Re: Giving up coffee and caffeine withdrawal?

I think everyone is different!

I tried to stop (cold turkey) my 2 cups a day and within 24 hours started having terrible headaches and nausea... almost to the point of vomiting.

The key is to slowly taper down your caffeine consumption... so the body doesn't notice it as much.

For example, you could try to have your regular cup in the morning but then only half a cup in the afternoon. Then when you've done that for a couple of weeks, you could try to have decaf in the afternoon. Then you could move to a half a cup of regular coffee in the morning, and eventually decaf (or none) in the morning.

Another option is to buy decaf and regular and mix them together so you still feel like you are getting your coffee... or you can buy the "half caff" stuff. Same thing.

Basically, to avoid the side effects, its definitely best to taper it down over the course of several months.

Unfortunately, I've quit caffeine probably 5 times and after a few months end up thinking "Why did I do that? I love caffeine!" And now I'm trying to quit AGAIN. Tweet