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6/19/2025, 10:47:42 AM
>>76275320
I'm baffled how most people here tried it only a month or two and expected some extraordinary results.
Yes I have quit many times, always cold turkey. I have gone 3, 6, 9 months without any caffeine at all. I once even did 1,5 years without it just to prove to myself that I can do it.
I did it mostly because I had too high of a tolerance to it, which resulted in caffeine doing pretty much nothing. I could drink an energy drink and still yawn afterwards. Caffeine is not something you should take without cycling. You need to take breaks or it becomes pointless. My general rule of thumb is that when I start to exceed 200 mg a day and still feel like I need more, then it's time to cut down on it.
After consulting it with my friends I feel like I get worse withdrawal symptoms than most people, but I also get it that most of them don't quit caffeine ever, especially cold turkey. This is how you will feel after quitting:
Day 1-3:
>intense headaches, taking long naps during the day, the whole days are wasted since you can't do anything
Day 4-7:
>mild headache, still no motivation to really do anything but you can manage
Day 8-14:
>Almost no headache or the headache is barely noticeable, you still feel like you're low on energy and you have this urge to go to bed sooner.
Day 15-31:
>No headaches, you start to become normal, although mornings would still be fine with a bit of caffeine
Month 1-2:
>you feel normal. You wake up feeling ready for the day. Feels "liberating" to just get up and function properly without relying on anything. You start to notice your energy depends on if you slept well or not, rather than on drinking x cups of coffee. Still occasional days where you feel a bit more tired than you should
Month 2 and later:
>Everything is just as before you started taking caffeine. All the damage has been undone, energy levels are much more stable. The sleep problems are gone, since your body instinctively knows it's about the time to sleep.
I'm baffled how most people here tried it only a month or two and expected some extraordinary results.
Yes I have quit many times, always cold turkey. I have gone 3, 6, 9 months without any caffeine at all. I once even did 1,5 years without it just to prove to myself that I can do it.
I did it mostly because I had too high of a tolerance to it, which resulted in caffeine doing pretty much nothing. I could drink an energy drink and still yawn afterwards. Caffeine is not something you should take without cycling. You need to take breaks or it becomes pointless. My general rule of thumb is that when I start to exceed 200 mg a day and still feel like I need more, then it's time to cut down on it.
After consulting it with my friends I feel like I get worse withdrawal symptoms than most people, but I also get it that most of them don't quit caffeine ever, especially cold turkey. This is how you will feel after quitting:
Day 1-3:
>intense headaches, taking long naps during the day, the whole days are wasted since you can't do anything
Day 4-7:
>mild headache, still no motivation to really do anything but you can manage
Day 8-14:
>Almost no headache or the headache is barely noticeable, you still feel like you're low on energy and you have this urge to go to bed sooner.
Day 15-31:
>No headaches, you start to become normal, although mornings would still be fine with a bit of caffeine
Month 1-2:
>you feel normal. You wake up feeling ready for the day. Feels "liberating" to just get up and function properly without relying on anything. You start to notice your energy depends on if you slept well or not, rather than on drinking x cups of coffee. Still occasional days where you feel a bit more tired than you should
Month 2 and later:
>Everything is just as before you started taking caffeine. All the damage has been undone, energy levels are much more stable. The sleep problems are gone, since your body instinctively knows it's about the time to sleep.
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