Posted by BeardedLady on October 15, 2002, at 8:58:16
In reply to Re: migraines, etc. » BeardedLady, posted by Dinah on October 15, 2002, at 8:29:03
It is very easy to eliminate caffeine. If I can do it, you can! I used to drink three 2-liter bottles of diet coke every day of my life. I also drank coffee. My job (as a coffee reviewer) would also take me to late-night cappuccino joints, where I'd drink two double caps and go home to bed with no trouble at all.
Those days are over.
When my neurologist said to quit caffeine, he wasn't kidding. He didn't want to talk to me until I was caffeine free. And so, though I had already cut back to one cup of coffee in the morning and one diet coke at lunch or dinner, I tapered off for two weeks, and then I was off. No coffee. No soda. No real difference.
I think you should give it a try. Flickering lights set me off, too. Or should I say USED TO.
Take a super B while you're doing it, in the morning, so that you don't notice. But start tapering. Drink less and less, or mix a larger ratio of decaf with your regular coffee. You won't get a withdraw headache, and your migraines will decrease.
You said you needed a goal. Here it is. And it will make a serious difference in your life.
beardy
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