Give Up Caffeine

Hi all :). I just want to share my personal experience with caffeine on here. As I posted in another post, I've recently given up caffeine... again. I used to be a BIG caffeine drinker, about 4 cups a day. At the time I would get a lot of comments about my smell but I never made the link to all the caffeine I was drinking.

When I eventually realized coffee was a trigger for me, I cut back to black tea.

But now I've finally come out of denial and I realize I need to give it up altogether. For the past two weeks I didn't drink any caffeine. Then yesterday I let myself have two cups of tea because I figured I needed to get a lot done and I needed the boost. Well - this morning when I went back into my bedroom, I smelled a strong BO smell. On a scale of 1-10 I would say it was about an 8. And this was only after one day! I can't imagine what I've been doing to myself this whole time.

My brother drinks caffeine sometimes too. And when he does - I can definitely tell. It makes him have a very strong, sour smell. It's so strong, it's very hard to be very close to him for too long (the irony, I know).

I'm writing this just to emphasize how cutting caffeine can have a positive effect. I would also like to add that all medications, drugs and alcohol also have a very negative effect. I once took a decongestant at work and I could literally smell myself within an hour - it was bad.

I hope this helps someone! Tweet