Re: Weaning from the bean (coffee)

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This may or may not help but before I quit drinking caffeine a couple

of years ago, for three days, I took a *lot* of potassium, vitamin C,

and B-complex. Now, I was a two-pots-of-coffee-a-day coffee drinker,

and I didn't get any headache. Over a three week time period,

though, my sleep schedule was awful. I wanted a nap by 4 in the

afternoon everyday, but after 3 weeks, I was " normal " and now, if I

have a cup of coffee with caffeine in it (rarely), it *really* wakes

me up. Woo!

I haven't drunk sodas in years, don't much like them, so that wasn't

a problem for me, but I do like iced sweet tea, so I started making

my own with decaffinated tea bags (Winn Dixie has them in family

size) and using sweet n' low to sweeten it. That's what I drink

now, or water.

I used to hate water but after I quit drinking caffeine, now I like

it. Weird, eh?

Hope this is useful.

> In a message dated 5/12/00 11:47:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> MiniGastricBypass (AT) e writes:

>

> << Wow, I really have to get over this

> obsession with soda. Did you tell me I should " wean from the

bean " ? I have

> tried, , I tell you IT IS HARD! >>

> It was really hard! I did jump to Starbucks decaf and " fooled " my

body until

> the headaches stopped. Lasy night I told my sister about how nasty

it (Diet

> Coke)tasted.I said it tasted like carmal colored carbonated water!

She said

> " Gross...hey wait,that's what it is!LOL! "

> Good luck with " the wean from the bean " Also I had to lay down for

an hour

> after drinking it.Thought I was going to throw up! Actually I laid

down,but a

> girl called me and asked about the surgery,so flat on my back I

sang

the

> praises of the MGB for 45 of those minutes! I did tell her of my

" coke "

> experiences,though!

> Osler