Long story made short; I abruptly stopped trying to drink caffeinated bottled teas without weening myself off and I am struggling. My AuDHD is affected because of it.
Thoughts and feelings?
Long story made short; I abruptly stopped trying to drink caffeinated bottled teas without weening myself off and I am struggling. My AuDHD is affected because of it.
Thoughts and feelings?
@JojoDahlia
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@CoffeebyNight
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@TheTigerWriter
@NotARussianBot
@NatilladeCoco
@Akje
@SecretDurham
Do any of you consume caffeinated drinks at all? Whether a little or a lot?
Does ginger ale count?
Caffiene should have the opposite affect, right?
ADHD, it doesnāt do crap for me. Iāll sleep through it.
But it still affects veins the same way, and I get more headaches when I abruptly cut it out. Weaning works better for those side-effects.
I hate the taste of ginger ale.
Iām scared to go slow because I will absentmindedly forget not to overdo it. Iāll end up consuming more when I know I shouldnāt.
Thatās understandable. Thankfully, the misery side of withdrawals does end.
What can I do to even control the withdrawal symptoms?
Geez!
An pain pill that has caffeine. Thatās headache and period-cramps ones. That way youāre only taking it when you have the symptoms. Itās interval-weaning.
Thanks for that.
Sorry for asking. Shouldāve known.
Me and my mom love the taste of ginger-she even buys ginger chews. Visit at your own risk.
I donāt mind lemon ginger tea, because its not full-blown ginger.
One cup of coffee on occasion (nearly daily when I was away from home in January, but Iāve decreased it slowly since), sometimes I go for a chai or matcha if Iām at a cafe cuz I love em
I used to consume a lot of coffee and soda. Now, itās either bottled teas, water, or some decaf tea or coffee. I do consume a lot bottled teas these days.
Nope, I donāt consume any caffeine at all as far as I know. Maybe thereās hidden caffeine in somethingā¦? But all my bottled waters, smoothies and other drinks say no caffeine. The only time I knowingly have caffeine is when we go out to restaurants and order iced tea, but we canāt afford to go out much anymore. Thanks, Chump. Ė(Ėį©Ėā)
I use energy drinks and coffee to self-medicate my ADHD until I get meds, and have done since I was about 10 - never made me āawakeā or āalertā. There is a marked difference between me without caffiene, and me with I wouldnāt say Iām addicted to it, there are plenty of days where I have no coffee or energy drinks at all, but I really prefer the days where I have an energy drink to hand.
I donāt know of any ways to help kick the habit, other than find something suitable to replace it. Ideally something same-y. Iām trying to quit vaping right now and I bought a little inhaler thing that replicates the feel of me grabbing my vape and puffing away, but Iām just exhaling into it.
@CoffeebyNight and @Akje
My body is also going through changes. Iām getting fatter and I am stressed all the time over nearly everything.
Plus the audhd flaring up, body issues, lifestyle and whatever else in my life.
Ugh!
Sounds to me like you need to take a step back from everything and stop stressing. I get like that pretty often, and I just need to go do some exercise and ignore the world for a few days, ideally go outside and do some journalling, and then Iām right as rain.
One thing that helps me is taking a look at ALL the things I have going on in my life, and cutting stuff out that I donāt need.