Coffee part 2...cutting back even more....

So after reducing my caffiene intake a ton.    Only using 4 or so heaping tablespoons of coffee instead of filling the enitire filter to the top.. I thought i was well on my way to blissfulness!!! Read more Here about my coffee habit.

Not so much!

Jump to 2014... Sleeping better 6-7 hrs sometimes 7-8 but not very often. 

I started having weird heart palpitations. As if my heart were skipping a beat. It had happened in the past maybe 1-2x every six months. 

But now it was happening wayyy more frequently. Every other day..mostly in the evenings.. Sometimes up to 10 or more times a day.  Sometimes just doing daily activites but mainly in the late evenings.

It scared me to death!

Of course Dr Google was no help! Just made it more scary!!!!

And the insomnia was returning!!!

Soo after a few weeks of this.. I finally got the nerve to ask my dear cardiologist friend. 

And the very first question he asked was "do you drink coffee? Or any caffeine?"

Yes and i told him about how i had lowered it tremendously in the past year... But yes i still drank it in the am. 

He told me to lower it even more...cut it way back....cut it down to less than half of what I was having.

Well that's what I did...I cut it down to 3 heaping teaspoons full, not tablespoons...then in a week or so I cut it back again...to 2 1/2 teaspoons full..this time flat not heaping. Heaping or flat makes a huge difference! 

The first week I was definitely tired around 3:00 PM...but the jitteriness was completely gone. The irritableness gone! 

And most importantly the heart palpitations GONE!  After just two days...GONE! 

So...now I am drinking 2 flat teaspoons full and that's it...about 6-8 ounces of very weak coffee...I've been doing this for about 2 weeks now.

Does it taste as good...NO! It Tastes like watered down coffee...blah! 

Am I sleeping better...somewhat...6-7 hours straight.

Am I jittery ....NO.

Did I have headaches when I first started cutting back......yes...they got better after about 2 weeks. But I still have them a bit. I suppose being that I have been drinking it for so many years...and it is addictive...then it's just part of cutting back.

Am I am irritable....no...not according to my hubs.

Am I more patient....definitely! 

Do I have any heart palpitations....since I cut down after speaking to my cardiologist friend...I've have maybe 4. 

I love coffee! Love it! But it is not worth the trouble it was causing me. Not at all!

So I won't say goodbye completely to it...but I will if any weird things happen again!