To give up caffiene on Monday?

[toysoldiers]

I feel lethargic all the time.

Have recently taken up running in the hope that it will help.

I drink a LOT of tea and coffee and think this may also be the problem.

Will I feel better if I give it up? Are the summer holidays a ridiculous time? I figured would be easier when not at work and out of 'routine' iyswim.

Don't go cold turkey if you drink a lot as you will get withdrawal.
Reduce by one caffinated drink a day
You will feel better in the long run, I did

just ditch the coffee and stick with tea

You will feel better when you are off and sleep better, but the withdrawal can be difficult - you can get terrible headaches, but having a little bit of caffeine gets rid of them (eg a small cup of tea).

If you go cold turkey, chances are you will get excrutiating headaches. YANBU to want to cut down / out. I should, I know.

But be prepared for the worst headaches this side of an espresso if you cut it out completely.

Agree re the headaches, I gave up coffee a few months ago and have never had such bad headaches before, they were enough to make me want to curl up in a ball and do nothing! That said, they stopped within a few days but you must make sure you replace the fluids with something else, I forgot to do that so was also dehydrated, I now drink plenty of water instead.

I gave up coffee about 8 weeks ago. I have to warn you, the withdrawal headaches were the most horrendous I've ever experienced.
I think on reflection cold turkey was a bad idea. Unfortunately I couldn't have coffee in the house as I have no self control whatsoever and would have given up at the first hurdle!
I'd go with reducing gradually. I sleep better but can't say I've noticed any other differences. I just think it's another toxin I can do without!

The headaches are killer if you go cold turkey. I second the advice to cut down slowly.

OK, no cold turkey.

How about cup of tea first thing, one mid afternoon?

Would that stave off the headaches?

Don't go cold turkey, caffeine withdrawal is horrendous.

I only have one coffee a day - but it's a large mug of filter, so probably counts as more - and if I don't have it, I have a killer headache by about noon.

No lethargy though, so not going to give it up.

I believe decaf coffee has a little caffeine so maybe you could try that and then drop one coffee a day?
I switched to green tea and I have a good coffee as a treat now and again. I really don't miss drinking coffee on a daily basis.

DH didn't have caffeine for four days when I was being induced and having DD. He was in agony with headaches and didn't realise what it was. Try hal-caff or tea. I wouldn't go cold turkey.

That would be half-caff.

Actually I would buck the trend and say 'go for it'. I gave up tea and coffee 3 weeks ago and had hellish headaches for 3 days and then it was all over. And I am a runner too. My main problem is that I would be falling asleep in the car for any drive longer than about 15 mins. For some reason dropping caffeine has stopped all that!