Published by researchers from the University of Vermont and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, which you can read here if you’re interested in understanding everything. There’s actually a really nice study which looks at just this effect. But I wanted to real scoop on what causes withdrawal, so I asked, you guessed it, Aaron, the badass scientist on our team. I’d read that coffee constricts blood vessels in the brain, and that when you quit, the passageways open back up, which causes a headache. It got me wondering, did my CYP1A2 genotype have something to do with the severity of my withdrawal?
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I stayed in bed a good chunk of the day and got very little done.Īs I clicked off more caffeine free days on the calendar, I returned to normal, but the experience of having a true withdrawal from an actual drug was a first for me and it was eye opening. I legitimately felt like I was sick, except I knew I wasn’t.The day I opted out was a day marked by these symptoms:
I felt like an addict drying out at a rehab center. No latte, no decaf Americano, no multiple cups of green tea in the afternoon. Hey, coffee does lengthen telomeres, right? Learn More Caffeine withdrawal – breaking the addictionĪ couple mornings during my run I’d wake up, and think, “you know what, I will skip the coffee this morning, I don’t need it.” But inevitably, I’d show up at the coffee shop for my latte nonetheless, rationalizing the trip the whole way. We score for fat metabolism, histamine clearance, carbohydrate tolerance, and more. Gene Food uses a proprietary algorithm to divide people into one of twenty diet types based on genetics. By day 9, I seriously considered ordering a double, but never did. In other words, the returns diminished as I drank more caffeine.īy day 6 or 7, a latte on an empty stomach gave me a little bit of what could best be described as sour stomach. Later in the day I would have multiple cups of green tea. When I finished my latte, I immediately wanted another, but to keep things in check, I would order a decaf Americano as a follow up. But on day five, I noticed that the buzz wasn’t quite as good as it had been on previous days. And that ride lasted through about day four. Mood was improved, productivity was up, smiles were in plentiful supply. On day one, I had a rush of euphoria that lasted an entire day. Caffeine addiction and developing a toleranceįor about 10 days in a row, I ordered a Turkish Latte, which is offered at Lofty with house made coconut milk, and cardamom. It was time for me to join the ranks of the coffee tribe. The people “inside” looked so happy and content sipping on their various black water beverages. Here’s this completely outdoor coffee shop, with great branding and a fine selection of different caffeinated drinks to warm you as the marine layer rolled out.
On these walks, we’d stroll past an open air coffee concept called Lofty Coffee, in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood.
I was on Austin time, so I’d wake up at 5:30 every morning and walk my dog, Ned. The first time in recent memory I went on a sustained coffee blitz, I was hanging out in sleepy San Diego, which if you haven’t been, is a city characterized by the country’s best weather, and a corresponding dearth of work vibes.Ĭaffeine seemed in some strange way necessary to prevent joining with the collective slumber. When I come to my senses and quit the coffee, inevitably a withdrawal period begins, usually with a headache for a couple days and a feeling of sluggishness.Ĭaffeine may be the world’s most popular drug, but it’s still a drug and experiencing withdrawal is a great reminder of this fact. However, despite knowing that large doses of caffeine don’t work well for me, I will occasionally still go on a run of morning espressos for a few days straight. If I were to drink a latte before bed, I’d be up half the night tossing and turning, so I usually choose green tea over coffee. When I was first reviewing my genetic charts, this information made perfect sense to me as I’ve always felt caffeine affected me to a greater extent than many of my friends. I am homozygous for the CYP1A2 gene, which means I metabolize caffeine more slowly than some of my buddies who drink espresso rather than warm milk before heading off to bed. Caffeine gives me the jitters, which makes sense in light of my genetics.
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