― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Strung the fuck out, on coffee!
― Aaron A., Monday, 2 May 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
yes, it was a general term for painkiller.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― you work for kay (dymaxia), Monday, 2 May 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Last week this happened and I thought something specific was pissing me off but didn't know what it was. Turned out to be nothing, just the vague edginess caused by caffeine withdrawal.
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mog, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 12:03 (nineteen years ago) link
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― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Too much (i.e. more than two cups a day) coffee makes me jittery, grumpy and shouty. Tea is just safer, given that I'm a witch at the best of times.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link
This is now my concern. After saying several times, on this forum and elsewhere, that I would rather go blind than give up coffee, I am starting to become concerned about the possible psychological side effects. I have a reasonably large coffee intake (5 or 6 cups a day), and lately I have not been able to so much as lose my credit card without going into a mild hysterical fit. I also have a lot of trouble concentrating. I've started to wonder just how things would be without coffee. Will there be changes? How is it done?
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago) link
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― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Thursday, 9 June 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
I HAVE TO GIVE UP COFFEE AND ALL FORMS OF CAFFEINE.
Also, my almost daily cocktail of Excederin Migraine needs to stop ASAP (I apparently get rebound headaches).
My doctor told me I could get such a bad headache that it might send me to the EMERGENCY ROOM.
YAY.
I AM NOW BORING (I can't really drink booze either).
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
TIME FOR A NEW BRAIN
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
excedrin migraine has lots of caffeine! i hope he gave you some other headache meds at least.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
LOBOTOMY PLZ
yeah, he gave me stuff for my migraines and a low grade anti-depressant (?!) to ward of potentially terrible withdrawal headache.
I AM OFFICIALLY DULL
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
don't quit coffee! coffee needs you!
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
what do doctors really know
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
can you taper? do the half decaf half regular? or did he say you have to stop immediately?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
is it time to try topamax yet?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I LOVE COFFEE BUT IT DOES NOT LOVE ME ;_;
excederin migraine is officially a BITCH
AM I GOING TO TURN INTO A HIPPY WITH MY NEW HERBAL TEA DRINKING BEHAVIOR??!
I have to go cold turkey! The fact that I could get such a raging headache that would send me to the emergency room is scary.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
brain doctor put me on samples of Maxalt?
Imitrex doesn't work for me, as demonstrated by 4 DAY migraine. ;_;
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i have to say that quitting coffee did help my headaches a lot. i stopped over the last month or so.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I had no idea caffeine was so addictive. It's like you guys are talking about smack or something. Good thing I've always preferred tea.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
how fancy of you
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
honestly though i lived for a good 2, maybe even 3?, years drinking non-caffeinated tea, having maybe a coffee or caffeinated tea every couple of weeks. then introduced it again slowly.
i mean now i'm almost full-blown addicted again but hey we'll see
what i'm saying is that you can do it! see how you feel, gauge it, etc
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
xposts - tea has caffeine
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I basically only drank tea for about 5 years, but now that I'm back in the US and there isn't much to do besides hang out and read at a starbucks, I'm drinking coffee again. The effects vary, from invigorating to draining. Driving home yesterday buzzing off the caffiene felt more dangerous than driving home from a bar after a couple of beers.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i think that most people just like being drugged
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
which is obv not new news!
yeah, my dr said i'll feel a million dollars better with my daily headaches (i know, sad!). migraines, maybe not, but i won't be taking a frightening amount of excederin to counteract the withdrawal of excederin.
thank you, all. i can do it, i guess. i mean, anything is better than having a headache all the time, right?
i *might* be able to drink coffee eventually, but NO MORE excederin. EVER.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, my dr said i'll feel a million dollars better with my daily headaches (i know, sad!)
that didn't make sense. blame my creeping headache that is coming on.
WITHOUT my daily headaches.
maybe you also need yoga!
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
but no headstands
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/images/products/herbal-teas/roastaroma-lg.jpg
― jaymc, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
YOGA!! excellent idea!
laurel and i were just discussing what i need to take up to make me seem badass now that i'm officially boring.
it's down to jujitsu or kickboxing.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
If I ever go off coffee cold turkey, I'll have to spend about four days in bed with the lights off.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
does that TASTE like coffee, but isn't?
fuck! i'm going to be unconscious for several weeks.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
remind me again what the problem with decaf coffee is? are you not allowed to have that because of the teensy tiny amount of caffeine?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much!
no soda either! (not that i drink that much of that anyway)
srsly, i'm going to be a zombie
but, if it helps, it helps, i guess.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
- that roastaroma tea or something like it sort of tastes like coffee - there are these roasted chicory or hazelnuts or whatever swiss beverages you can buy in health food stores - decaf coffee
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link