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by Blinks- 3232 days ago
One of the things that always gets to me when I try to stop drinking coffee/tea is that I end up feeling tired all day and then can't get to sleep at night. Apparently sleeplessness is a side effect of caffeine withdrawal, it's almost comical. Then again I have never tried slowly reducing my intake over a month, might be worth a try.
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I've found that going cold-turkey is actually way easier than trying to ween yourself off of it. Reducing my intake only makes me want it more and more because I already have a little bit of it in my system. While going cold-turkey sucks for a 2-3 days, after you're off of it you have almost no urge what-so-ever to drink it.
Going cold turkey while increasing physical activity for a week or two is super effective at resetting my sleep patterns and daytime energy levels.
Thanks for relating that. I had just decided today that I'd quit, so it's perfect timing to start tomorrow.