sickman
So I was crazy sick 2 weeks ago, and still have a bit of a exercise-triggered cough even now. While I definitely had lots of symptoms, but Ann was sure that the severe headache I had was due to caffeine withdrawl, which I ended up believing.
Well, last Friday, I spoke with a friend I hadn't talked to in several weeks, and he started the conversation with "I've been out of touch because I was sick all last week with Influenza type-A".
"no kidding." I said. "so what exactly are the symptoms of Influenza type-A?"
"it's the flu that everyone is getting. I started out with just feeling so tired that I couldn't even drive home from my morning workout at the YMCA. I went home, and I couldn't get off the couch, and I couldn't get warm, no matter how many blankets or layers of clothes I had on. My whole body ached constantly. But by far the worst part was the headache. The headache never went away, and it was the worst headache I've ever had, it kept me from sleeping, or being able to do much of anything."
"Really....." I responded.
My mind was already loving that someone else was experiencing the same pain as me, and it turns out, at the exact same time.
So I said, "you may not believe this, but I think I had the same thing, and at the same time. I went down on tuesday morning, and I wasn't able to functio until saturday. I thought I had a bad cold, maybe a flu type thing, but Ann was convinced the headaches from caffeine withdrawl."
"Yeah, when my headache started, I thought it was caffeine withdrawl too, because I've had that kind of headache before, but this was much worse. And when I thought that was part of it, I started drinking some soda to fix it, but it did almost nothing. It helped just a little, but the headache was definitely still there, all week".
"well then, I feel better about not bothering to drink any, it doesn't sound like it would have helped."
"Didn't help me"
So the good news is that it turns out that I not addicted to caffeine, and I am now back to drinking as much of it as I like, but the reality is that the thought of being addicted to it has sort of scared me into drinking far less of it on a daily basis. But it's really not that bad for you.
Well, last Friday, I spoke with a friend I hadn't talked to in several weeks, and he started the conversation with "I've been out of touch because I was sick all last week with Influenza type-A".
"no kidding." I said. "so what exactly are the symptoms of Influenza type-A?"
"it's the flu that everyone is getting. I started out with just feeling so tired that I couldn't even drive home from my morning workout at the YMCA. I went home, and I couldn't get off the couch, and I couldn't get warm, no matter how many blankets or layers of clothes I had on. My whole body ached constantly. But by far the worst part was the headache. The headache never went away, and it was the worst headache I've ever had, it kept me from sleeping, or being able to do much of anything."
"Really....." I responded.
My mind was already loving that someone else was experiencing the same pain as me, and it turns out, at the exact same time.
So I said, "you may not believe this, but I think I had the same thing, and at the same time. I went down on tuesday morning, and I wasn't able to functio until saturday. I thought I had a bad cold, maybe a flu type thing, but Ann was convinced the headaches from caffeine withdrawl."
"Yeah, when my headache started, I thought it was caffeine withdrawl too, because I've had that kind of headache before, but this was much worse. And when I thought that was part of it, I started drinking some soda to fix it, but it did almost nothing. It helped just a little, but the headache was definitely still there, all week".
"well then, I feel better about not bothering to drink any, it doesn't sound like it would have helped."
"Didn't help me"
So the good news is that it turns out that I not addicted to caffeine, and I am now back to drinking as much of it as I like, but the reality is that the thought of being addicted to it has sort of scared me into drinking far less of it on a daily basis. But it's really not that bad for you.