6 Signs of Caffeine Addiction

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I drink 5-9 cans of coke a day. When i tried to stope "cold turkey" I began to have severe headaches and nausea within 12 hrs. I checked a different site and it said nausea is a sign of severe adddiction. I really want to stop but when i try to slow it down, my body reacts. Can anyone help me?

birdy of TX 10:35AM February 27, 2012

@AMY BREWER: YES, that is dangerous for a woman of your age and weight! Where are you getting all these coffees from? Do your school teachers allow this consumption in their classrooms? SHIT!

AConcerenedMom of DE 12:58PM November 07, 2011

im only 13 years old and i an adicted to coffee i have two coffee's when i come home from school in a day i have about 8 coffee sometimes even 10 is that bad for my age? will it cause me damage?

amy brewer 9:33AM June 06, 2011

I had drank coffee all my life. Everyday as a matter of fact.Woke up to no coffee,didn't think any thing about it,within a hour or so I began to feel sick at my stomach and a massive headache and could not get off the couch. Had flu like symtoms. Thought I was just sick. The next morning I realized I hadn't dranked any real coffee and I sent my husband to MacDonalds and got 3 large cups of coffee,within 2 hours I felt much better. I did not realize how my body was so dependant on caffeine. Have to find a way to quit. Very scary to be honest. By the way I drink about 2 pots aday for many years.Can anybody help!!

melissa barksdale of AL 1:01PM February 23, 2011

HELLO OUT THERE. NOW I TOOK MY FIRST COFFEE IN 1938 AT AGE 10. THEN BY AGE 11 I WAS DRINKING 1 TO 2 CUPS PER DAY. FROM AGES 12-16 I CONSUMED ABOUT 1-4, THOUGH IN THERE FROM 14-16 IT WAS ALWAYS 2-4 CUPS. SO I RECKON I COULD JUST SAY I DRANK 1 TO 2 CUPS PER DAY FROM AGE 12-13. SO ANYWAYS BY AGE 17 I WAS UP TO 4-6 CUPS PER DAY UNTIL I WAS 20. I WAS IN THE MILITARY A U-BOAT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. NOT MUCH TO DO BUT DRINK COFFEE AND SMOKE CIGARETTES, WHICH I HAD SMOKED ABOUT 14 PER DAY BY THAT SAME TIME. AGE 21-25, 5 TO 7 CUPS. AGE 25-28 DRINK 7 TO 12 CUPS, AGE 29-36 THINGS LEVELED OUT AT 13 CUPS EVERY DAY. AGE 36-74 I RAMPED UP TO OVER 18 CUPS PER DAY. NOW I'M DARN NEAR 85 YEARS OLD FEELIN YOUNG, I CREDIT MY COFFEE TO THAT. NOW I TRY TO DRINK BETWEEN 19 AND 24 CUPS A DAY GIVER TAKE 4. SO REALLY BETWEEN 16 TO 28. IM ALWAYS HEALTHY, GREAT JOINTS AND HEARING AND MIND, ONLY HAD A SLIPPED DICS AND A STROKE BUT THAT'S NORMAL FOR A GRAMPS LIKE ME.

Marlon Harrington of AZ 7:48AM February 07, 2011

Coffee is certainly addictive, and my experience only shows the synergistic affects with acid (the street drug). In the early '90s, I was teching with a certain post-Fishbone/ proto-Nu Metal band, I'd drink about 1 gallon of coff. per day! Acid usually factored into that funky equation, it was the only thing I could find to sedate the caffiene paranoia. Well, thanks for caring about yourself.

Ethyl of DE 2:12PM December 25, 2010

I am over 50 and I have had insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) since age 35. I am in muscular, work out daily and I watch my carb intake. My pancreas just stopped producing insulin at 35. Until last week, everyday for the last 40 years I have consumed caffeine. A typical morning in the last 2 decades would see me drinking a 12-cup pot everyday, plus several diet colas. I was swimming in caffeine.
Two weeks ago, I started reading about the effects of coffee (caffeine) and I was startled at what I found. Several articles said that alloxin was a by-product of caffeine as your body breaks it down. Alloxin is a known agent that attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (Islets of Langerhans). Aldditionally, coffee consumption is directly linked to pancreatic cancer.
So, do yourself a favor before it's too late, quit the caffeine.

Lance of TX 6:38PM November 18, 2010

I'm damn near 54 years old, I'll tell you straight off the tip of my tongue: coffee is no joke, I drink damn near 5 cups per day! I wake up, and just to get out of bed, I need to drink an entire mugg of coffee, right off the bat. Here's my ideal routine:
10pm: brew a pot of tea with 1/10 of the proper water.
10:10pm: fill a Pyrex mugg with ice cubes.
Pour the potentized coffee over the ice.
Place on bedside table.
1am: fall asleep.
7am: wake and slam the mugg of now perfectly diffused coffee.
This is NOT for the weak of heart!

Bernard Fuddle of OR 2:12PM August 29, 2010