Anyone get a headache from coffee withdrawal

[Mr Nice]

Anyone get a headache from coffee withdrawal ?

I need my 6AM coffee or the entire day I have a headache from having no caffeine in my system

 

[aquariuscsm]

I've been drinking coffee since I was a little kid

My dad would always put some honey and milk in for me. I always loved sitting next to him drinking coffee with him.

 

[CT8]

Yeah .Killer headaches. Aspirins do not even make a dent in the ache.

 

[RooflessVW]

Every morning.

 

[robertcope]

Sure. Caffeine is no joke as far as drugs go. I've been so addicted that not getting my coffee would have me puking up in the afternoon.

robert

 

[dave123]

Pound alot of coffee in the morning and all day if I don't get it no I do not get a headache I never or rarely had a headache in my life. I do sympathize for people that do really see some suffer from them.

 

[Bud]

Yep, bad headache if I miss my coffee. Gotta have my 3 cups a day.

 

[dustyroads]

Yup...sure do. I don't have a regular schedule but I need my coffee at the start of my day regardless of time of day.

As CT8 said, it's pretty bad.

 

[Dyusik]

Caffeine withdrawal sucked out loud. However, it didn't take much to taper down. I went from drinking close to a gallon of sludge (as they called it at work) every day for about 3 years, to no coffee at all in less than a month. Now I drink coffee just for the taste of it.

 

[earlyre]

yes. but a Coke, or Dew will normally take care of it.

 

[simple_gifts]

When I withdraw from coffee, I will report back 8)

 

[daves87rs]

Yep....

 

[BrocLuno]

After a few coffee withdrawals from the Fire Dept and the Army, I started thinking about it and decided I needed to give it up. Went decaf (Tea mostly, some Lattes being sociable) and never looked back - 40 years now.

If I drink a real caffeinated drink I get a killer buzz that is very unpleasant. Like being an ex-smoker (pipe) who can't be around second hand smoke now... Once you kick it, you have no tolerance for it at all

 

[fonecord2]

Take a couple puffs of a doober. Will help soften the blow.

 

[JHZR2]

Ive long avoided drinking ANY coffee except a cup in social situations after a meal, for this very reason.

That said, Ive found that sometimes I get a morning headache - something related to the position I sleep in. Ive found that coffee plus aspirin helps - which is very common knowledge.

But last thing I need is to trade one headache for an addictive withdrawl headache.

I do enjoy an iced coffee (plan with cream and no sugar), but I make sure to not have any for a few days (in a row) out of a week - typically the days around the weekend, as we dont brew coffee at home anyway. This is specifically on purpose to ensure I never have any dependency to be able to focus or feel alert or awake.

 

[double vanos]

I drink coffee in the am and sometimes at night. But after that first cup, if I don't get any more for the rest of the day, no problem.
Now quitting Diet Coke was a regular beach. I was so tied into DC that one fine day I realized I hadn't had a drink of water in months. I decided the DC had to go, and as the days went by I figured out there's something in DC that'll keep you drinking it.
I gave up all diet sodas and haven't been back since! Strangely, drinking coffee did nothing to kill the DC cravings, so I don't think caffeine is what's in DC that keeps you into it.

 

[Ihatetochangeoil]

No Coffee, no Workee.

Must have my morning coffee; and I'm a snob. Used to do Gevalia, now I'm on Caribou blend. Travel a lot for work, and my morning stainless Stanley thermos has more miles on it than most people's cars. If I DON'T have my morning coffee, I am inhumane, and yes, my head will split.

Have 3 coffeemakers; one for the kitchen, one for the garage and one stays in my car for the road.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: earlyre
yes. but a Coke, or Dew will normally take care of it.
Soft drinks are toxic.

 

[sasilverbullet]

It's not the caffeine, it's the sugar you put in it.

 

[spasm3]

Caffeine withdrawal is real, i have it. And many patients that are NPO for medical procedures will have a headache if the drink coffee regularly.

I drink my coffee black, about 3 cups a day, before noon.