Normally I’m a decaf girl. I don’t like to be be beholden to a beverage in order to wake up my face. I love coffee and I usually drink it most mornings, but if I don’t want to drink it for some reason, I hate having a raging headache. BUT…
Since Christmas, when my hubby was home and it was inconvenient to make back-to-back cups of Joe, I slid into the comfy and warm routine of pre-hubby-made beverage. When John went back to work I was ready to slowly wean myself off the sauce but then we moved. And I was exhausted from packing, unpacking, cleaning, hauling, and all the rest. So I kept drinking the full-test. And since it’s so freaking cold outside, I was really craving hot beverages and well–you can see how this may have gotten out of hand. SO…
Yesterday I started mixing in a little decaf into my regular so I could s-l-o-w-l-y come down off of my artificial high. Usually if I do this in increments every two days I can work myself down pretty painlessly. Unfortunately I think I underestimated the power of those two cappuccinos I had at Sunday brunch. Blurgh–I had a dull, annoying headache all day and woke up with it this morning.
Because I’m lazy (which is what got me into this situation to start with) I’m now drinking the microwaved dregs of yesterdays pot. I tell myself that this is a critical component in keeping caffeine levels consistent. And it is because it’s working. I’ve finished my first morning mug and the tightness in my temples is starting to recede. So obviously it’s a pretty kick-ass plan. Tuesday is looking so much better than Monday already. On Wednesday we may not add quite so much decaf though. *grin*
What’s your relationship with caffeine? And how was your Monday? We haven’t chatted in awhile–lets catch up over coffee LOL!
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I have been getting migraines for years and I did try to stop drinking coffee once to try to get rid of them, but I got one of the worst headaches ever that time, worse than a migraine (which is pretty bad!) so I never tried to cut out coffee again. My relationship with coffee? I will drink it til the day I die:)
I’ve mostly weaned myself off caffeine, for the same reason you did–I don’t like being that dependent on something to get my brain going. Also, I hated those headaches when for some reason I didn’t get my daily quota.
The upside? When I do let myself indulge now, I get an incredible boost from it.