Great video. Giving up caffeine was the hardest thing I had ever done (and I have done some hard stuff and gone through hard things). Things started to get really good after 6 months. Before that had real bad depression/anxiety I had never had before. Now after 7 months feels like I’m 95% recovered. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you so much. I.m nearly 6 month. I can see light and its been hard journey. Some days are still hard and all symptoms are on but juts have to live it through. I send lot of love to everybody.
Man bro you dropped this when i really needed some relief, im almost reaching 90 days and i feel like it’s never gonna end, & hearing this brought me hope! Thanks so much bro!
WOW! Thank you soooo much! Your videos always calm me down! It’s crazy how caffeine withdrawals can be so brutal & scary. But listening to your experiences bring me peace and give me HOPE❣️
Approaching two years on this journey, you were such a large help at the beginning and I’m doing so much better! We need to catch up soon, Cato! I appreciate you so much! - Kyle
J C I’m going to be honest, it took a while. What I will tell you is that everyone’s experience is different, but the end result is the same - you come back. Slowly but surely. Just know you are going to be in for a rollercoaster ride. When you’re at the top, you’re gonna come down. And when you’re down, just know you’re going to come up. Sometimes the rise and drops are large or small. It’ll all happen until the ride is over and you can get off
@@StinjaProductions that's one of the best ways I've heard it explained. I'm on day 92, just had about a week of feeling great. Excitement, imagination, energy, sleeping well. I would have small waves of weirdness here and there, but overall great.... BUT today, tiredness, dizziness, blurry vision, a little anxiety. Just feel off. It's the worst I've felt in a month. Not where I was, but a bad dip. Just enjoying the ride.
This is encouraging. I'm a month off caffeine and I thought it was over lol ..sometimes I have difficulty sleeping along with sensations of panic and chest and throat tightness
I'm coming up on 11 months, quit cold turkey. And I gave up all refined sugars like candy and ice cream around the same time, except I tapered off sugar which I wish I did with caffeine. I've just started to drink Holy Basil tea in the evenings and it is calming. Give it a try if your further along in recovery and the anxiety has started to fade a bit. I've read up on adrenal dysfunction which is a big part of caffeine withdrawals, and it takes time for the adrenal system to recover, many months time. For everyone fighting this just be patient with your body, the healing process, and yourself.
@@LrgPicture doing much better anxiety has decreased to the point where it's mostly just annoying and isn't intense or lasts as long. Psychologically I reached a point where I realize I will make it through this and it wasn't going to kill me. I do have to watch sugar intake I realized that I was slowly buying sweets again, a donut here or a cinnamon bun there and then this past week a half gallon of ice cream. I was looking for a dopamine buzz from sugar, and was falling into the same trap. Coffee and sugar combined trigger surges in dopamine, and I was addicted to both. Also been taking chelated magnesium which is calming, and 2grams of vitamin c daily. Going through withdrawals the body burns through vitamin c so you need more of it.
@@richardwrynn824 that’s so good to hear… I’m so very happy for you and your progress…I just had a hiccup.. I took a stimulant and didn’t realize it was… immediately regretted it… it’s been about a week and so I’m getting better but I swear anxiety is for the birds! Absolutely hate it…. You’re right about sugar too… stimulant dopamine hits… smh.
I've quit in June and every month I've felt like I gotten through it but the anxiety always comes back. Now at 6 months in I'm having the toughest time due to anxiety which I guess is because of the intrusive thoughts and constant reading through articles. There are good moments and then there are moments I don't feel present enough to enjoy my day. Most difficult period of my life and I'm only 25 YO and I've never had anxiety or depression or intrusive thoughts before. I've only recently quit chocolate bars, I keep telling myself it could be the reason why the anxiety came back hard. If anyone is struggling through this or is just kind enough to share their story of recovery, please reply to this comment so we can connect, I'd honestly appreciate it. I'd also gladly pay you for your time, I just need some reassurance.
Hey klutch….. first let me say that’s it’s 100% the chocolate. So I hope you’ve tapered off of that .. also vitamin waters, certain gums, certain teas and so on… just be careful and read labels… even do your research and if you can’t find something definitive don’t take it stay away from stimulants of any kind.. Drink water sleep and walk.. surround yourself with positivity… you’ll be better soon…
Yeah because they probably just assume your drinking a cup of coffee, but drinking heavy amounts of stimulants is no different then any other drug when you stop.
