Going caffeine free: want to join me?

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I’m going to try and do something proactive about my menopausal symptoms. I can’t get motivated to exercise at the moment so thought I’d begin with diet.

Tomorrow I am going cold turkey. I’ve done it before and expect a bad headache. If anyone wants to join in we can offer each other moral support.

Oh definitely. I’m doing it for menopause plus I have mild tinnitus which gets worse when I have coffee.

Problem is I love cappuccinos and don’t know what to replace it with?

My headache usually kicks in after 3 days and I cave

I'll join you from tomorrow! I love coffee but I've noticed it's giving me terrible sweats so need to stop. I'll replace it with green tea from tomorrow..!

I’m going to stop coffee first (today).

How has it gone?

I'd rather go for a few runs/ day than give up my daily cuppa :).

I am cutting out coffee and making herbal teas regularly to replace (some) tea. I have begun to make it in a pot so I refill and have more than one cup.

I'm not sure I can reach caffeine free!

I had one tea yesterday and no coffee. Today one tea first thing and then moved onto rooibos. I had a bad headache last night and this morning but 2 paracetamol has taken care of it today.

I usually have one strong coffee in the morning for breakfast before work.

If cutting out coffee is managable I might drop the tea in a couple of weeks.

I already have a shocking headache on day one! I do love coffee.. I work from home on my laptop all day drinking coffee which I know is bad for me. Staying strong, just boiled the kettle for a green tea. I'd have gone for a run to if we didn't have gale force winds here today!!

I use Pukka tea bags and pretend I'm really enjoying the treat!

I'll report back if the brainwashing is successful!

Good luck op.

I did this a while back and my sleep improved vastly, so i do want to keep going and make it a longer lasting change.

I had to give up tea and coffee due to overactive bladder/ IC and have not touched a drop for years and years. Once you get used to it, it's fine.

I drink chamomile tea , mint tea, and hot water with a sliver of lemon.

Teapigs are good quality and use the real flowers/ herbs not the left over dust that is in most herbal tea bags.

Two days without coffee now. The real test will be tomorrow morning when I have to get ready for work.

I was going to buy some teapigs as another treat!

It helps to ring the changes.

Day 3 no coffee, I think I’m noticing a difference in my anxiety. Sleep still terrible

Well done.
I've avoided coffee though I had too many black teas.
I'm going to try a warm bath tonight to wind down.

I noticed that on the better nights I still wake up but with less anxiety I drop back off to sleep rather than lying awake or even giving up and getting up for an hour.

My sleep last night wasn't good either! I was awake by 4 and I've been up ever since.. green tea is ok but I think I might need to try something else.

4am is the waking hour!

I have almost given up. It was giving me hot flushes. I have the occasional diet coke but almost completely free. It has helped.

black tea or green tea each have about half the caffeine of coffee (as typically made). So 2 teas = 1 coffee. Lots of tea = as much caffeine as some coffee.

I'm drinking Diet Pepsi which is nice, zero wine or gin to 🙌 I'm hoping I can ride it out and see light at the end of the tunnel in a week or two.. the hot flushes have been horrendous so I have to try something!!

I stopped drinking coffee earlier this year. March, I think. I have a couple of cups of tea in the morning, then herb tea for the rest of the day. I’d already cut caffeine down a lot so didn’t get headaches, and actually didn’t find it as hard as I thought I would.

I cut it out to see if it would improve my digestion and reduce irritable bladder, and I’m very pleased to say that it worked!

And I’m calmer, too.

I drink barley cup granules (not powder) made very strong with frothy milk as a coffee replacement and rooiboo with milk instead of tea.

I went caffeine free months ago.. I feel much better although I miss it .. remembering and not accidentally having a coke when you are in a restaurant can be tricky but I'm well over the hump .