5 days now without coffee :) yay! / myLot

Philippines

July 19, 2016 12:03am CST

7 days ago, I had a serious case of dehydration; It made me so weak I couldn't get out pf bed and I have to be taken to a hospital to get fluids. Prior to that I've been having migraine and eye pain and my lips are cracked. I didn't pay attention to it until I was too dizzy to even stand. I thought it was my vertigo acting up but it turns out, I was dehydrated. Then I realized, coffee is a diuretic (makes you pee a lot) and I've been having 5-7 strong cups everyday but just recently I've been skipping drinking water as well. I'm okay though. So, I will for a while stay away from coffee. I will still drink coffee but perhaps not as much as I used to.

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shaloo walia

@swalia (1386)

• India

25 Jul 16

I used to be addicted to coffee. I quit coffee almost a year back and now I drink only green tea.

ladiesofindia

@debolinac (110)

• Greater Noida, India

20 Jul 16

I also like my coffee hot and strong but max 4 cups .. any more than that does not let me sleep at night .. Hope you recover soon.

Sebastian Onciu

@polaris77 (2040)

• Bacau, Romania

19 Jul 16

I love coffee, but 7 cups of strong coffee sounds like too much for me, so I think that it's great that you managed to take a break and stop consuming it for a while. I try to resume myself to 3 cups a day, I think that's a reasonable quantity.