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I have had coffee since I was 13 years old. Every morning, one cup of black instant. I love coffee.
Since I was about 40 I knew that having coffee past 12 pm would be a mistake. But now I am wondering about giving it up completely. I have noticed I am having trouble sleeping and I have lots of muscle twitching when I lie down at night. If I do have a second cup of coffee I can be sure I will have a really difficult time sleeping. I also have been researching a diet and the diet calls for giving up coffee as it can inhibit weight loss. I feel like maybe coffee effects you more as you age. Has anyone else given it up as they got older? |
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I have stopped drinking coffee several times. The first few days are rough but then i feel a lot better. But i always go back to it.
I cannot have the second cup. I was having restless legs recently but i attributed it to weaning off topamax, a seizure medication, and high blood sugar. So i titrated back onto topamax, and increased my blood sugar med, and no longer have the restless leg. |
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I have noticed some sensitivity even to having chocolate after dinner. I know withdrawal is bad. When I was in my 20s I moved to another state and forgot the coffee and man, I was out cold for days after arrival with a wicked headache.
I have to go back to work for most of the month of June but after that I think I am going to give it a shot. |
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Ditto on the chocolate.
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I've noticed coffee stalls my weight loss. I had coffee several days in a row last week. The scale didn't budge. I stopped the coffee and the scale instantly moved the next day.
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I've been almost entirely a black tea drinker for quite a few years now. I used to enjoy coffee occasionally. But, as I've gotten older, I've found it just doesn't set well with me anymore. Nothing specific. It just leaves me feeling like I drank something I shouldn't have. Now, I'm actually working on getting off of regular black tea as well and instead drinking decaffeinated black tea, white tea, and chamomile tea. In fact I'm sipping a cup of chamomile tea as I type this.
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Coffee bothers my stomach but I am just no ready to give it up. I do love tea but not in the morning
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[QUOTE=Skeezyks;7214131Nothing specific. It just leaves me feeling like I drank something I shouldn't have. Now, I'm actually working on getting off of regular black tea as well and instead drinking decaffeinated black tea, white tea, and chamomile tea. In fact I'm sipping a cup of chamomile tea as I type this. [/QUOTE]
Yes.. not sure but Tuesday I felt sick. In a weird way. Like I was wired. When I was a kid I had Brazil for "international day" and coffee was a big export so I made that for my presentation, but, I drank like 10 cups... This was a similar feeling on Tuesday. |
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Found out yesterday that there are 42 mg of caffine in a soda can.
I probably have 4 of those a day. I am guessing I have about 300 to 400 mg per day with coffee and soda... so I am cutting back. |
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Still considering cutting back on the coffee but I got some blood tests yesterday and my B12 is low along with Ferritin.
That could explain twitching. |
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Are you exercising? 30 minutes on the bike makes me sleep like a baby. I took half a beta blocker last night (20 instead of 40 mg) because i thought i was out of them and i twitched like a dang fool. I took the other half this morning after the pharmacy messaged me and i feel a lot better. But i also didnt use my half teaspoon of instant espresso this morning. I do still use maxwell house intl coffee. Im italian, i cant give up my coffee!!!
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Last night I took 2 ativan and used a weighted blanket to cut down on the twitching. I did get a good 9 hours. |
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So I cut back to one the of instant yesterday and wow, I was out cold by 11. I ended up sleeping for 2 hours. Then last night I didn't fall asleep until 11 but the sleep was much better. I have been without coffee 2 x in my life... one on a trip to Europe where I was jet lagged anyway... and the coma like sleep I had was like last night.
Still having some twitching though but I did some streaching last night and it helped. |
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If your ferritin is low I’m guessing you’re advised to take iron supplements? Coffee or tea inhibits iron absorption if so, you can still have it just more than 2 hours away from a meal or supplement.
On the subject of caffeine sensitivity, I think some of us are more sensitive and it’s quite possible some of us become more so as we age. I personally have coffee only once a day but not every day. |
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Yup I will be ignoring her and looking for a new doctor. I also didn't ask her advice I asked her to put in labs so I could get retested. She gave me bad advice and failed to put in the labs. I am taking a multi vitamin with iron and getting retested - probably so I don't have to deal with her. |
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