How do you get kick caffeine out of your life?

[Charley]

I'm really listening here...and wonder...maybe it is the caffeine or maybe it is the artificial sweetener in Fresca. It is my favorite soda, but I don't have it in the house all the time. I buy it in two liter bottles and it never sits here long enough to go flat with just lil o me drinking it. I did have a couple bottles in the house in the last couple weeks and they aren't here anymore.

I'm going to have to figure this out. I know I want to get rid of the caffeine but maybe I should also kick the Fresca too.

I hate headaches!

 

[Boinky]

i used to love fresca too!

 

[Charley]

Re: Chocolate - Good News!

This is info off the Hersheys site.

Caffeine

Some people are surprised to learn that chocolate is not high in caffeine. A typical 8-ounce glass of chocolate milk has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaffeinated coffee. A HERSHEY'S chocolate bar (1.55 ounce) contains about 10 mg of caffeine - slightly more than a cup of decaffeinated coffee, but much less than that found in regular coffee, tea, and some soft drinks. The small amount of caffeine in chocolate occurs naturally in cocoa beans.

Caffeine Content Of Products1 Source Serving Caffeine2

Coffee 1 Cup (240ml)

Brewed, drip method 65-120mg

Instant 60-85mg

Decaffeinated 2-3mg

Teas 1 Cup (240ml)

Brewed, major U.S. brands 20-90mg

Instant 24-31mg

Decaffeinated 9-50mg

Soft Drinks 1 Cup (240ml)

Caffeinated 20-40mg

HERSHEY'S confectionery products

HERSHEY'S BITES candies 18 Pieces (39g) 3-8mg

HERSHEY'S COOKIES 'N' CRÉME candy bar 1.55 oz (43g) 4mg

KIT KAT wafer bar 1.5 oz (42g) 6mg

KRACKEL chocolate bar 1.45 oz (41g) 7mg

HERSHEY'S KISSES brand chocolate 9 pieces (41g) 9mg

HERSHEY'S chocolate bar 1.55 oz (43g) 9mg

HERSHEY'S chocolate bar with almonds 1.45 oz (41g) 8mg

MR. GOODBAR chocolate bar 1.75 oz (49g) 7mg

REESE'S peanut butter cups 1.6 oz (45g) 4mg

REESE'S PIECES candy 1.63 oz (46g) 0mg

ROLO caramels in milk chocolate 7 pieces (42g) 3mg

SKOR toffee bar 1.4 oz (39g) 3mg

HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK chocolate bar 1.45 oz (41g) 18mg

 

[Bluerocket]

Have been off caffeine for 3 weeks now --- headaches are gone and I am less irritable today than I was when I started. Just went cold turkey.

Don't forget decaf still has caffeine -- have to look for "caffeine free" to be sure you aren't getting any.

Also hate it that CHOCOLATE has caffeine in it.

 

[Jill]

Well, yesterday morning, I had 1/4 the caffeine I normally would and had a bad head ache in the afternoon which has continued and now a stomach ache to go with it. I feel really bad

 

[Charley]

Sorry Jill. I know the feeling. Hope you feel better soon.

I cut my caffeine from coffee in half so far and have totally cut out soda; gonna get the artifical sweeteners out of my system also. I had one slight headache one morning but other than that I have felt good. This weekend I am going to cut out the last cup of coffee; actually switching to decaf so it will have a little caffeine in it. I do like to sit down and relax with a warm cup of coffee, so I will be satisfied to just have one decaf a day knowing that it still has a little caffeine in it. No more jitters! Hooray! I hope I sleep again. I did last night...so I'm keeping track. So far so good!

 

[Jill]

I'm so ready to be done with withdrawal only just now into it. Now, I'm not sure if it's caffeine withdrawal or a bug? I've been sick to my stomach which hasn't happened before when I quit caffeine. Such a wuss....... I actually called H home (on his way to work) thinking with the diabetes and first time I've been this sick, I might have to go to the doctors or hospital

I think a case of me over-reacting but I am planning to be in bed all day.

You are doing really good with quitting it! I think after I'm "through" this period of adjustment, I will have decaf, too.