Trying to quit coffee makes me sleepy throughout the day. Even when I wake up I feel sleepy.

get a huge salt lamp, put it on your night stand next to you in your bed, and make sure the bulb is 40w or more. sleep with the lamp near your head and make sure you turn it on. it takes a few nights to get used to the light next to you in bed, but you will wake up and feel amazingly refreshed. if you're tired during the day, ride a stationary bike for 20 mins and see what happens!

Same here. I drink a lot of coffee. Mainly because I need it to keep my sinuses from plugging up. the hot water seems to help. i am not addicted in any conventional sense, but I do really like having my coffee. (at least 6 mugs a day).

Coffee really doesn't wake me up or give me energy anymore. in fact I sleep like a baby if I have a mug or 2 right before bed.

And interesting thing I have noted. I bought a bottle of caffeine pills several years ago to keep in the car in case I get sleepy while driving.

Those actually wake me up reasonably well.

They say coffee has drugs that are actually sedative in nature.

The caffeine pills are straight caffeine, hence lack the sedative aspect.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 02/28/2024 04:08 AM

This sounds dumb, but it works.

Drink Decaf.

You have built a tolerance.
It no longer has the desired effects.
You need to get back to a more natural state.
Then only use caffeine as a last resort to keep your tolerance down.

I used to drink 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day.

I weaned myself off of it.

At first I had terrible headaches. After a few weeks, that went away.

I sometimes have a cup of tea at some point during the day, but that's about it.

It's not that big of a deal. Start making fruit smoothies.

Apples, grapes and carrots give you more energy than Java.

That feeling will pass when you kick the addiction. It will take about 2 - 4 weeks. Unfortunately you'll go through phases of feeling pretty crappy (lethargy, headaches, withdrawal symptoms) during that time, but push through it and you'll feel great. It's exactly the same with kicking a sugar addiction. Once you get through it, it's a revelation because you have no craving for caffeine - you just don't want it.

Here are the main effects of kicking caffeine that I found. Far better sleep (going 8 hours with no waking up needing the bathroom). No brain fog/much better focus. No 'afternoon lull' where you feel the need to nap or get away from demanding tasks. Better skin and general youthful/fresh look about your face (I really mean this).

you have dieabeetus.

Change your diet, eat fewer carbs and more vegetables and meat.
You may have some infection that's wearing you down, like Epstein -Barr (the mono virus), candida, or Lyme. Diabetes can also cause fatigue.
Do you sleep on a regular schedule?
Try eating the majority of your food in a six hour window, then only water or black coffee for the other 18 hrs.
Coffee is actually pretty healthy, minus the cream and sugar. I don't think the coffee is the problem, it's a bandaid for something else causing fatigue.
You could try water fasting for a few days and see how you feel afterwards.
Also some general blood work would rule out things like vitamin deficiencies, diabetes, etc.

Well, withdrawal symptoms like sleepiness should last about 2 weeks. Be thankful that you don't get headaches.

Heal your adrenals

Caffine keeps you from getting sleepy the drug works you will never be the same without it.

So get used to it or take some other form of caffeine like tea.

decaf still has like 5% caffeine i bet it works lol

I don't think it is the coffee.

It's not "5% caffeine", it's 5% of the caffeine that's normally in coffee.

Regular Coffee is 1-5% caffeine.
Decaf is 0.02% caffeine.

Caffeine not even measured in percentage of course i meant 5% of normal. So if you drink a pot of decaf before you're being "good" i bet you feel just fine.

I'm trying to quit coffee too.
I cut back to half.
I wake up with a migraine
Hopefully by the end of next month I'm off coffee
I love coffee but going through a forced withdrawal and if shtf isn't something I want to go through

Not sure how they make decaf these days.

They used to soak the coffee in Benzene! The caffeeine would dissolve in the Benzene, then they would discard the benzene and sell you the coffee that remained. Which no doubt still had some benzene in it. Like washing it in gasoline! No thanks!

Drink one cup of coffee if the morning

After that drink black tea and/or chair black tea (it has caffeine)

Chai Black Tea has Spices

Stash Tea Company has zero pesticides residue

Their non caffeiene teas has Hibiscus and Rooibos Teas

Hibiscus Tea can lower blood pressure

You’ll get over it eventually. It took me two weeks of headaches. Then frightening ocular migranes. Now I’m fine. I’d never go back to drinking coffee, I’m so much more relaxed, not angry, calm. I’m at the airport with people freekin out everywhere, I’m cool.

I tried both the English Breakfast Black Tea and the Irish Breakfast Black Tea

And the English Breakfast Black Tea is the best

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It has caffeine

Use a real coffee cup and not a plastic cup

Seep for 6 minutes to make it stronger

They use CO2 now. They haven’t used benzine for many years.

I see little reason to stop taking caffeine. If taken correctly its a performance enhancer. If you down hundreds of mg a day then thats your fault.

The Cranberry Pomegranate Herbal Tea is pretty good

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It has Hibiscus and Roobios Tea

Roobios is an Arabic Tea and is healthy

No caffeine

I tried that Hibiscus tea. Horrid stuff!
I still have the box with the dozen tea bags minus one. :)

Google search

Hibiscus Tea Benefits

Answer

Historically, hibiscus tea has been used in African countries to decrease body temperature, treat heart disease, and sooth a sore throat. In Iran, hibiscus tea is used to treat high blood pressure. Recent studies have looked at the possible role of hibiscus in the treatment of high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

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Roobios tea benefits

Answer

The main nutritional benefit of rooibos tea lies in its rich antioxidant content and it being a source of some unique polyphenols, including aspalathin. These protective plant compounds may help protect against the free radical damage that leads to conditions like diabetes, heart disease and potentially cancer.

Coffee is the only thing keeping me going though clown world.

Life without it would just suck too bad.

Ah. Sorry to hear that

Well Stash Naturally Flavored Teas taste very good

And they include Hibiscus and Roobios

Don't buy the Acai Barry one it is awful

And the Blueberry doesn't taste too good

Their Cranberry Pomegranate Herbal Tea tastes very good

Exactly

I now drink one Espresso in the morning and teas later during the day on work days

Black tea, Chai Black tea and Herbal Teas

I will not quit coffee

Drinking coffee makes me feel like a human

God, angels and devils do not drink coffee

Animals do not drink coffee

Only we humans enjoy drinking coffee

On my days off from work I drink 3 cups of espresso throughout the day