Pls help me reduce caffeine intake

[zofromuxo]

What a kind of tea are you drinking?
Different types of teas have different effects due to the ingredients, so some of them can have caffeine so read the labels.

Are you trying to moderate or eradicate caffeine intake?
I'm assuming moderate the intake.
If your eradicating, be careful not to transfer vices as this can just exacerbate the problem and not solve it.
Eg: Trading alcohol for coffee. Both are just as bad when taken to extremes.

Not much I can offer besides saying that it is possible to do without caffeine (I'm an example, no i'm not boasting, i've also got some nasty habits that i'm curbing right now like managing being angry all the time...).

Don't give in, habits are hard to break because they are habits.
"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life. "

But good luck to Joseph!

[The Special One]

I don't drink coffee or alcohol so maybe I don't know too much about coffee addiction but I know there's many alternatives to getting that pick me up and you don't have to quit cold turkey.

Caffeine like any drug is addicting and lots of people have a coffee addiction.

Maybe switch to De Caf to lower your body's dependence on caffeine.

Gradually weane yourself off the stuff.

[Joseph41]

@zofro:
G'day mate. Very cognisant that tea is largely caffeinated (pound for pound more than coffee, I believe?). Honestly doesn't concern me because I'm not worried about having literally zero caffeine intake. Also don't drink, so no worries on that front. 👍

@TSO:
Indeed - that is precisely what I'm doing.

[The Special One]

@zofro:
G'day mate. Very cognisant that tea is largely caffeinated (pound for pound more than coffee, I believe?). Honestly doesn't concern me because I'm not worried about having literally zero caffeine intake. Also don't drink, so no worries on that front. 👍

@TSO:
Indeed - that is precisely what I'm doing.

Ah yes that's good news then, I  only saw  the second page on here so I missed the initial post my bad.

[username2000]

hey...havent checked thru this post but has any1 mentioned exercise? goin for a run or walk in the morning helps to wake me up and i always make sure i get 8-9 hours of sleep! also green tea is a healthy option for caffeine but too much causes issues
cheerio

[Joseph41]

Missed bus by about ten seconds (probably the first time it's ever left punctually). Next bus isn't for 20 minutes. This sort of thing used to really get to me. "Think of all the work I could be doing!" etc. But like, it's no big deal, and honestly I think the decreased caffeine has helped with perspective for stuff like this.

[zofromuxo]

Missed bus by about ten seconds (probably the first time it's ever left punctually). Next bus isn't for 20 minutes. This sort of thing used to really get to me. "Think of all the work I could be doing!" etc. But like, it's no big deal, and honestly I think the decreased caffeine has helped with perspective for stuff like this.

Edited for Joseph's Clarity
I do hope your reading a book or news articles for those 20 minutes! Every minute counts, I mean one should always take advantage of increasing one's KNOWLEDGE

[Joseph41]

I'm noticing a lack of reading here... All that time that could have been spent reading a book.... Joseph, the pain .
It can also be used to talk to people or in my case: Complaining about public transport. It serves great for my pent-up anger .

Not sure I follow this post - I read daily!

[Joseph41]

Just had a caffeinated coffee, but have witnesses that I tried to order two alternatives prior, and then panicked when they had nothing else haha. Feeling good, though. If you told me 18 months ago that at this point I would have:

✅ Effectively given up caffeine
✅ Starting running again (even sporadically)
✅ Got in the car and started driving

I would have been pretty happy, so I'm proud of that progress.

[Poet]

Just had a caffeinated coffee, but have witnesses that I tried to order two alternatives prior, and then panicked when they had nothing else haha. Feeling good, though. If you told me 18 months ago that at this point I would have:

✅ Effectively given up caffeine
✅ Starting running again (even sporadically)
✅ Got in the car and started driving

I would have been pretty happy, so I'm proud of that progress.

*sniff*

[username2000]

Just had a caffeinated coffee, but have witnesses that I tried to order two alternatives prior, and then panicked when they had nothing else haha. Feeling good, though. If you told me 18 months ago that at this point I would have:

✅ Effectively given up caffeine
✅ Starting running again (even sporadically)
✅ Got in the car and started driving

I would have been pretty happy, so I'm proud of that progress.

is a coffee a day bad for you

[Joseph41]

is a coffee a day bad for you

I'm not a medical professional, but not to my knowledge.

[username2000]

I'm not a medical professional, but not to my knowledge.

my pe teacher always says dont have it cos ur young and full of energy...but i have it anyway
recently started having coffee and tea black and sugar free
why did u give up caffeine??

[Joseph41]

my pe teacher always says dont have it cos ur young and full of energy...but i have it anyway
recently started having coffee and tea black and sugar free
why did u give up caffeine??

As per the opening post:

Since I started uni (2013), I've been smashing the coffee. At the start of this year, it was at the point where if I didn't have coffee in the morning, I was headachey and generally grumpy. Not good.

I had also been pretty anxious, and figured the coffee wasn't helping, so I decided to get nothing but decaf.

[owidjaja]

I'm not a medical professional, but not to my knowledge.

Hmm pretty sure it's not bad for you but the addiction is the worst.

I still remember a story my primary school teacher told us about withdrawal symptoms because he used to drink beverages with high caffeine (e.g. Coke, coffee) every day. When he tried to avoid them for at least one day, by a few hours he was shaking so much because his body has gotten so used to the high caffeine intake.

Moral of the story: don't get too invested in coffee as a way to boost your energy. Eat an apple instead! More calories than coffee and can give you the energy you need