I feel like such a fool. A month ago I quit caffeine (was mostly consuming too strong matchas, multiple a day, sometimes tea, sometimes coffee)
I felt anxious and bad so I decided to quit drinking the matchas (and teas and coffee). I knew about chocolate but didn't do the research at the time.
Sure enough, once i stopped drinking my strong matchas I went through the withdrawl, had the headaches, felt sleepy and hungry and cranky...
On the second day of my detox, I had gone to a nature shop to buy a caffeine free alternative. I had picked one next to the one I already knew and liked, but had been wanting to try something new and fun!
Today, after scrolling this feed doing some reading on peoples experiences with chocolate, I read about a person eating acai bowls and how it has guarana and guarana is NOT caffeine free but instead strongly caffeinated (even more so than coffee...). I knew that my supposed caffeine free alternative had guarana in it, so I called my boyfriend to check the label of my drink. Guarana wasn't even the only caffeinated ingredient in there, so I have been unknowingly consuming quite a lot of caffeine... I have been having at least one cup of this drink every day.
I wasn't feeling that bad the last weeks, but also not as good as some people say they feel. Yesterday and today I felt anxious again, which is weird because I don't have anything to feel anxious about... And now I'm connecting the dots and realize I was not even caffeine free all this time I thought i was... It is quite funny but I also feel like I failed and now I'll have to go through withdrawl again.
This time, I'm also cutting out the chocolate, because I have been overindulging in that as well.
TLDR: didn't read the label and now I'm at day 0 again...
Wish me luck!