Do you have experience quitting caffeine? How long did it take to get back to baseline?
I've been without caffeine for 2 weeks. Mood and motivation are not back yet.
Wanted to sleep better and have a regular heartbeat. Feeling more calm now, but I'm not sure if this is worth it 😄 I've developed a deep association between coffee and coding over the years.
You can try matcha tee
Took me a couple weeks but by then I felt great. Maybe stick it out a little longer.
What I will say is once you actually have caffeine again - WHOA. Feels very different after getting to baseline.
Quitting caffeine is a chore, but it can only really be achieved meaningfully with proper diet. Caffeine isn't energy. My question for would be what do you eat?
Without a nutrient-rich, animal based diet, you will struggle with this. I drank coffee for 15 years and quit in January. I feel great but I eat meat every day, eggs, fresh fruit, and raw dairy products. No seeds, no seed oils and no veggies.
My morning grogginess and headaches took 3 days to fade but my energy level has been great since then.
I would stay away from tea and other chemicals as well.
Quitting caffeine was my resolution this year, after a health scare last December. It's not been a problem in general, I try to compensate with more sleep...
If you define "baseline" as how you feel on caffeine the answer might be never. I haven't read any good studies on this, so just guessing. But it would not surprise me if caffeine simply increases motivation and improves mood above baseline.
In that case your choice is between living with slightly worse mood and less motivation than you're used to, or finding the optimal caffeine dose and having guardrails to ensure you don't keep increasing the dose.
(this is about the longer term, e.g. beyond one or two week effects, once you've slept off the cold turkey withdrawal - the benefit is going to a much lower dose is much more clear cut imo)
I don't get the caffeine thing, never did.
I'm always switching between like 7 coffees a day for months, then a few months of no coffee. And I always feel better during the periods that I'm not drinking it, but I just like the taste.
Biggest difference is my level of interaction with the toilet lol.
I do have a past with heavier substances so that might have made me kinda immune to weak shit like caffeine.
Yes. Having a coffee once on a weekend can help instead of cold turkey. Or switch from espresso to instant. But usually for me it’s about a month before I feel like a normal human without the coffee. 100% agree that coffee and code is an unbeatable combo.
Replace with high-grade cacao.
replace with beef bone broth and get the sunrise followed up by a big breakfast and avoid blue light
I have tried several times and even after two months I still felt terrible. Now I drink matcha most days, never exceed 100mg and never have caffeine after 10AM. Check this subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/decaf/s/Oz5UmksGI3 some people say it can take a year to fully reset
I've quit multiple times. Generally I need a small amount to avoid the headaches as I taper off. And then I sleep a lot. But afterwards I'm normal and my energy levels are more steady.
I'm drinking coffee regularly now for health reasons. I don't use robusta which has too much caffeine, and I don't drink energy drinks.
Ectopic heart beats or even afib can be exacerbated by caffeine, but not by as much as I used to think. Caffeine is often blamed by rarely causal. Usually there is some other underlying etology. Check your electrolytes. Avoid alcohol. A hiatal hernia, sliding hernia, GERD or even just gas trapped in the upper stomach can press on or tug on the heart and cause funny heart beats. That's my experience at least.
Switch to 100% arabica like Mike said, and expresso shots have less caffeine than drip coffee. If you want the same volume make it americano. Tastes better, too )
Hey Martti, (and all others struggling with #health)
Considering coffee or other foods or drinks in isolation is like analysing Lightning without understanding Layer 1.
Layer 1: The body is a complex machine striving for perfection, but subject to the laws of toxicity and deficiency.
Compare it to a house, requiring constant repairs for optimal condition. It needs quality building materials. Supply rusty nails or weak bricks and degradation will follow. Similarly, do humans really need coffee? Alcohol? Aspartame in desserts or High Fructose corn syrup in soft drinks? Panadol? E251 in cheese? All can be classified as toxins because the body will try to eliminate them quickly. And yes, coffee feels like having benefit.... so do rusty nails.
17th and 18th century sailors succumbed to scurfy due to lack of vitamine C. The solution was simple: citrus fruits for Vitamine C. Instead of toxic, those sailors were deficient. Similarly it goes for vit-D, E and many important elements like iodine and selenium. The body needs them. Where do you get them? That's a personal journey. Some thrive on fruits and vegetables, some on meat, others on supplements. You'll have to test and see what works for you. Learn to read supermarket labels, understand E385, E900 or imazalil on those shiny citrus fruits. This will be a life long process without easy answers.
Layer 2: healthy relationships, limited EMF exposure (WiFi, GSM can really mess up your sleep), regular exercise, no prolonged and heavy stress, having a purpose.
As if the challenge wasn't big enough, you need to be aware of The Great Poisoning going on since the 90s, as explained by Catherine A. Fitts. Listen only 2 minutes from where the video starts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWYgkrjRruk&t=1750s
Source books: Dissolving Illusions, The invisible rainbow, Death by food pyramid.
the deep sleep is definitely worth it 💪
I have no sleep problems but felt not so good with 5-8 coffees/day. Currently I do 1 caffeine coffee in the morning and a few w/o caffeine through the day.
