DRINKING COFFEE HELPS WITHDRAWALING.

[UNFORGIVEN4444]

I have just found this forum and have printed 61 pages of all these confessions and took them home.I read all 61 pages and am ready to join.First off, I will have, on the 09-dec-2011, 3 years FREE from pills. I never felt like contributing or helping as mutch as I do now. So, I want to become an active, regular member. I want to share my experiences over several days or weeks instead of all just right now.So, here's a bit. WITHDRAWAL IS HELL. If you feel like your gonna die, That's good. If you are scared, you are on the right track. Do not start using again because you feel discomfort. You will feel discomfort. Feeling sick, pain, depressed, scared, and all that is to be expected. In fact, your first step is to realise that, accept that and welcome it. So,sit down a minute and take mental, verbal, written, audio, whatever notes you want. Make notes of all withdrawal symptoms mentioned by all these confessions, study them, give them all an identity, a face, give them a name. Know that they will come knokin on your door.This way you will not feel alone.We are all going threw it(gone threw it). You are taking something away from your body that it WANTS.It's normal to feel that.In conclusion, for now, Withdrawal is like going threw a waterfall you will get wet. You will get cold. BUT!!!!!!!!!! Past the waterfall, you will dry off, you will feel warm.

[satiniair206]

Oh you are already free! Congrats!

[satiniair206]

When I was in school I was drinking a full pot at night to stay up. That was too much but it got me through my program. After I graduated, I started cutting back. But you are right it does help as long as you don't overdue it. Ocean spray Ruby with pom granite also helped me very much with WD.
When I got out of school I was hooked on Coffee, cigarettes, pills and food. I have licked the pills, cut down on coffee. Just stopped the cigs a week and some change ago. Working on food/exercise now. Never again!!  The WD is just too painful. Good luck getting off. it can be done..and at least you don't have to get off as much as I did :)

[crazin]

Everyone is different. I also find caffeine to be a HUGE help during WD. I get the insomnia and anxiety during WD, but caffeine does not seem to make either worse, though it did help with the "blah" feelings.

I also happened to stumble upon the fact that Imitrex (triptan migraine med) would knock out 75% of my WD symptoms and I could even sleep for 4-5 hours after taking it. I've never heard anyone else mention this and I'm sure plenty of people have taken Imitriex during WD for the headaches. We're all wired differently and what works for one, may not work for another.

[UNFORGIVEN4444]

I'm not encouraging coffee really. It's just the lesser of all evils. You are right about it's effects. Thing is what we should really stay away from is the dope altogether and FOR ME, the caffeine ( in the day time) made it easier. Besides that's not the point. Maybe my title was all rong. My main cause for finding you guys was because my MOM is still hoocked on codeine and feels she is to old to quit. She is 68 years old. Any one out there over 50 with a success story.

[UNFORGIVEN4444]

I had never read any novels in my whole life really. When I started getting clean I started reading to fall asleep and to drift off and take my mind off my restless legs.I read 13 books in about two years. Withdrawal made me discover reading and now, I love to read.

[gnarly_1]

HI We usually tell people to stay away from cafeine all together because it can cause anxiety what you say makes sense though although on this side of the pond we dont get to may T1 or T3 users so im sticking to my guns cafeine dehydrates you and will give you the jitters stay away from it.....Gnarly

[ImDONENoMore]

Coffee can help with energy just be careful because the caffeine can cause the jitters and can make sleep near impossible - and for me, sleep was a huge issue in the beginning so I didn't want to screw up whatever chance I did have for sleep.

I found b-12 sublingual tablets to work just as well as well so I'd take one of those in the morning and it helped just as much.  :)

[UNFORGIVEN4444]

Not alot of coffee. It's just because Tylenol 1 and 3 have caffeine so it's one less shock to your system to deal with at once. Don't substitute. Example, If you are up in the morning and fatigued and want to use to get a kick. Have a coffee.

[Kendraerika]

I find that a couple cups help, tho I get my coffee beans straight from the mountains of guatamala. Spendy but potent! Drink enough till you are feeling better. Only thing that is really helping my energy levels.

[luciddreamrgrl]

I think it's nice that your helping people after all this time. That's great!

But I would like to say to some members, be very careful with caffiene during withdrawal in the first couple of weeks. Some of us get very bad anxiety while coming off pills and caffiene seems to make it much worse. I couldn't even go near caffiene for 3 weeks. Then I slowly started introducing it back to help fight fatigue.

[Ann2497]

How much coffee should you drink?