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What is an addiction many people don’t realize they have? (programming.dev)

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[-] this_is_router@feddit.de -5 points 1 year ago

Headaches?! Yes, the first evening, after that, nothing. No flu like symptoms, no nothing. It's just a habit for me but doesn't fuck me up if I don't do it.

I'll happiely drink 4-6 red bull a day and another 1-4 coffee on top, but I don't care if there is none.

Weeks of headaches? Flu like symptoms? You guys sure you don't just have a placebo effect when quitting?

[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I began to say that there is no way you drink 4 to 6 Red Bull energy drinks and then top it with 1 to 4 coffee drinks on top.

Doing the math at the smallest amount (4 8-oz cans of Red Bull @ 80 mg of caffeine each puts you at 320 mg of caffeine. That is only a bit more than 1 Rockstar (300 mg).

If you really take in that much caffeine, then I would believe that you likely haven't abstained from caffeine for long enough.

Give it a try. Go caffeine-free for 1 weekend. I dare you. Stop taking in caffeine of any sort on Friday afternoon. You will likely call in sick to whatever you have planned on Monday.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Everyone’s body is different, but when the pandemic hit and my partner and I became NEETs, I went from 8-10 cups of coffee per day (and often a sugar free energy drink on top) to zero. Cold turkey.

I gave up soda about 15 years ago. We’d have chamomile tea but that definitely doesn’t have caffeine in it.

Zero effects on either of us. We would have been lethargic probably, if we had to do anything. But we just slept until noon every day and lazed around/played games/watched stuff/cleaned until bed.

No headaches, no fluey stuff, nothing. Could be my brain chemistry, but I have no idea. I had been drinking 8+ cups every day for a decade (as long as I was at my last job.)

[-] this_is_router@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I did it last year for a week. As I said, first day I git a headache in the evening but that was it.

[-] _danny@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm calling bullshit that you get minimal effects going from regular (the most important part is regular) over 400mg (and upwards of 1000mg) caffeine in a day to zero.

Unless you're just a natural freak who doesn't become dependent on stimulants, you absolutely should feel like crap for at least a day or two.

[-] this_is_router@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Nope, no freak here, I got other substances that I can't quit as easily but coffee wasn't a problem at all.

[-] _danny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Congratulations on your resistance to chemical addiction then. I still seriously doubt your claims though.

[-] this_is_router@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

it sounds like you are angry at me for not getting side effects when stopping caffeine

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