And it’s my own fault.
See, I figured I’d switch from coffee to tea, in order to save myself the sugar that’s in the soymilk I put in my coffee (I take my tea straight up). Since I ran out of coffee on Monday, I started with the tea yesterday. And I felt fine.
But then, I got to today, and I had a headache even after finishing my tea. So I decided to get another cup (I got the time right now, after all), and was idly reading the side of the tea box when I realized what the problem was: I’m drinking green and white tea.
Green tea and white tea don’t have a hell of a lot of caffeine (20-30 mg/cup for the green and 10-15 for the white). Compare to black tea (100-120 mg/cup) and coffee (100-200 mg/cup). For some reason, I had thought they had a lot more.
Jesus. No wonder my head hurts. OTOH, it’s not going to kill me to quit caffeine, and will probably be good for me, so we push on.
But the next couple of days are going to SUCK.
Ouch. My sympathy. I gave up caffeine cold turkey in med school and it was hell for about 3 days. After that I used it when needed (mostly when I was on call) and otherwise have avoided large doses…
good luck.
Thanks. It’s ebbing a bit after a long walk out in the cold, during which I dreamed about chocolate.
Instead, I think I’ll make up the rest of those purple potatoes.