{"id":1939,"date":"2018-05-15T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T08:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthealth.guide\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2021-10-05T02:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T02:23:24","slug":"10-real-caffeine-withdrawal-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthealth.guide\/10-real-caffeine-withdrawal-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Real Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By now we are sure that you will have heard a lot about coffee by now \u2013 and you will have heard about the health benefits that are attributed to coffee; it can be great for your heart and eyes, it can improve your circulation and it can even help you to lose weight. For many people, the idea of starting off their day without drinking a cup of coffee is an impossible one \u2013 and they just can\u2019t get going without their daily cup. And this is great: Coffee can give you the pick up you need to get your day started and to get through it until the end. But what happens if you drink too much? It\u2019s a good thing in moderation, but if you drink too much of a good thing we know that it will become unhealthy for you instead. Here are the withdrawal symptoms of caffeine.<\/p>\n

1. Dehydration<\/h3>\n

Once you find that you are experiencing the symptoms of caffeine<\/a> withdrawal, the first thing that you should do is to stop drinking as much coffee \u2013 and the next thing that you will have to do is detox your body by drinking a lot of water and switching to a healthy diet so that you can get rid of the toxins that you have built up in your system over time.<\/p>\n

One of the first symptoms that you are suddenly withdrawing from caffeine is severe dehydration, and you will notice this in your body by the fact that you are feeling thirsty all of a sudden \u2013 and it might also come with some other accompanying symptoms including a headache and inexplicable pain between your eyes. The best cure for dehydration is simply to consume fluids, though in extreme cases you will want to supplement this with some electrolytes as well.<\/p>\n

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2. Headache<\/h3>\n

One of the first signs that you have drunk too much coffee will be the fact that you start to experience a headache \u2013 coffee can have a great effect on your circulation and manage to open your lungs and arteries<\/a> up, but once you have consumed too much coffee then you will start to have a headache because this effect is accentuated far more past what your body can really handle.<\/p>\n

To handle the headache that is associated with withdrawing from caffeine then you should first know what\u2019s causing it \u2013 in most cases, the headache that you are feeling will be because of a symptom that we have already mentioned in this article: Dehydration. And the best thing that you can do for getting rid of the headache will be to drink plenty of water and other fluids \u2013 and to drop your caffeine intake to something much more moderate instead.<\/p>\n

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3. Craving Caffeine<\/h3>\n

This is a symptom that tends to go along with withdrawal from any kind of substance, and you cannot avoid it no matter what substance you are talking about. The first symptom you will experience if you have suddenly cut out something addictive, whether it\u2019s cocaine, sugar, heroin, or coffee, will be the fact that you are suddenly craving the very thing that you have cut out.<\/p>\n

This is completely normal, and your best bet to get through it is to ignore the craving entirely, or to replace it with something that\u2019s healthier; often this kind of addictive craving happens to be nothing more than psychological<\/a>, and will especially happen if you tied the addictive substance to a specific ritual in your daily life, such as waking up in the morning or taking a break at work. The best thing you can do for yourself is to find replacements and to cut out the addictive substance completely.<\/p>\n

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4. Muscle Pains<\/h3>\n

You might not associate this as a symptom of withdrawing from caffeine when it happens, but this is a definite sign of caffeine withdrawal \u2013 and should be handled as a symptom of something else. If you have suddenly stopped drinking coffee<\/a> or consuming energy drinks when you are used to doing so on a regular basis, then one of the first things you will start feeling is muscle pains \u2013 and it can hurt just as much as when you have undergone some serious exercise and feel your muscles hurting the next day.<\/p>\n

The kind of muscle pains associated with caffeine withdrawal can be treated the same way as you would any other type of muscle pain, and we would recommend that you go for a professional massage and take some muscle supplements in order to help you cope with it. Sometimes a hot bath might also help you to get rid of the associated muscle ache.<\/p>\n