Am facing depression and anxiety.. Sometimes I can’t even think, especially in the morning.. Sometimes my thoughts 💭 will be telling me am going crazy, and sometimes feeling like am about to die .. Am really in fear and I can’t even stay in my home alone .. Am at my mums place at the moment .. I really need help to over come this .. The fear and panic feels so real
Love your channel bro.... I was living life going to the gym, Going out with friends... Then about six months ago this Anxiety hit me hard out of nowhere, Haven't been my self ever since.... So I'm trying to figure out if it was all the caffeine I was putting in my body for year's or the alcohol or both
Hey did you expirience like you felt normal but at night suddenly you feel like u goona die or are semiasleep and you tremor up or feel like u jitter and wake up rightaway??
drippxzzz YaBoy I had that the first 2 months really bad , now that I’m at 5 months I have it once in a while. It’s anxiety but it really sucks I know how you feel
Is it normal to feel derealization/disconnect from reality and feel off balance when giving up caffeine? I am at month two was drinking pre workout, two monsters and a cup of coffee daily!
Still feeling bad but better then before, feels like i get hit with burst of adrenaline at random and feel borderline psychotic a few times a day it lasts like ten minutes. Also having heart palpitations and blood pressure fluctuations honestly my symptoms are identical to catos!
@@matthaines4249 hey, how are you doing now? I'm at 2 months now. I've been dissociating ever since quitting caffeine. I'm disconnected from myself. Are u still going through it?
.. what do i do, when what caused me to have Chronic anxiety and debilitating depression, insomnia.... can never be resolved? My family being killed, home loss, wife loss, and 20yr. Job loss..... my whole life was destroyed... i only have grief. My future ive only known and looked forward to... all gone.
@@klanderkal take a deep breath bro..You definitely need to talk to someone,I lost 7family members in 45days,so I understand..Hang in there,itll get better with time bro..💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💯💯💯💯..
@catovideo1 Thank you... You know how horrible it is.... loosing your loved ones.. back to back. I didn't get to see them all before they died.. they were in a different state. :( ... my mind was SO destroyed.. I couldn't make decisions, if that makes sense?.. I messed up so badly at work.. and I lost my career job, and it was my fault. I have anhedonia. It's a horrible mental illness that happens with depression. If I didn't have this.... i think, eventually I would feel better... I just don't like living like this... it's not living, it's suffering. I've talked to 988 suicide counselors many times.. and had them show up. I talked with psychologists... , I understand what they are saying,.. but, doesn't make me feel differently. Grief from family and friend loss, my wife loss, my home loss, my career job loss... all are Grief, that I have to process... but, I can't even imagine a future life at all... it's all doom in my mind.. thank you for caring 🫶
@@klanderkal listen bro,that sh** is not gona just go away..Please,let the feeling come and let them go..You cant control the thoughts right now,itll get better,although your not gona feel it at this point in time things eases up..You do go back to normalcy,but itll take some time..I understand the depression,been there done that..Its not easy bro,I know its not..Just try to get thru the day,good days bad days is the cycle for now..Im sure if you had complete control over your thoughts you wouldnt have been on youtube looking up Symptoms..But,again,you will be ok dont worry.Try to be passive aggressive when irrational thoughts are consuming you. Try to think of times when you were happy,sometimes you can get a good moment of "feelGood"..1 day you will be back too your old self again,trust me bro💪🏿👍🏿💯💯💯💯💯💯 Its all about TIME!!!!!!
@catovideo1 I really appreciate all you said... I read it a few times... It's like I needed to hear it... and you are right., it's going to take awhile. It's sp consuming, I'm unable to think anything happy. But, if you say it will pass... I really hope so,! Been like this for 10 months, every day. I really hope time will change the way I feel now. So much bad things happened,... I go from one catastrophe to another.... Thank for encouraging words,.. I really appreciate you. ✨️✨️✨️✨️🤙
Anxiety was all gone by the first 6 months even a little less for me but i am 19 years old woke as Fuck so it may not be as fast for everyone Speaking for mans semen retention seems to accelerate the recovery time
Can anyone list in detail what their caffiene overdose symptoms and experience was like for them. Im trying to figure out if I had one from jt which leads me to quitting cold turkey and may be why I am having such bad symptoms now.
