Disencaffeinating

[nonethefewer]

rosefox sent me a post the other whenever of someone who realized that after pregnancy, they had become caffeine intolerant, but didn't realize it. They stopped drinking coffee, and after the withdrawal symptoms had eased, they found they had less daily crushing fatigue.

Hey, I have daily crushing fatigue!

...oh. Oh no.

So I'm weaning myself off of coffee to see what happens, apart from me being sad as hell that I'm not drinking coffee. I've had coffee every day (barring acts of nature) since I was 16, apart from a 9-month stretch when I was pregnant*. Who even am I without coffee?

* I didn't drink coffee while pregnant because it tasted like ash in my mouth. A day or two after giving birth, I was all "Starbucks. STARBUCKS", like Joker wanting a mirror in Batman (1989).

But, on the other hand, I can't stress enough the crushing fatigue. I'll have a cup of coffee and my morning meds, which includes Adderall, and then it will be like someone hit me in the face with a cosh made of sleepions. I will be, literally, cryingly tired. It's ridiculous.

I'm currently on day 5 of The Great Experiment. I have two wolves in me:

🐺 "Stop drinking coffee immediately! Weaning off has never worked for you! Be strong!!"

🐶 "I'm the only one stopping me. I should drink that entire pot of coffee in one sitting."

send help

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Best of luck to you! For science!

I took myself off caffeine a while back, but I do still drink decaf. I guess that wouldn't work in your case?

Maybe you can find a substitute, like ginger tea or just hot water with lemon or something.

[wispfox]

Oh no! I hope it helps once you get through it.

[hitchhiker]

ooh, sorry to hear it :( that sounds like no fun at all.

[sfred]

I hope the experiment gives you useful information.

[ironed_orchid]

It's two weeks after you posted this, so how's it going?

[jasra]

And a bit more than a month after that, how's it going?

[tshuma]

Also wondering how it went....