When I went off caffeine, it took me down with 3 days of flu like symptoms and headaches. Grouchy asshole is an understatement. I was drinking 2 coffees a day, I can’t imagine.
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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoI worked with someone who would bring 4 cans of monster to work every day, but he told me he was essentially addicted. He said he’d get pounding headaches if he didnt drink them now. Its probably not all that different from a cocaine habit.
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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
it’s just caffeine, i’ll never understand why people can’t just buy a bottle of caffeine pills and get the precise amount they want, it would let him slowly decrease the amount until he isn’t dependent any more.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Its really hard to be in charge of your own taper, self control is usually lacking in substance abuse situations.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
i mean it’s caffeine, not nicotine, and even with nicotine a good amount of people manage to taper down usage. You don’t get addicted to caffeine, you get dependent, which is much easier to handle.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
There isn’t much of a difference between addiction and dependence, if any. Some find abstinence is more successful than tapering, but it really depends on the person. Tapering isn’t as simple as you might think either, many fail due to incorrect methodology rather than willpower.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Caffeine habits are very real, and holy shit, that’s like 6-7 coffees a day. If he went cold turkey, it would be a week of hell at home, vomiting from the migranes.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I think knowing him made me reframe how I view caffeine. I treat it as a potent drug and it seems to affect me that way now, so I barely use it.