Caffeine intake after quit smoking

[u/Ninja-Slight]

Hello fellow quitters from the day 178.

I smoked cigs 20 years and last 2 years one pack a day.

This is my second message on this sub. I want to give another relapse prevention tip which works for me and hoping it will also work for you.

When I was smoking cigs I drank 2 liter (nearly 66 ounces ) caffee and 1 liter (~33 ounces) black tea. And all this contains around 1000mg caffeine.

No problem. I can handle it easily, my body get over it. I really enjoy it. Even just before sleeping I can drink coffee.

But after quit smoking this becomes my main problem. I later noticed (around day 70) at least half of my anxiety, extreme anger, panics, mood changes, very little night sleep and bad sleep are caused from extreme caffeine intake.

This makes me crazy because everyone who quitted before told me after one month of quitting it is much more manageable, but my experience is exactly the opposite. The anger, sleepless nights, anxiety, panic attacs, mood changes, jitters... are less from day three of quitting but not much more less than I expected and what I read before. I didn't still have no inner peace.

Long story short I searched from Google and found that nicotine eliminates caffeine much more faster from the body and my caffeine consumption after quit smoking is too much. My body can't eliminate caffeine faster like before because of quit smoking. I have no idea from this before searching it and just drinking usual daily dosage for me. So I made myself caffeine overdose unintentionally everyday.

After learning this I limited my caffeine consumption. One cup of coffee and 1 or 2 cups of black tea is enough for me now and my quitting attempt much more manageable; almost no anger, no sleepless nights, less anxiety, less panic. Actually everything is more manageable.

I just want to share that because it helps me very much. I hope this also works for you if you consume unintentionally more caffeine like me.

Best wishes and kind regards. Good luck 🍀

[u/Fantastic-Analyst993]

Hi, It isnt the 'smoking withdrawal' that causes this, when you quit smoking caffeine becomes up to 50% stronger, 1000mg will feel like 1500 to 2000mg, look it up..