Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal

Re:Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal by tricky on Monday April 06, 2009 @04:51PM (#549601)

Here's a tip if you would like to quit but can't because the withdrawal is awful.

Wait until you get food poisoning or the flu. You'll probably take some time off work and you'll probably (and should) be under the care of a doctor. You might as well throw in the awfulness that is withdrawal and get it over with.

I turned the hell of "how old was that yogurt I just ate?" into an opportunity to quit my 6 cup a day habit. I'm a little nuts in that I kept some coffee by my bedside and every time I was about to yarf I took a gulp...

I haven't had coffee since, but I did have to be careful not to replace it with some other caffeine source.

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Re:Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal by dave_au on Monday April 06, 2009 @06:47PM (#549828)

I did that and it worked pretty well. I was drinking a lot of Coke.

Six months later I thought "I'll have a Coke for lunch, it's alright since I had one with lunch yesterday". I almost paid for it before I realised I'd only had a very detailed dream where I'd bought and consumed a bottle of Coke with lunch.

I decided to stay off the caffeine for a little longer.

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Re:Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal by logicalmind on Monday April 06, 2009 @05:21PM (#549669)

While I don't condone anyone intentionally getting food poisoning, your post is exactly what my father did to quit smoking. He contracted a bout of severe food poisoning that was so bad he couldn't even smoke. He had been a pack-a-day smoker for decades. He never smoked again.

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