What’s Your Relationship with Caffeine?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

I drink several mugs of regular coffee with cream every morning. I usually switch to Decaf in the afternoon and drink that until about 3pm. Caffeine after 2pm will keep me from falling asleep at night. I learned that a few years ago. Reading recently about the acid effects of coffee on one's stomach and getting a little worried. I gave up Prevacid shortly after banding so I have no protection against the acid, whether it's regular or decaf. I love my coffee. I hope I'm not doing harm. I don't feel anything odd. No reflux or pain.

Came back to this post today with an update. I switched to decaf only about two months ago and cut way down on even the decaf since then. I drink more tea and Water now. I sleep better and am not as jittery.

My reasons for giving it up had to do with anxiety. I was also tired of having coffee breath all the time which led me to chewing gum all day long. I'm feeling much calmer without caffeine and glad I made the switch. Less coffee breath, less gum chewing.

Me again! Hard to believe it's been almost a year since I got off caffeine. I'm still drinking decaf, but not so much at work. Mostly after work. I'm still sleeping better and I'm very glad to be off the caffeine. Less anxiety overall.

[Yaberhoo 358]

All I drank was Diet Coke. I was a huge addict. I've been hooked on caffeine since I was a kid. It was practically etched into my DNA. The day I decided to have WLS I gave up caffeine cold turkey. I have tried a million times to ease off of it and I would fail and it would be worse than ever. Cold turkey was the only option..

It took three full weeks for the withdrawal symptoms to start fading. I looked and felt like death. Caffeine withdrawal Migraine for a full three weeks is something I don't wish on most anyone.

That was back in September. I miss it so badly. I stopped drinking the little coffee I did have and all sodas and fizzy drinks. I think the part I miss is the fizzy. I love it. It's still a fight every day not to go pick up a soda.