I'm giving up caffeine--again, Tips anyone?

[Rose&Mike]

I went to bed last night at 8:30. Yesterday was my day off, so I could deal with the headache I had all day. I took ibuprofen and tylenol, and it did nothing. This morning I woke up at 5:30, headache free. I still feel a little queasy, but not as bad as yesterday. And really I've been feeling queasy for weeks. I'm hoping that the queasy feeling goes away after being caffeine free for a while.

I'm going to take tea bags to work today. One caffeine and one decaf. I've quit before, but I never had headaches like yesterday. Before if I took advil, I could manage the headache.

I'm not planning on giving up chocolate. That would just be torture.

Pezheadmeg--4 weeks of symptoms. Oh my goodness.

I must say after one day without soda/coffee, I slept better than I have in weeks. Still woke up a bunch, but didn't wake up in a panic. We'll see how tonight goes.

 

[Disney Doll]

I've stopped drinking drinks with caffeine several times in the past, and I always feel better. But I always go back. And then I eventually start feeling lousy, eating too much, not sleeping well, and being told by others "I need to relax, etc."

Anyhow, anyone have tips for making the next couple days less miserable and staying off caffeine? Part of the problem is I REALLY like diet coke. But I like it with potato chips, cake, etc. I don't want to switch to caffeine free diet-coke, because I really think all that nutra-sweet probably isn't a good idea either.

TIA.
Rose

Well, regular Diet Coke has nutra-sweet too, so I'm not sure what the difference is between the 2.????

When I went off caffeine (heart palpitations) I switched to flavored seltzers. I had to suck up the headache-y, "withdrawl" feeling for a couple of days, but I must admit, I do feel better being decaffeinated. Now, on the very rare occasion when I may do a diet Pepsi, I do feel kind of gassy and crappy.