- Cutting caffeine from your diet can lead to withdrawalsweeten coffee image by Radu Razvan from Fotolia.com
Caffeine is a powerful stimulant found in many things from coffee to chocolate. The U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health warn that ingesting too much caffeine can lead to unpleasant side effects such as restlessness, anxiety and abnormal heart rhythm. Cutting caffeine from your diet can lead to caffeine withdrawal. - Headache is the most common caffeine withdrawal symptom. Headaches from caffeine withdrawal typically begin 12 to 24 hours after the last dose of caffeine you've ingested and go away within two to four days. In some cases, headaches from caffeine withdrawal may recur for weeks.
- Along with headaches, fatigue is the second most common caffeine withdrawal symptom. Cutting caffeine from your diet can lead to related issues like drowsiness, problems concentrating and muscle stiffness and pain. Symptoms can be mild or severe and last as long as a week.
- Change in mood is a sign of caffeine withdrawal. People suffering from withdrawal may become anxious, irritable or depressed. As with fatigue and headache, these changes in mood may be severe or mild, begin within 12 to 24 hours of caffeine ingestion and typically go away within a week.
- Aside from headache and fatigue, physical symptoms of withdrawal are rare but can occur. Other physical signs of caffeine withdrawal are nausea and vomiting.
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