If you don't want to give up caffeine entirely I've found yerba maté to be a lot more pleasant than coffee.
1 day feeling shitty.
1 week feeling tired.
3 month till nothing seems missing anymore.
Taking afternoon naps is so much better without caffeine in your system.
I switched out coffee for green tea and jasmin, it has some amounts of natural caffeine that pacifies the receptors but doesn't give jitters.
Also reuse the same leaves for the second cup or just pour out the first brew into the sink to dodge the caffeine entirely.
The second brew should have a smooth taste and none of the bitterness - granting a good start on the day 🍵
I tried. I went FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT coffee.
Did not notice an improvement. Was more lethargic and tired than ever.
I tried. I went FOUR FUCKING MONTHS WITHOUT COFFEE.
Was more tired/lethargic than ever.
Been back on the juice ever since. I need me some HEAVY FUCKING FUEL!
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I did 6 months ago, took nearly a full month, month and a half however I did substitute with small amounts of low caffeine content green tea, Big difference overall in life, im less jittery, more relaxed, and sleep is better. I would not go back to drinking coffee everyday.
Its been about 4 years now. About 2 ounces of most black coffee in about 5-10 mins is enough to really feel it. If I ever have a tea or coffee I have about 8 oz over about 6 hours usually. I used to be a 2-3 coffee/energy drink person, for about 6 years prior. I have gotten used to coffee/tea at room-temp believe it or not, and I'm not that guy, that likes room temp drinks. Insulated cup helps a ton!
On a second note, I had a goal to drop all substance "addiction" basically anything I ate/drank that I felt dependent on for my productivity or mood regardless of how long it took. Generally eating better, sleeping better, and working out daily, has done so much more for my productivity than any cup of coffee has or will ever do for me. When I know I have a large block of time I can use to focus on a single task, I will sometimes have a couple OZ of coffee or so. The last thing I'm working on is sugar...
I just limit to 2 shots of espresso for my daily caffeine and have it by 9am. Then I’m fine with sleep and health concerns.
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Replace it with tea or decaf coffee ?
I quit coffee in 2022 and I think it took me maybe 3 days? It was definitely less than a week to move on from it and I used to drink it twice a day. You definitely should be at baseline by now. My guess is your diet and/or digestion is messed up.
Of all the mugs available in the market, you went for this one, wow 🤩 !
Just like me.
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get high quality decaf beans and mix them 75/25, to 50/50, to 25/75
by the time you are at 75% decaf you can quit fairly easy
recommend Ruta Maya dark roast; best on the market
there were 3 stages, first one one I quite and wanted it for about 1 week,
than after a week I could say no to it but for next 3-4 week I felt weak and slowly
and after about 2-3 month I started feel better and quite afraid of taking coffeine back
Buckwheat tea is a delicious alternative
quitting coffee ain't worth it :) just don't drink any after midday. just talking from personal experience and not with any medical capacity..
Try Cannabis Oil - THC is the best... Deep sleep, no dreaming and incredibly refreshed wake up.
I had a couple of times. Before quitting entirely I start by brewing some decaf beans.
I tapered - half-caf for awhile, then switched to herbal tea. I never did just decaf coffee though - taste was too bad. I've been off caffeine now for about about a year. My biggest problem is that it's awkward at social gatherings, so I usually have herbal tea in those cases. I can't say how long it took to be back to baseline because I tapered, but my sleep has improved over the last 12 months for sure.
I feel less stress after quiting, but hard to know if it's the coffee or other factors. Good luck on your coffee free journey!
I do this from time to time so I can lower my caffeine tolerance and I would say the main things I think help me are:
- having a glass of room temp water right when I wake up (just keep the water by your bedside)
- getting into the kitchen and making a glass of lemon water before eating anything
- eating sardines for breakfast
- drinking organic beef bone broth after sardines
Then I think the main thing is drinking a lot of water, doing a bit of cardio and hitting the sauna or steam room. If you can get a few lymphatic massages to keep everything moving. Also avoid sugar and breads because this will make your blood sugar spike, then crash badly and that’s when you feel you need the mid day coffee pick me up.
4 terrible days of pure panic then I was good
Coffee has more health benefits than its contraindications, it is good for the heart and accompanies the mind. And if not, drink yerba mate 🧉
You must be into Java.
Things should be getting easier now that it's been 2 weeks. 🥳
Tulsi herbal tea is an adoptogen and will help relax your nervous system and improve response to stress over time. Try a cup at night before bed to improve sleep.
For more energy, try eating an orange in the morning... Do some yoga --- inversions (handstand against the wall) and back bends are energizing .
If you were experiencing digestive issues, drinking aloe vera juice (no sugar added) in the morning can help to restore balance in the GI tract.
Alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodana) can also help with resetting the nervous system and digestion. 🙏✨
Took me about a month to adjust from 4 or 5 strong stove-top coffees a day to zero caffeine at all. This was 4 years ago now and I've never looked back.
