I’ve been off of caffeine now since the end of July – that’s 3 months. The most challening thing so far is ordering in a restaurant, I have to remember to order rootbeer or sprite, something like that, in order to avoid being served caffeine. I’ve had about 5 sips of tea, which technically has caffeine in it, but I never felt a jolt of any kind, it was to be polite or just wet my whistle. And I have to try to explain if anyone asks, why I dont drink coffee anymore. I think the last time I said, oh it’s my last vice, I decided to give it up, and of course…
The great thing is, I sleep like crazy. And it’s true. I do sleep like crazy. I close my eyes and it’s several hours before I open them again (depending on my bladder) No more laying in bed awake trying to get to sleep. If I am sitting in a chair reading and warm, forget it. My body immediately goes into sleep mode and I can nod off for 20 minutes and not know it. I can’t decide if I feel after those episodes or not. Maybe they’ll be useful one of these days. Who knows. And most of the time, I’m not sleepy midafternoon like crazy like I was before. I don’t really intend for this to be inspirational, just sharing how good it feels to just lay down and sleep, nothing artificially keeping me awake. Ahh. Sleep.
I, too, am caffeine-free. Not so much because of the child-bearing thing, but because caffeine was starting to give me a killer headache when I had it.
Beware that the bite in Barq’s? Yeah, it’s caffeine. I discovered that AFTER I bought 4 12 packs, so I decided to drink it anyway and discovered that I didn’t get a headache unless I had several in a day and the withdrawal hasn’t been so bad now that they are gone, so I don’t think there’s a LOT of caffeine in there, but it is still listed as an ingredient.
Also, I am a HUGE fan of decaf tea made into iced tea. Lipton is the best!
Good for you in your caffeine freedom. I still drank my morning tea during pregnancy. Doc said I could even have a daily glass of wine, but I opted not to as that made me a little nervous.