Does anyone know how long you go through caffeine withdrawl when you try to stop drinking coffee?

Question

I drink a lot of coffee (6 cups) and I want to stop since I wake up with such bad headaches becuase of my bodies need for caffeine. Any tips?

Answer 1

I wouldn't just stop cold turkey, reduce your coffee in take over time. This way you'll avoid the withdrawal headache. You can replace 1 or 2 cups of coffee with some herbal/non herbal tea. I use to drink 6 Latte's / day, I had my own expresso pot (2 in a.m., 2 @ noon & 2 in the eve.), now I only drink 1 cup of drip coffee in the morning. I was working as a counselor in group home, pretty stressful job.
Also, while your doing this cleanse be sure to drink @ least 6-8 glasses of water per day. You should always @ least drink this much water a day being dehydrated can give you headaches.

Answer 2

Caffeine is a rather mild addiction for most people. Most will be over the jitters and headaches of caffeine withdrawal in 2 or 3 days. A few may take a week or more.

Unlike many addictions, you can wean off caffeine in a step-down rather than cold turkey. Start substituting a couple of cups of decaf in your mid day. Eventually changing out decaf for regular will wean you off of caffeine with little or no symptoms.

Answer 3

That depends on how long you have been drinking 6 cups a day. I went from a pot and tried cold turkey and had a headache for 2 days so what I did is just tapered back slowly the first week I drank 10 cups a day the following week 9 and so on.

Answer 4

It will take about 2 maybe 3 days. Drinking lots of water will help but it may be difficult to concentrate so try to do it at a time when you don't have a lot that you need to concentrate on.

Answer 5

it takes me about 2 weeks and I drink a lot of caffeine

Answer 6

My husband cut me off when I was pregnant and I was layed out for a week before I started feeling a little better ...I was drinking about half a pot a day.