Need help kicking caffeine!

[Handsome Pete]

Are there any supplements that make caffeine withdrawal a little less painful? I've been trying to get off of it for a while, but the headaches, fatigue, irritability, etc. are brutal! I'd appreciate any suggestions.

 

[MR. BMJ]

YES, if you have stopped caffeine use and are going cold turkey of its usage, you may want to supplement with L-Tyrosine. Tyr increases catecholamine levels and will help with any kind of suppressed levels of these hormones. Sort of like HCG/Clomid for your nuts, except for a different system. I think the usual dosage is something like 500-1000mg's three times per day. Someone correct me if I am wrong on the dosages....

BMJ

 

[fogg88]

Check out a book titled "Caffeine Blues", by Stephen Cherniske, M.S.. (Barnes&Noble or Borders should have it...and you can sit down and read it for free there!) The book goes into quite a bit of detail about the psychophysiology of caffeine addiction and withdrawal, and also makes specific recommendations for supplements, & explains the rationale for each. (ginseng, 5-htp, b-vitamins, ginkgo, etc....) While quitting caffeine was still hell to go through, the book did help me a bit. Good luck!!

 

[EngiCream]

Thanks for the tips guys, I usually just slowly stop drinking coffee but never really gave a second thought to using supps while I'm coming off.

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

How Long

How long does it take to develop an addiction to caffeine? I started drinking three cups of coffee daily in the am, then no more in the daytime. It gives me a good preworkout boost, but I don't want a physical problem.

 

[jeep310]

I mixed my coffe, 1 scoop of reg coffee with 1 scoop of dcaf......cold turkey for me was not the way to go......good luck bro.

 

[69Muscle]

Shit was that hard cutting Coffee out..... Ugh... I don't want to go though that again... I couldn't wake up worth a shit for a week and the headaches were bad as well... I now have it under control and only have it when I go out for breakfast on the weekends.

 

[georgie24]

barns n noble gotta love em

 

[Will B.Huge]

I feel for ya bro I was taking my hydroxycut and drinking coffee, I was wired all the time, took me a month to have energy again after geting off both.

 

[Handsome Pete]

Thanks for all the replies.

Will tyrosine interact at all with Zoloft?