I quit drinking anything with caffiene 4 days ago and the headaches won't quit. How much longer will I suffer?
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I quit drinking coffee about 2 months ago. I was drinking a pot of coffee a day.  I had been doing that for years.  I had really bad headaches for a few weeks. Some worse than others. The best advice I can give is to keep yourself busy to try to ignore it and drink LOTS of water to flush it out of your system faster. Stick with it, they will go away. GOOD LUCK!
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Are you referring to that 'diet tea'?  How long ago did you take it?  Without knowing the details of your situation all I can say is to be careful and -please- don't try to 'make it work' by drinking even more: that stuff takes maybe 6-12 hours to work, but when it does kick in ... um, well, I'm guessing you'll be happier if you stick with just the one cup and see what happens.
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Drink Gatoraid if it's available to you at work, or something with caffeine.  Tap on accupressure points, there are some on the outside of your hand, where the "karate chop" point is, use three fingers from your other hand and tap about 7 times and take deep relaxing breaths, think good thoughts about how you feel when you don't have a headache while you are doing this.  Good luck!
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The first line is NSAIDS, aspirin if you can tolerate it, along with caffeine-at least as much as in a cup of strong coffee (caffieine is a co-analgesic).  In the absence of taking any pills...  Migraines are often the result of allergies, especially to certain foods, so keep careful track of your daily activities, including food intake.  Regular exercise, a good diet, and especially pletny of sleep are critical.  Some people actually require quite a bit more sleep than average, up to 10-11 hours a day.  Dont force yourself to get only 8 hours just because that's average.  If you need more, and arent getting it, you will suffer a myriad of negative effects.  Keeping your stress level down, your physical fitness and nutrition up, and getting plenty of rest is probably more effective than most drugs out there.  In addition, if you drink coffee regularly, going even a day without it can cause a severe headache- So, with the advice above, be sure you keep a careful log of everything you eat and drink, and your sleep, and see if you can find something that is triggering your migraines.
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You need to see a doctor! Any time a headache lasts more than a couple of days or the pain is that severe, you need to be evaluated. Get help now!!!
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It would take over 80 MONSTER energy drinks to kill someone from caffeine. So just drink your MONSTERS or Rockstars or w/e and just stay cool, chew gum to get the smell of alcohol off your breathe.
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It may be a vast change from your norm...and if you are used to coffee or soda (caffiene) that can cause the headaches and most diet programs discourage drinking caffienated drinks.\n\nHang in there a while longer if you can...it may just take your body a few days to adjust...and take some ibuprofen for that headache...
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You feel a headache coming on, so you reach for a pain reliever. Or maybe you take pain medication in advance — even every day — to stave off frequent headaches. After all, that's what pain relievers are for, right?\n\nThink again.\n\nPain relievers offer quick relief for occasional headaches. But there's a limit. If you find yourself taking pain medication more than two or three days a week, you may actually be contributing to your headaches rather than easing them. It's a cycle known as rebound headaches.\n\nThe cycle starts when you take too much headache medication — more than the label instructs or your doctor prescribes. Soon, your body adapts to the medication. You may not even realize that you've been dosing yourself too often until you miss a day and your head starts to hurt again — sometimes more intensely than before.\n\nThe only way to stop rebound headaches is to reduce or stop taking the pain medication that's causing them. It's tough, but your doctor can help.\n\n\nNEXT: Signs and symptoms  ARTICLE TOOLS \n Print this section | All sections \n Larger type \n \n\n    more information     Rebound headaches — also called medication overuse headaches — tend to occur every day, sometimes waking you in the early morning and continuing throughout the day. The pain may be most severe at first, when the medication begins to wear off.\n\nSometimes, a rebound headache causes dull, achy pain. In other cases, the pain may be throbbing or pounding.\n\nYou may notice other signs and symptoms as well, including:\n\nNausea \nAnxiety \nRestlessness, irritability and difficulty concentrating \nMemory problems \nDepression Nearly any pain reliever can contribute to rebound headaches. But some medications are more likely to lead to rebound headaches than are others.