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Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal

Posted by timothy on from the to-make-a-grown-man-cry dept.

palegray.net writes "CNN is running an article on the notorious effects of caffeine withdrawal, a problem that seems to be affecting an increasing number of people. Citing numerous reasons why people might need to cut back on their caffeine intake (pregnancy, pre-surgery requirements, etc), the story notes a significant number of people who are simply unable to quit. I drink around eight cups of coffee a day, along with a soda or two, and I definitely suffer from nasty withdrawal symptoms without my fix."

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  1. Withdrawls? Just pop some tylenol for 2 days by Solr_Flare · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes you can get a withdrawal headache and feel a little tired. But two days or so and you're golden. Never mind that all you need to do is pop a Tylenol or other headache reliever and you won't even notice that part of the withdrawal.

    Even trying to put "caffeine addiction" on the same level as Nicotine and other drug addictions is insulting to those trying to quit substances with serious drug addiction and withdrawal symptoms.

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  2. Re:I used to intake around 500 mg/day by Herkum01 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I used to get high on life

    Me too, but then I registered on /. and discovered I had no life.

  3. Re:Aspirin vs. Acetaminophen vs. Combo pills by Chabo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But many of us grew up with old-fashioned aspirin, and when we want it we buy bottles that say "Aspirin" on them; if we mean Acetaminophen we'd probably say Tylenol. It's particularly important to people who have high blood pressure because aspirin helps reduce risk of strokes and heart attacks (and low-dose aspirin is generally recommended for old people even if they don't have high blood pressure, so get off my lawn, punk!)

    Most of the time that I hear people refer to any pain-killer as "aspirin", it's precisely "old people" who grew up with old-fashioned aspirin. They have kids who they give generic acetaminophen for a fever, then they go to the doctor's office, and say "I gave her some aspirin."

    Maybe I went off the handle, but it is about as annoying to hear as the computer-related examples I gave.

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