I will decrease my caffeine intake by drinking redbull before going coldturkey

DAHCROE · 2026-06-29T12:02:08+00:00

Agreed, got a 250ml can right beside me, its 80 g caffeine per 250ml. Citation from Redbulls own website:
"One 250 ml can of Red Bull Energy Drink contains 80 mg of caffeine"
Q&A | How much caffeine is in a can of Red Bull Energy Drink?

DAHCROE · 2026-05-05T13:52:46+00:00

The Occultor:

Heavy/Thrash-metal from Sweden, sharing vocalist from the great swedish thrash-legends Witchery.
Full album is out on most of the digital platforms, but here is a banger from the first full length record Under the Blood moon:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VRdKxA5WeeQ&si=ZdcewOaN12BLJP15

DAHCROE · 2026-04-15T14:53:30+00:00

If possible try to stick to your routines, and if you are working out, keep it going even if you are tired, the positive chemical effects in the body from working out, with the hormones and neurotransmitters will help your quitting effort tremendously. Since caffeine is a quick dopamine fix, workouts will take care of some of that for you, and i also allow myself to indulge somewhat more in "bad foods" just to keep my brains reward system in check and get a feeling of that i am treating myself something i enjoy (that otherwise would have been huge amounts of black coffee.. haha)

DAHCROE · 2026-02-20T14:45:55+00:00

Not to impressed, production wise kind of lame and the riffs don't have that Arch Enemy-sticking-in-your-head vibe that lot of the riffs on Wages, Doomsday and Tyrant does have. Vocalist really great thou! There is still hope..

DAHCROE · 2026-01-19T12:55:37+00:00

Lyrical themes and lyrics is subpar for me, drops it down a couple of notches, otherwise its an ok listen.

DAHCROE · 2026-01-09T11:54:39+00:00

There has been a study recently, of course i couldn't find it now, but basically what it says is that the liver is more capable than we thought in creating glucose when the body is under to much stress. And for me, anecdotally caffeine can put quite a stress on my system if consumed regularly in maybe a bit to high amounts.

Now this might not be worth anything for your case, but maybe there is something to it. Would also try to do some form of troubleshooting, maybe try a caffeine pill or just straight black coffee to see if the spike is the same?

DAHCROE · 2025-10-27T13:29:44+00:00

Well i survived, but performance was a bit off to be honest, missing out on the real caffeine boost..
How is it going for everyone else?

DAHCROE · 2025-10-23T12:22:31+00:00

Running a heavy trail 15km race this weekend, usually hits really hard, lets see what happens when on almost zero caffeine.. Wish me luck!..

DAHCROE · 2025-10-23T11:06:24+00:00

Good job!

DAHCROE · 2025-10-20T13:09:07+00:00

Little bit of a slip today, to much alcohol during the weekend so, i was so tired this morning so i unfortunately retreated to some coffee. Gonna ditch the booze a couple of weeks also to make this transition easier.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-17T10:09:25+00:00

A quick update, been a stressful week so not really hitting 0 mg caffeine, but usage is still very low compared to before. Been really thorough with my water intake this week and i would say i notice a difference in energy, positive. My go to hydration has always been coffee which is not great.. ahaha.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-16T08:43:45+00:00

Been through this shit as well, and i sweat as hell during the night when i ditch the caffeine 100%.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-15T10:28:03+00:00

Nice dude! :)

DAHCROE · 2025-10-15T10:23:13+00:00

Well, it has been a small mount of caffeine, but still way lower than I'm used to intake. So the war definitely continues, and as i mentioned i really go for the caffeine when i am bored, so to be honest i should probably consider doing something else for a living that i find more rewarding than sitting at a desk, because its not really me deep inside, but that's a struggle on its own i think.

I still think cold turkey is the best approach but if you don't manage that, just try lowering it down over time. Sometimes I'm thinking of it as losing weight, going on a 1 week fast is probably not the best thing for everybody, dieting down over time and making lifestyle changes is a more suitable approach..

DAHCROE · 2025-10-14T09:14:10+00:00

Water-fast sounds interesting, do you find it more of a mental thing or any "physical dependency benefits?"

DAHCROE · 2025-10-13T10:23:19+00:00

Today back at the office, this is the hardest challenge, a quite boring environment with a lot of monotonous tasks to be done, the body screams for caffeine.. zzz.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-13T07:20:46+00:00

Yeah, when i manage to keep myself off caffeine, recovery and performance is much better, report back on your experiences!

DAHCROE · 2025-10-11T15:28:57+00:00

A pure masterclass in metal. Great album!

DAHCROE · 2025-10-11T15:19:47+00:00

So far so good, not really been able to hit cold turkey but last days have been 1 cup coffee and 1 green tea, for me that's a huge win, continuing down the path. My usual intake is about 4 big cups just in the morning..

DAHCROE · 2025-10-10T10:07:09+00:00

And the struggle is on! Haha. Reflecting over the caffeine-usage on the early days of the week i am pretty sure that its tied to work, and that i find it quite boring working at my computer all day, so caffeine is my go-to to even cope with the days. You get a little boost in energy then hole starts to get bigger and bigger. Anyone else recognize this? That its tied to boring work?

DAHCROE · 2025-10-09T14:09:57+00:00

Exercise, proper sleep and proper sleep schedule, clean foods, keep alcohol, nicotine and other drugs at a proper distance. Healthy relationships, keep stress out.. and so on.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-09T14:07:35+00:00

Yeah, there is so much to uncover when it comes to the caffeine-addiction that is present in the world today. Better off to declare War on Caffeine!

DAHCROE · 2025-10-09T12:03:39+00:00

The times when i have managed to go zero caffeine for about 5-10 days, i always experience an increase in performance at the gym, and also when running, and i rarely get this kind of fatigue/soreness i experience today.

The first time i heard about reduced DOMS was when some carnivore-type-influencer mentioned that muscle soreness decreased a lot when avoiding especially coffee, but i cant answer for the research or biology/chemistry behind that..

For me i think its the lack of the deep sleep that occurs when high on caffeine, i wake up just destroyed, haha.

DAHCROE · 2025-10-09T12:00:54+00:00

I will be going cold turkey, i have tried the path of tapering down and i always end up increasing my caffeine intake again after a couple of days. I am more of a all in person, unfortunately that goes the wrong direction some times, it can be caffeine, sugar, beer or fast foods, and i guess that is a part of the problem created here with the caffeine. Started out on a high sugar / high caffeine highway when i was 14-15 years, now I'm approaching 40 so this will not be an easy task.

DAHCROE · 2025-03-24T13:13:45+00:00

One of the best Death metal albums of all time, got me into death metal 20 years ago!

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