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5. Eye Pain<\/h3>\n

You probably know by now that caffeine is able to help with the eyes, and that is true \u2013 but what happens when you are drinking too much caffeine? It will have all of the opposite effects of when you are consuming it for its health benefits. When you have consumed far too much caffeine than your system can handle \u2013 or you suddenly stop consuming it when you are very used to doing so regularly \u2013 then you will find that you experience headaches and muscle pains, it might even quickly switch to experiencing migraines<\/a> and eye pain.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a common symptom of withdrawing from something, and many times the only way to stop this symptom from occurring is to go to sleep and take the pressure off your eyes \u2013 sometimes a cold compress placed on the eyes might also help relieve the symptoms and get the blood vessels to contract again.<\/p>\n

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6. Fever<\/h3>\n

When you are withdrawing from any kind of substance, experiencing a fever and chills is a common symptom \u2013 and we can define a fever as your body temperature soaring up towards more than the normal temperature and what the body should be at. Why does this happen in the first place? A fever is your body\u2019s natural way of fighting infection \u2013 and raising your body\u2019s temperature is a natural way of killing any pathogens that might survive at your natural body heat \u2013 but any fever that goes for too long becomes unhealthy and could even be dangerous.<\/p>\n

Always keep an eye on a fever; if it goes for a while, then you might find that taking some over the counter drug like Paracetamol<\/a> will help for the fever \u2013 and also aid some of the other symptoms that go along with having drunk too much coffee, including the headache that we\u2019ve described above.<\/p>\n

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7. Shakiness<\/h3>\n

A common symptom that people tend to experience when they withdraw from caffeine is the fact that their hands suddenly start to shake; they might find that this symptom extends to their entire body, and sometimes it goes along with the fever<\/a> and chills that have been described above. There\u2019s not much you can do with this symptom of caffeine withdrawal except to wait it out \u2013 eventually, the symptom will stop by itself once the caffeine has worked its way out of your system.<\/p>\n

Until then there is really not much that you can do about it; Sometimes, when the shake in the hands is caused by an increased heart rate, a few rounds of deep breaths will be enough to take care of the symptom \u2013 if not, all you can really do is to wait until it goes away. Sometimes, consuming a weaker cup of coffee will manage to make this symptom stop too if you really cannot afford a shake in your hands.<\/p>\n

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8. Heart Palpitations<\/h3>\n

Caffeine is great for the heart because it improves your circulation and manages to open the veins up \u2013 but if you consume too much of it, then you\u2019re looking at the exact opposite of the health benefits that have already been described in many articles on the internet about coffee. Instead of a healthy heart, you will potentially be doing damage to your heart if you are consuming coffee in large amounts, either through energy drinks, sodas, or simply by drinking too much caffeine-containing coffees and teas.<\/p>\n

One of the first symptoms that you are going to experience will be heart palpitations<\/a> \u2013 and the first thing that you should do here is to ensure that you are taking things easy: You don\u2019t want to put too much pressure on your heart. In extreme cases where the amount of caffeine that you have consumed instead leads to caffeine toxicity, you might need hospitalization to get your heart rate to go down to a normal speed.<\/p>\n

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9. Nerve Pain<\/h3>\n

In extreme cases where caffeine toxicity kicks in, then you might experience a range of other symptoms that are associated with caffeine withdrawal, many of which you might not have experienced otherwise \u2013 this is simply because of the fact that your body will have to do so much more to get the toxins<\/a> that your system has built up over time out of your body again.<\/p>\n

If you have experienced some of the more extreme symptoms that we have mentioned on this list such as a fever that lasts for a very long time, then you are literally going through caffeine poisoning \u2013 and you might experience nerve pain as a symptom too. This can affect almost everything in your body including your teeth, and if it is false nerve firings attributed to withdrawal then it should eventually go away on its own when the substance has managed to leave your body for good.<\/p>\n

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\"\"10. Constipation<\/h3>\n

If you consume too much coffee or energy drinks in a short period of time, then you also risk ruining your digestive health at the same time: You can develop issues such as severe heartburn or a stomach ulcer, and you might find that bloody stools and constipation<\/a> symptoms that you experience when you have stopped consuming caffeine.<\/p>\n

If this symptom includes you, then you will have to start making an entire range of health and diet changes along with cutting out caffeine, and you might even have to take a laxative to assist you to move everything out of your body: If you suspect that you have an ulcer or the issue persists even after you have stopped drinking coffee, then you should make sure that you go to a doctor as soon as you can: If you don\u2019t get it fixed now, it might lead to permanent health damage.<\/p>\n\r\n

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