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I've had a couple of surgeries, a broken bone, partially torn achilles, passed a kidney stone, but the worst pain I've experienced by far is a migraine. Nothing has come close.
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04-25-2007, 04:07 PM | #12 |
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Great description. I've often searched for words to describe this effect but have come up empty.
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Are you quitting cold turkey or gradually weaning? If you reduce your consumption slowly maybe you won't get such bad headaches? My wife suffered from the same type of headaches because she's got the Diet Dew jones, but she phased it out and it was not so bad. Also, as you quit you will want to replace with a bunch of water, sometimes that helps with headaches.
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I've never been a big consumer of caffienated drinks so I can't really commiserate or offer any advice. I think I've had a Coke about 5 times in the last 15 years. Just drinking a single Coke in the afternoon is enough to keep me up all night.
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I have to shake my head in amazement that anyone would give up the beautiful taste of caffeinated drinks. I would not quit cold turkey (have one drink or two drinks a day for a few weeks and then cut it down even more). Or, switch to diet drinks even if you don't like the taste and then slowly cut down.
Coke Zero is fabulous as well as Diet Pepsi Lime. I guess we need to start another diet drink recommendations list like we did last year. On a sidenote, good for you to try and give it up. I am a long ways away from being able to do that...my chance of ever reaching that goal goes down the tube if I can end up getting a coke machine put into my kitchen island. |
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Rocky: my husband, Flash, has the same problem when he tries to drop caffeine. Terrible migrane-like headaches. So much so that Barbara has occasionally been served the "not today, dear, I have a headache" line.
In any case. The doctor recommended the use of caffeine pills to make the transition easier. That is, cut the drinks out altogether, then use the caffeine pills to gradually taper off the stimulant. I don't really know anything about this, though, and I'd suggest you find a reputable source where you can read about it, or talk to your doc. But in any case, perhaps this would allow you to immediately cut the soft drink calories without suffering the headaches. |
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I thought Pepsi Jazz was the bomb until I tried Coke Zero and Coke Zero Cherry.
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04-25-2007, 06:48 PM | #19 |
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Coke and Diet Coke taste so differently that there is no doubt which is which. But IMO Diet Dr. Pepper tastes the same as Dr. Pepper.
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Same goes for just about all diet drinks. Except Coke Zero is the closest I've found. Maybe I should sue myself.
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