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Best Way To Beat A Caffeine Addiction?

Posted by simoniker on from the coffee-grouches-of-the-world-unite dept.

ethanms writes "I'm pretty sure that I'm addicted to caffeine... I get nasty headaches if I skip coffee and soda for a day. If I go even longer, then the headaches get worse and I start to become (even more of) a pain in the ass to those around me. Within five or ten minutes of a cup of joe or can of Mountain Dew the headache is gone and I feel fine... There's plenty of advice out there for dealing with addiction, but I'm really interested in how other /. users have managed and controlled their own caffeine intake, especially considering how heavily it is pushed by many development / engineering communities. 'Just drink more' isn't really the answer I'm after either."

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  1. Easy by boatboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Start smoking.

    1. Re:Easy by M.+Silver · · Score: 4, Funny

      Start smoking.

      Getting pregnant worked for me.

      Most slashdotters will have to go with the smoking thing, though.

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  2. suggestion by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    get yourself addicted to crack or heroin, or CmdrTaco's dirty underwear.

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Medical Marijuana by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could always try medical marijuana. Odds are that'll get rid of the headaches.

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  4. Re:Actually this is a good idea! by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I also hear that feeding your children lead-based paint chips can make for a tasty afternoon snack that is low in calories and fat. What more could a parent ask for?

  5. Re:cut your dosage by reverius · · Score: 4, Funny

    If your main source of caffeine is soda, then you really haven't dealt with serious caffeine withdrawal unless you were drinking a few litres a day. I was up to almost a gram a day at my worst last year... just for reference, soda is generally 35-45 mg per serving (55 for mt. dew). So that's maybe 20 servings of soda, assuming a good mix of mt. dew and coke products.

    I of course used much more potent forms of caffeine... coffee, tea in large quantities, and of course candies, gums, mints (TONS of penguin mints... I bought them by the case every month or so), and I even showered with caffeinated soap from thinkgeek...