Well this is the third day for me of not having any caffeine. I gave up the coffee three days ago, as I mentioned in my earlier post. And I just wanted to give you an update of how things have been going.

It's a lot like when I quit smoking. I have a bit of mind fog. And I have some headaches. I think that the headaches from quitting caffeine are far worse than the ones I had when I quite smoking. But when I quit smoking, I had caffeine to help with the headaches. On the first day I didn't have much of a headache. Just mild ones. The headaches really peaked through yesterday (2nd day) and earlier today, and now I feel like they are gone.

I didn't have really bad symptoms on the first day except for the brain fog. I remember getting ready to brush my teeth in the morning and when I was about to put the toothpaste on my toothbrush I noticed that I didn't have the toothpaste in my hand, but instead I was almost about to pour contact lens solution on my toothbrush!

Later at Planet Fitness on that first day after quitting, I forgot to do dumbbell bench presses like I normally do. I never forget those. But I did. 

So during the first three days of caffeine abstinance I have not been at my best mentally. 

Three days after quitting I think my biggest issues have been headaches and body aches.

I wanted to see if what I'm experiencing is normal for caffeine withdrawl. So I did a Google search for "what to expect when quitting coffee" and I cam across a page by a woman named Sacha Strebe who wrote about her experiences while quitting. 

I noticed a lot of the same symptoms that Sacha Strebe experienced. And one thing in particular stood out to me in her article - the body aches. 

As she put it:

These were no ordinary muscle aches either. They started in my lower back, moved down to my butt, and then eventually down my thighs and into my calves.

And that is exactly how it's been to me. These muscle pains aren't like the type of pain I feel the day after a heavy workout. I actually like those kinds of pain. But these pains were kind of different. They were annoying. They feel kind of like a bad headache - but in the lower back, butt, legs, and calves. 

Maybe all that body pain from the caffiene withdrawl isn't muscle pain. Maybe it's the nerves, or something else. It just doesn't feel good and it doesn't feel like normal muscle pain.

The problem is, when the headaches came on I just figured I could take a nap, but with the body aches I can't take a nap because I can't get comfortable.

I keep moving forward. And I see the light at the end of the tunnel. And maybe I'll have smooth skin and more hair. 

One thing I miss about coffee is sitting on my laptop and typing or coding and sipping something hot. I have some tea in my kitchen, but I'm kicking caffeine. So I'll be heading to the store soon and I'll be getting some kind of herbs to brew, just to have something hot to sip on. 

Maybe I'll update you later on my Caffeine quit. I did it with smoking about 10 years ago and I'm looking forward to kicking another vice.