I'm surprised to see the caffeine withdrawal horror stories: I drink what I think is a lot of caffeine. I just counted what I've had today, a normal day in te

I'm surprised to see the caffeine withdrawal horror stories: I drink what I think is a lot of caffeine. I just counted what I've had today, a normal day in terms of caffeine: 1 cup of aeropress coffee in the morning, which I make very dark/thick, so it might count as 2 cups, perhaps more, of "normal" coffee... And since the morning, another 9 shots of espresso, and a couple of cans of coke zero. When I go off of caffeine, I get a mild headache for a few days to a week, and that's it. . One mildly interesting story: I used to play a lot of counterstrike, at relatively high levels, but below 'pro'. Once, I went off of caffeine, and went through the withdrawal. During withdrawal, my counterstrike ability worsened. After withdrawal, I was noticeably better than I had been when on caffeine. But, when I finally went back on caffeine, I was on a whole new level. Opponents that I had trouble with before were almost comically easy to beat. I can definitely see why caffeine is consider a PED for certain Olympic sports.