Today, I can't drink coffee anymore due to its turbo-diarrhea effect on me. I also have to take something with caffeine everyday or I will have a migraine, so I drink Diet Coke. Today, I saw on TV that even two cans of soda a week erase the heart health gains made during exercise. Goodbye, healthy hearth. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I can no longer have tea, which I have been drinking for as long as I remember, because caffeine now gives me severe hyperthyroidism attacks. I don't know what it's like to watch your best friend die after having known each other for several decades, but I imagine this is a good analogy. FML
Today, my parents took my to hospital with headache, cramps, sweats and tremors. The doctor thought I was an drug addict in withdrawal, which, after some questions, turns out I am. I gave up fizzy soda last week and am in total withdrawal from caffeine and all the other addictive chemicals in soda. FML
Today, I've been caffeine-free for 2 weeks. It's turned me into a constipated angry bitch. FML
Today, after being sick and not having coffee for a month, my body has invented a new way of processing caffeine: The tiredness and lethargy remains untouched, while the caffeine-jolt is converted directly into a fuzzy headache. FML
Today, if my blood pressure rises too high I get migraines that cripple me for days, even with medication. I can’t let myself get stressed, I can’t exercise, I can’t stand up too fast if I’ve been sitting or lying down, I definitely can’t have sex, and I also can’t drink coffee. Someone shoot me. FML
Today, I was trying to ease off a caffeine headache. I ended up getting a Brain Freeze. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's after over a week of feeling extremely tired and having headaches. His advice? "When I'm tired I drink coffee. You should drink coffee." Somehow, I don't think that was worth $60. FML
Today, I went to the hospital with severe chest pain, thinking it was a heart attack. Turns out now I just can't have booze, pop, chocolate, fruit with skins, seeds, tomatoes, or mint. I'd rather have the heart attack. FML
Today, I have a massive paradox on my hands. My doctor told me to stop drinking so much tea to combat my sleeplessness, and it worked. Until now. I went to the doctor again to figure out why it suddenly stopped working, and she told me the reason I can't sleep now is because I have caffeine withdrawal. FML
Today, I have a heart condition that causes migraines and fainting, so I take salt tablets to stop the fainting. The migraines can lead to a stroke, so I have medication for them. The medication has a side effect: fainting. And to avoid migraines, I should avoid salt. FML
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Nakomai 17
Maybe see a doctor, and in the meantime try tea like others suggested. I suffer from migraines and some of the medications actually have caffeine in it.
Justkidding100 41
it's called caffeine withdrawal and the solution is not to continue your caffeine addiction
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Hangryko 32
Have you tried tea, especially matcha? It's lower in caffeine and has many health benefits.
Justkidding100 41
it's called caffeine withdrawal and the solution is not to continue your caffeine addiction
Thaylok 17
Fully agree with JustKidding100. Once you get past the caffeine withdrawal, things will get better. expect more than headache, like irritability and jitters. But hang in there, you can do it. I gave up caffeine 19 years ago after some kidney stones and have not looked back.
Nakomai 17
Maybe see a doctor, and in the meantime try tea like others suggested. I suffer from migraines and some of the medications actually have caffeine in it.
Suaria 38
I stopped caffeine for about 3 years before starting to have coffee again. Prior to that, I had headaches frequently but when I stopped having caffeine I stopped having headaches. What I learned is that it's caused by caffeine withdrawal. Eventually you'll stop having them once you get through the withdrawal
FluffythePink 23
You know caffeine pills are a thing, right?
Crowned Sataness 12
tea, caffeine pills, caffeinated chocolate on Amazon
Sonotsuave 37
Um what about green tea? Caffeinated tea?
D J's MOM 17
how about some vitamin b and d supplements???