Switching to decaff

pennyshahin_2

Hi , i'm thinking of switching from normal tea and coffee to decaff is this a good idea

cheap_plastic_spoon

Yes.I switched about 3 years ago and feel better for it ,although it costs a bit more to buy and not so many offers on decaff so stock up when available.

Valley's_girl

I switched also to decaff tea I prefer it.
Ally

Cornishpixie_2

Hi, Sounds like a good idea. I've tried in the past and failed miserably. But then again I do have a fair few kids.:D

chuckie79

I switched to decaff coffee ages ago after being ill from caffeine withdrawal. Coffee was kicking off terrible heartburn so I stopped drinking it and couldn't believe the awful symptoms I had so when I fancied a coffee later on I started on decaff and I don't mind it. I did have decaff tea bags for a while which were also fine the only problem is the cost because as cps said they're not on offer very often.

northern_star

Trying to do this too. Since reaching the menopause my tolerance to caffeine (and alcohol for that matter) has lessened, meaning that just a few cups of ordinary tea or coffee seem to make my heart race. It's not easy tho as the 'withdrawal' can mean nasty headaches. We found the co-op own brand de-caff tea bags good (think they were fair-trade too) but we're currently using Tetley de-caff ones as they were on offer. With coffee we're doing a 'staged' change, mixing ordinary coffee and de-caff 50/50.
It's a big change for us as we make lots of tea/coffee ( realise this is largely habit).
I think many people are looking to make changes in this direction. Good luck if you decide to go with it.

belfastgirl23

I would say do it gradually though. I'm not a particularly big tea drinker and don't take coffee at all and even I experienced headaches when I stopped drinking tea.

To be honest I don't think a cup or two of regular tea is either here or there but I do think if you feel dependent on coffee it's worth cutting back a good bit...

pennyshahin_2

Hi thanks i've found i've got a slight heart murmur, doctor said coffee and tea can give palpatations so disd actually switch about a week ago found decaff t and c made me feel tired , i can really feel the difference in my eyes they feel more relaxed i suffer with anxiety and feel alot calmer

skintlass

Its not that decaff is making you feel tired its that your body is used to the kick from caffeine which you're not getting. I mostly drink decaff apart from the odd occasion where it isn't available and I sleep much better for it on a night.

jud!th

I went cold turkey on caffeine when I lost my voice about 6 years ago, and since I was off work with it anyway I lived through the horrific headaches. Then dh wanted to come off caffeine, so he asked me to put every few tea bags as decaff, and to gradually 'dilute' the instant coffee granules with more and more decaff to wean him off it gently without him knowing how much caffeine he was getting.

After a few months he was totally off it, without knowing, and he said to me that he thought I could cut down on the caffeine a bit more now because he was feeling ok with it. I told him he'd been caffeine-free for a few weeks and he responded with several days' very bad headache. We decided to start the process again, with me knowing how much was decaff but not him, and on the 3rd time of trying, when I told him that I'd never started again with the caffeine at all, we cracked it. We've both been caffeine-free (and knowing it) for about 3 years now.:j

My mum knows we don't do caffeine, and gets a headache whenever she comes to stay (so now brings her own tea bags). The in-laws don't know we don't do caffeine, don't get headaches when they come to stay, and make comments like 'that hits the spot' when given a nice cup of what they believe to be non-decaff tea or coffee.:rotfl:

Just to make it clear that dh had encouraged me to decaff him without him realising... I don't do deception normally!

hth

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