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how do i ween off caffine?

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i have found myself living on caffine from drinks to pills and i would like to come off when i stop i get worse headaches than normal and you all seem to give me good advise on other problems please help me with this one.

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Ebony

I had to come off caffieine as I have high blood pressure. I only drink tea but quite alot of it. I started by using de-caff tea-bags for every other mug of tea i had, after a couple of weeks I cut down the normal tea by having 1 normal then 2 de-caff and I have got now to the point where my first mug of tea of the day is normal and all the rest are de-caff and I don't get the bad headaches anymore.

Good luck !!

Hi Chris,

Firstly thank you for your help, i have been on caffine for many years i first started about 18 years ago with YEAST VITE then 12years ago i started drinking DIET COKE i dont drink tea or coffee i have 1 glass of water first thing in the morning then only diet coke far to much i will be the first to admit i drink to much on average i drink 11 cans a day and caffine tablets 2 to 3 times a day never more than it says in the pack when i cant find YEAST VITE i use PEPS or PRO PLUS at the moment i am using QUICK RELEASE CAFFINE i know its too much and that is why i need to cut it out completely i can still sleep 8 hours a night just still feel tired next day i am a cleaner working 7 till 4 mon to fri .

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LadyAngua

The only way to wean yourself off any drug is by reducing it slowly.

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fibropixie

Yes definitely reduce slowly. Watch that diet coke - there's nothing in there that can possibly do you any good. Try swapping the cokes for a juice with fizzy water or something that doesn't contain artificial substances. Organic cola isn't too bad.

Even the caffeine-free stuff is poison - full of Aspartame, a noxious artificial sweetener. Check out this film here - topdocumentaryfilms.com/swe...

if you still want to drink the stuff I'll be surprised - it is POISON!! It has even been suggested that Aspartame can bring on or make worse the symptoms of fibromyalgia.

good luck, and go slow!

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fibropixie

Christine, I'm on the warpath with all these additives, especially the ones in our meds. Have previously posted about aspartame in my Adcal - calcium and vit. D chewable tablets. Saw another new doctor the other day and she very kindly researched and found me a swallowable tablet - I'll be checking the label when I collect them and let you know later.

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westgate

Morning!

Please do it slowly! Im an all or nothing girl, a few yrs ago, prior to FM, i went from about 10 cups of tea / coffee a day to nothing. i had a really bad headache for at least 3 weeks, no tablet even touched the pain. I wouldnt contemplate doing it now!

Slowly does it! Good luck!

xx

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Jessy

I agrree with all the above try to make small changes and gradually reduce your intake, I've given up caffine and its worth doing but not easy I use to drink loads of diet coke and I swapped it for fruity pop like diet lemonade, fanta ect.. that helped a lot.

Good luck with it and don't give up! xx :o)

THANK YOU EVERYONE i am glad to get advice from everyone but even better from the people who have been there i worked out today that i never new the cost of my coke habit (hee hee) i am a smoker ( please dont shout lets quit 1 habit at a time ) i smoke 20 to 25 a day and i spend more a week on coke than i do on my ciggarettes. you could have knocked me down with a feather. now i am looking forward to spending that money elsewhere.

again THANK YOU ALL.

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