I am scheduled for surgery next Thursday (Yippee!). I'm trying to wean off caffeine in advance (diet soda) but I have the WORST headache ever. I had a whole soda yesterday. Today I started getting a terrible headache and had a half of a soda. But it's STILL there... any tips? I feel miserable from this stupid headache!

It takes several days. I weaned using unsweet tea. Whenever I'd feel a headache coming on, I drink some. It was never equal to the amount of soda though. Within a few days, I was weaned.

I suffer severe migraines and usually use caffeine and excederine migraine. I had to quit both, I quit the coffee by drinking decaff coffee and decaff tea and using an ice pack. After two days I was fine. Good luck.

My advice is to stop drinking any soda's and to hang in there, the headaches will go away in about 3-4 days and then you will be completely free of the addiction.

When I quit drinking soda I transitioned to iced tea which of course has caffiene. It was a great way to quit the soda though because now I haven't had a soda for over 3 weeks and don't miss it at all. My addiction to soda I think went much deeper than just the caffiene but transitioning to something with caffiene helped me up front to break the soda habit. I know the transition from regular iced tea to decaf will be much easier for me.

I have to agree with Gene above. I was so addicted to caffeine it wasn't funny! I'm talking 5 to 8 cups of coffee, plus anywhere from 6 to 8 cans (or more!) of diet soda a day addiction! I kicked the caffeine habit cold turkey and had the headaches and the irritability for almost a week, but it was worth it. Now I am kicking the carbonated beverage addiction (good bye caffeine free diet sodas) and this is going a lot easier than I thought it would.

Hang in there! The headaches will go away in the next few days and you'll be over an addiction you may not have realized you had with caffeine!

I weaned off caffeine and had a migraine for 5 days straight. Nothin but water and Tylenol can help. After that first week, I was fine. Just had to get out of the system.

I use to be addicted to diet Pepsi. I haven't had any since last november and will not even take a sip because I know I will get addicted again. I don't want it to do anything to my stomach's staple line or cause any other complications.