\n\nSimple pain relievers. Common medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) may contribute to rebound headaches — especially if you exceed the recommended daily dosages. \nCombination pain relievers. Over-the-counter pain relievers that contain a combination of caffeine, aspirin and acetaminophen (Excedrin, others) are common culprits. This group also includes prescription medications such as Fioricet, Fiorinal and Esgic, which also contain the sedative butalbital. \nMigraine medications. Various migraine medications have been linked with rebound headaches, including ergotamine (Ergomar, others) and triptans (Imitrex, Zomig, others). Interestingly, the ergot dihydroergotamine appears to have a lower potential for leading to this problem. \nOpiates. Painkillers derived from opium or from synthetic opium compounds include combinations of codeine and acetaminophen (Tylenol with Codeine No. 3 and No. 4, others). These can lead to rebound headaches as well. \nDaily doses of caffeine — from your morning coffee, your afternoon soda, or any pain reliever or other product containing this mild stimulant — may fuel rebound headaches as well. Read product labels to make sure you're not wiring your system with more caffeine than you realize.\n\nTrouble sleeping Anyone who has a history of migraine headaches, tension-type headaches or other chronic headaches is at risk of developing rebound headaches from the overuse of pain relievers.\n\nRebound headaches aren't typically an issue for people who use pain medications on a daily basis to treat conditions such as arthritis\nTreatment\nTo break the cycle of rebound headaches, you'll need to restrict how much pain medication you use. Depending on what drug you've been taking, your doctor may recommend stopping the medication right away or gradually reducing the dose until you're taking the drug no more than twice a week.\n\nStopping pain medication isn't easy. Expect your headaches to get worse before they get better. You also may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nervousness, restlessness, nausea, vomiting, insom
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Talk to your physician.  They make medications you could take.  You could also try aromatherapy such as lavender.  Talk to someone at a natural foods store if you are uncomfortable taking medication.  Be sure you are eating healthy.  Get exercise every day, but be sure to do that long before bedtime as well.  Don't drink caffienne after 2:00 pm - it actually stays in your system for as long as 20 hours.
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I used to get them really bad, with severe debilitating pain and vomitting.  What worked for me is figuring out my 'aura', which is the feeling you get BEFORE the migraine.  An hour or so before a migraine I get really tired and disoriented and get little shooting pains in my forehead.  If I get that I immediately take 1000mg of motrin and/or a large dose of caffiene.  Although motrin and caffiene would not help me once the pain was really bad, it DOES prevent the migraine if I take it beforehand.  Also I avoid eating a concentrated source of sugar on an empty stomach, like a doughnut for breakfast because I noticed that always triggers a migraine.  Figuring out your aura and your triggers might help you too, so consider keeping notes or just paying close attention to what happens before your migraines.
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Demand a second opinion. Positive note I had similar symptoms for years rarely a day off. I had a brain scan, a EEG and other tests turns out I have hemiplegic migraines - very scary. I have an aura with mine - a bad taste often triggered by what I eat or smell. Gloss paint sends me off my legs for up to 2 weeks. I was investigated for having a stroke! Go back an see your Dr if symptoms don't improve and demand further tests! Have allergy/ sensitivity tests done, mine showed my triggers as being corn, melon, larger etc. I changed my diet and took FEVER FEW natural health supps and have made a fantastic recovery, with the occasional relapse. I f your symptoms are new to you and you have had no further investigations than a DR appointment, go back and demand more. Take a friend or relative with you if your reluctant to push the issue. You only have one life - enjoy it. Luv J xx
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Yes that can be a side effect. I too am anemic and as we speak I am on day 3 of my headache. It is a pain huh? Also could be attributed to sinuses. If it is from your anemia, you need to load up on protein. Your doctor may prescribe you something but I just take a supplement and try to rest when the headache or fatigue comes on. Good Luck
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Well I'll tell you what i did... \nI went cold turkey... just stop... don't cut back, just stop... and r.w Knudsen has excellent spritzers... basically just sparkling fruit juice... of course if it's the caffeine you're worried about just switch to caffeine free soda...
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well caffeine dehydrates you (its a diuretic), and dehydration headaches are very common. if youre drinking the sodas, chances are its instead of water. the water would hydrate you, but the soda actually has a reverse effect because of the caffiene and carbonation. thats probably why you get the headaches from it.
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I burned a hole in my stomach from taking NoDoz and Vivarin (another caffiene pill) for a few months...the job I was working demanded that I stay awake until 6:00 a.m. every night.  These aren't bad if they are only occasional but don't take them on a daily basis or you too can burn a hole in your stomach...and let me tell you, it hurt really really bad.
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Working in a hospital, i had a patient with a small spinal fluid leak, nothing too serious, but it was causing him terrible migraines.  So his doc admitted him to the hospital and we pumped his veins full of straight caffeine.  Headache went right away!  Im sure if your doc wrote u a prescription for some sort of caffeine pill, it would be for a headache, migraine, something along those lines.
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You need to drink more fluids; try some cranberry juice too.  Lay off of the soda and caffiene.