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MIL doesn't understand caffeine addiction

HaloHoney, 25 July, 2009 at 00:18 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 4

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The PIL visited last weekend, and MIL made a comment of "I should really drink more, I get terribly dehydrated when I'm not at home"

I said I find that too sometimes, and then she said "I just spend all day drinking weak black coffee to make sure I drink more"

I said that a headache is often one of the signs of caffeine withdrawal, she just stared at me blankly and said that it can't be that because the coffee is weak (but not decaffeinated) so the 10 or so cups she has per day can't really have an effect.

I'm doubting myself here, but she's slightly deluded, isn't she?

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Latest activity by Nun, 25 July, 2009 at 00:52

Beginner May 2007
LizBjk · 25 July, 2009 at 00:23
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She is deluded. 10 cups of coffee is way too much. No wonder she suffers headaches. It's a wonder she sleeps at all!
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Gryfon · 25 July, 2009 at 00:29
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I used to drink about 7 or 8 cups of normal coffee every day and really felt it when I didn't. Although now I have 2 or 3 cups of normal in the morning and then switch to decaff for the rest of the day.
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Maxi · 25 July, 2009 at 00:42
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Is that all she drinks? If so Yikes!

I'm a coffee guzzler at work and drink at least 5 cups of relatively weak coffee per day. I do though drink a pint of water in the morning and at least 5 cups of water throughout the day.

I often get a headache on Saturdays and I know its because i've not had the caffine my body is used to during the week.

Thanks for posting this it has made me realise , from next week I start weaning myself with decaf.
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Beginner July 2007
HaloHoney · 25 July, 2009 at 00:50
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Thanks. ?

The utter conviction with which she brushed off my comment as being incorrect made me doubt myself. No bloody wonder she's got a heaache when she's not got a cup of coffee in her hand.

MrHalo is a bugger for being caffeine addicted - coke/coffee/tea/chocolate is a lot of his daily intake. Now I know where he gets it from!

Good luck with the weaning Maxi!
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Beginner September 2006
Nun · 25 July, 2009 at 00:52
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Coffee is a diuretic, which means that she's draining water from her body. Headaches are the sign of dehydration, she should drink more water.
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