 of the caffeine of regular coffee. Maybe you are sensitive to other substances that coffee contains on top of your sensitivity to caffeine? Things we ingest have many weird organic substances which we don't pay much attention to because they don't noticeably harm nearly all people. But there's no guarantee they will not somewhat harm anybody. Nothing we eat or drink was perfectly designed for human consumption. We just kind of get away with it.

BizarroLand 5y ago

By any chance do you also consume nicotine? I've heard that they work together and that nicotine increases the speed at which your body processes caffeine, which might contribute to your lack of withdrawal symptoms.