Is no joke:( what can I take for this HEADACHE?

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Are you weening or going cold turkey? I would suggest weening if you are pre-surgery. I didn't withdrawal prior to my surgery and lucky the pain meds after surgery were so strong after they got me past the caffeine withdrawal headaches.

I'm scheduled for Oct10th so I pretty much went cold turkey bc of my pre op diet:(

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Is no joke:( what can I take for this HEADACHE?

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This is my first time using this site, so I apologize if my message doesn't turn out right. I went through the same thing, I took excedrin migraine BC it has caffeine in it. Took my headache away within 30 mins.

I think it's still not too late to ween yourself off. You don't want to be miserable, the headaches for me were just horrible. I drank a cup of tea with no sugar (skim milk sometimes) , that was usually enough to stop it. Then after a week, every other cup I drank was decaf tea, and it tricked my mind into thinking I was getting my caffeine fix, then i just cut out the regular tea all together. I cut caffeine out in 3 weeks, but you can try and speed that up a little

I went cold turkey several times with coffee for different reasons. I prefer cold turkey because I'm a go big or go home kinda girl lol. The headaches weren't that bad and I couldn't find the advil so I just laid on the couch and covered my eyes. I was very sluggish and tired for about 9-10 days and I miss the taste so much. I do tend to have more energy without coffee but the taste is so addicting :/ I'm over the caffeine withdrawal thank goodness and I was only drinking 1 cup (about 1 tbsp coffee) a day. Good Luck

Thank you for the responses but this has really been horrible for me I'm cranky and want to drink a big 32oz of coke or coffee...laying in bed with the lights out would be great, but with a 5 and 1 yr old it just ain't happening:( pluss having to follow the pre op diet!!

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Sorry had to vent God willing this will all be worth it

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Giving up caffeine is my biggest worry. I've decided no more coffee, sodas and energy drinks starting tomorrow, but I'll keep tea. I like the suggestion to work in decaf tea. I'll give up the tea Nov 1. I had no coffee today, so I guess I've already started.

Good luck!! I had a horrible headache for 2 days finally getting a little easier..but the pre op shakes are still a drag hope I get used to the soon.

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What has worked for me is cutting out one serving at a time. Start with the last caffeinated drink. Cut that out, then a few days later cut out the next one, then the next one, so on until you are down to one serving. Then the pain should be manigable with a tylonal or if still preop ibuprofen works good too if you get a headache. Caffeine is a drug and your body is detoxing. And it SUCKS!!! :-)

Putting a warm washcloth on the back of your neck can help ease some of the tension in your neck and will help. Even if you do that during their nap time, it can help relax the muscles.

Hope it helps...

Oh and in preop I think if you switch to tea for the duration, that shouldn't interfere with preop.

A good one is a blend of green tea and white tea. Still has caffeine, but not near as much as soda or coffee.

Is no joke:( what can I take for this HEADACHE?

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This is hard. I went from 6 shots of espresso to 2 and then none for pregnancy. What helped me was finding something else to drink to replace the caffeine. This had to find a beverage I liked just as much, which was hard. I did decaf espresso or diet 7up. I know carbonation is not desirable for the sleeve.

Wishing you the best!!!

Sannah

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