Hello rfdters; back in the tea business after a long hiatus from the internet and tea. Apparently I suffer from a caffeine addiction.. What kind of BS is that? Anyway, I guess I'll need to figure out something to drink that doesn't taste bad that wont leave me outon the streets begging for another hit of that Silver Needle.
:) Steve
I've always thought caffeine addiction was something temporary, and that you can be rid of it by adjusting your intake, but the way you write makes it seem like a chronic condition. You sure you don't mean caffeine allergy (even though I'm not sure there's such a thing)?
I find if I limit my coffee intake to one cup a day and my tea intake to three or four "first time" infusions a day then I'm OK.
Cheers,
- Joel
I haven't seeked medical advise, but I know if I use it, the symptoms come right back. Didn't used to happen that way. I quit for about a month.
Steve
That doesn't sound like addiction. If it was addiction, keeping up the intake should prevent symptoms, but you're saying the symptoms hit as soon as you consume, yes? Maybe it is allergy. Maybe it's not caffeine. Maybe you should find out. :)
Cheers,
- Joel
Welcome back.
******************** You don't give up. You don't quit. You do what you say. You say what you do. You go out there. You win. You do the best you can. *Never* give up. ~~~Rupert Boneham~~~
I'm not sure what is happening with you, Steve, but caffeine works by blocking receptor sites for adenosine in the brain. Adenosine, to put it briefly, slows you down so when the receptor sites are blocked, you get "speeded up". I'm working from memory here, but I read a study many years ago that concluded that when you regularly ingest caffeine, the brain will respond by increasing the number of adenosine receptor sites over a period of a few days. Thus, if you stop cold turkey after that, you will feel lethargic, get a headache, etc. This would also indicate that the best way to stop is to do so gradually over the period of maybe a couple of weeks or so.
Randy
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