Despite all the trouble I’ve been having staying awake, I decided to try to quit drinking caffeine. I had considered it a long time ago, because caffeine is just plain bad for you. But I heard all sorts of horror stories about people getting wicked bad headaches and having other withdrawal symptoms, and thought drinking caffeine might not be so bad after all.

The doctor even told me that cutting out caffeine might help my condition, but he said that withdrawal might be tough and to just cut down if I could. So I didn’t bother. But when Hubby started having trouble with his blood pressure and decided to let me help him alter his diet in an attempt to straighten it out, I decided we should both give it a go.

Neither of us drink coffee very often at all, but Pepsi is our weakness. So when I bought groceries, I got a Caffeine Free Pepsi and a regular one. Partly to give us something caffeinated if we had those dreaded withdrawal symptoms, and partly in case my finicky husband decided he didn’t like the taste of caffeine free (even though I can’t taste a difference).

As it turned out, he liked the caffeine free just fine. And neither one of us had any withdrawal symptoms whatsoever. We drank the caffeinated Pepsi to get rid of it, and we’ve bought Caffeine Free every since. I’ve also been drinking Hawaiian Punch, and am finally starting to drink water every now and then. Hubby and Pumpkin already drank a lot of water, so they were a step ahead of me there.

Unfortunately, I can’t say that all this has helped my condition. But it does seem to have helped Hubby, along with the other changes in his diet (less salt and fat). And I don’t suppose I’ve been any tireder than I was before, if that’s even possible. So I guess we’ll stick with it.