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    1 year ago

    Headaches?! Yes, the first evening, after that, nothing. No flu like symptoms, no nothing. It’s just a habit for me but doesn’t fuck me up if I don’t do it.

    I’ll happiely drink 4-6 red bull a day and another 1-4 coffee on top, but I don’t care if there is none.

    Weeks of headaches? Flu like symptoms? You guys sure you don’t just have a placebo effect when quitting?

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      I began to say that there is no way you drink 4 to 6 Red Bull energy drinks and then top it with 1 to 4 coffee drinks on top.

      Doing the math at the smallest amount (4 8-oz cans of Red Bull @ 80 mg of caffeine each puts you at 320 mg of caffeine. That is only a bit more than 1 Rockstar (300 mg).

      If you really take in that much caffeine, then I would believe that you likely haven’t abstained from caffeine for long enough.

      Give it a try. Go caffeine-free for 1 weekend. I dare you. Stop taking in caffeine of any sort on Friday afternoon. You will likely call in sick to whatever you have planned on Monday.

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        1 year ago

        I did it last year for a week. As I said, first day I git a headache in the evening but that was it.

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      I’m calling bullshit that you get minimal effects going from regular (the most important part is regular) over 400mg (and upwards of 1000mg) caffeine in a day to zero.

      Unless you’re just a natural freak who doesn’t become dependent on stimulants, you absolutely should feel like crap for at least a day or two.

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        Nope, no freak here, I got other substances that I can’t quit as easily but coffee wasn’t a problem at all.

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          Congratulations on your resistance to chemical addiction then. I still seriously doubt your claims though.

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      1 year ago

      Lol, why and how would it be a placebo effect if it’s an addiction that nobody realizes they have? You either don’t understand what thread you’re in or what a placebo effect is.

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        1 year ago

        placebo effect works in both directions. i just wanted to share my experience, that i don’t suffer any side effects aside of some headaches. i wonder how many people feel bad because they believe they have too