I've quit caffeine many times. And when I say many times, I mean probably twice a week for the last 5 years now. Why do I NEED to quit? The same reasons why all of you are here; anxiety, insomnia, feeling restless 24/7 etc.
For the last year I've quit drinking caffeine numerous times, sometimes for a day and sometimes for almost two weeks but somehow magically it always ends up creeping back on me.
This time it's different and im on my fourth week without coffee or any caffeine. The first two weeks were actually pretty good; my sleep improved immediately and i started to have dreams. My fitness got better because my heartrate dropped and was lower in hi-intensity training and my recovery was better. Anxiety also wend down quite alot. No major withadrawal symptoms except for minor headache and tiredness.
However, at the start of the third week shit hit the fan. My anxiety sky-rocketed, my heartrate is elevated with palpitations and I just feel like shit. I've never had depression but this is probably some mild version of that and the anhedonia is real.
I think that my body and brain was so used to quit for a short time that thats why the withdrawal symptoms started only after two weeks.
Pls share your timelinenwith symptoms so that I have something to relate to..thanks.