My surgery is on Wednesday (less than a week away Woohoo!) and I need helpful tips for dealing with caffeine withdrawal. Is there anyway around the massive headache? Thanks for your help and Good luck to all!

Try 1/2 reg and 1/2 decaf for 4/5 days... On 6th day do all decaf!! That's what I did, felt like blehh the first couple days but no headaches!! Good luck!!

Edited September 12, 201411 yr by Wenxio

I drank tazo wide awake tea. I had to. It was still hard but I'm into the ritual. Morning of surgery just water.

I drank home brewed ice tea as soon as I came home. But had a killer headache in the hospital, it's all I took pain killer for

I gave up caffeine a few months ago in preparation for my sleeve. I'm a Coke "junkie". I used to drink nearly two liters a day! I had tried giving up caffeine slowly over a months time. When that month was up, I went back to my old ways, very quickly! Before I knew it, I was back to drinking nearly two liters a day. The second time I gave up pop, I quit cold turkey. I took excedrin the first few days, ibprofen for a few days after that, and then I was all set! I also drank a lot of water. I had a headache for the first day, but didn't have any after that. Good luck!

My surgery pain was nothing compared to intense headaches I had 2-3 days following surgery from caffeine withdrawal. Wish I had given up before especially since pills were hard to swallow and crushed pills gagged me. Quit now with Tylenol every 4 hours. That way only surgery pain. For me surgery pain was minimal.

Thanks for the input. I'm four days post op now, and I had my last bit of caffeine the day before my surgery. My post op surgery pain was pretty intense, but I don't particularly remember any caffeine headaches. Hopefully, I can use this time to kick the habit for good! Best wishes to all of you!

My post-op was really painful, too, so caffeine withdrawal was the last thing I was worried about. I was too busy thinking about my abdomen that was screaming in pain! I guess that was kicking the habit the hard way...

My dietitian is ok with caffinated iced tea because the caffeine content is low and it has nutrional value. I've cut caffiene before and ibuprofen helps with the headache. It's best to start taking it before the headache starts.

I forgot to add, the people in ny program are required to stop drinking pop and coffee before the coordinator will submit to insurance.