Posted by jimbobwe64 on July 27, 2006, at 20:15:51
In reply to Re: remeron withdrawal, posted by jules354 on July 27, 2006, at 16:45:00
You're welcome, Jules.
Very glad to hear that you're going to give caffeine the boot. To help you out, you should know that caffeine is in a lot of things. This will include all forms of chocolate, hot chocolate, tea, some herbal tea, and even decaffeinated coffee and caffeine free cola drinks, too. Did you know that in order for something to be legally called caffeine free or decaffeinated, they only have to be below a certain percentage of caffeine. So, even though it says caffeine free, there's still a minute amount of caffeine in it in a lot of cases. So, what I would suggest is to talk with your doctor about getting some sort of list of items, and that will at least help you a little bit. Otherwise, from my experience, it's very hard to quit caffeine altogether. But, I can tell you it can be done, as I have been totally caffeine free for 10 years now. I went from having extremely severe depression and anxiety to medium/severe. As in a lot of cases, with me, caffeine wasn't my only issue causing my depression, but it was the first thing I quit. And if at first, you have problems quitting, keep trying. For me, before I quit, I actually was having black outs due to caffeine, so I had incentive and quit rather easily. You may or may not be that severe, so, without the incentive, it may be hard to quit. But, like I said, just keep trying. I hope everything works out for you. I'd love to hear how it works for you.
Jim
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