@@Realityfilmz13 some days better some days still crap . on just over 3 months since withdrawal started.. off caffeine now since December . So we see by March how I feel . You improving ?
It’s been almost two months with stomach issues gas and stomach cramps and really really bad anxiety I need help is that normal to happen need help please
Great video. Giving up caffeine was the hardest thing I had ever done (and I have done some hard stuff and gone through hard things). Things started to get really good after 6 months. Before that had real bad depression/anxiety I had never had before. Now after 7 months feels like I’m 95% recovered. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
keep going man good job
How are you feeling ?
@@ezequiel.953 2 years going strong 100% off caffeine. Don't need it, don't miss it, mentally and physically feel the best I've ever felt.
Thank you for saying Anxiety doesn’t last forever. That’s one of my fears that I would have to be like this.
Thank you so much. I.m nearly 6 month. I can see light and its been hard journey. Some days are still hard and all symptoms are on but juts have to live it through. I send lot of love to everybody.
How u feeling now?
Man bro you dropped this when i really needed some relief, im almost reaching 90 days and i feel like it’s never gonna end, & hearing this brought me hope! Thanks so much bro!
How you now ?
How are you now?@@MultiMcgurk
Thank you for posting these video’s. I am 9 months cafeïne free now and feeling so much better. Your video’s have helped me a lot!
I'm on week 10 no caffeine & week 6 no vaping. Feeling much better within the last 2 weeks. Thanks Cato
God bless you sir,God's got you believe that
WOW! Thank you soooo much! Your videos always calm me down! It’s crazy how caffeine withdrawals can be so brutal & scary. But listening to your experiences bring me peace and give me HOPE❣️
What are you experiencing?
Good stuff, bro! Reassuring stuff! Giving up caffeine is awful. You’re helping a lot of people 🙏🏼
2 weeks in, I'm watching your videos daily. I'd already given up without you, am questing the 90 days task daily. Bless you, man.
You’ve saved my life Bro. Thank you from the heart.
Approaching two years on this journey, you were such a large help at the beginning and I’m doing so much better! We need to catch up soon, Cato!
I appreciate you so much!
- Kyle
KC Graffix how long did it take to get back to normal for you?
J C I’m going to be honest, it took a while. What I will tell you is that everyone’s experience is different, but the end result is the same - you come back. Slowly but surely. Just know you are going to be in for a rollercoaster ride. When you’re at the top, you’re gonna come down. And when you’re down, just know you’re going to come up. Sometimes the rise and drops are large or small. It’ll all happen until the ride is over and you can get off
@@StinjaProductions that's one of the best ways I've heard it explained. I'm on day 92, just had about a week of feeling great. Excitement, imagination, energy, sleeping well. I would have small waves of weirdness here and there, but overall great.... BUT today, tiredness, dizziness, blurry vision, a little anxiety. Just feel off. It's the worst I've felt in a month. Not where I was, but a bad dip. Just enjoying the ride.
@@biffhuntjr2675 how u feeling now?
@@biffhuntjr2675 how’s it going?
Giving Up Caffeine Today. I will need alot of Motivation going forward and will need you brother, so keep on doing what you do.
stay strong!!🤍
How has it been so far
Thank you Cato! You're doing the good work my friend. Trust me. Far too many people don't listen to their bodies. You remind them to do just that.
This is encouraging. I'm a month off caffeine and I thought it was over lol ..sometimes I have difficulty sleeping along with sensations of panic and chest and throat tightness
How are you now?!
I'm coming up on 11 months, quit cold turkey. And I gave up all refined sugars like candy and ice cream around the same time, except I tapered off sugar which I wish I did with caffeine. I've just started to drink Holy Basil tea in the evenings and it is calming. Give it a try if your further along in recovery and the anxiety has started to fade a bit. I've read up on adrenal dysfunction which is a big part of caffeine withdrawals, and it takes time for the adrenal system to recover, many months time. For everyone fighting this just be patient with your body, the healing process, and yourself.
How are you doing?
@@LrgPicture doing much better anxiety has decreased to the point where it's mostly just annoying and isn't intense or lasts as long. Psychologically I reached a point where I realize I will make it through this and it wasn't going to kill me. I do have to watch sugar intake I realized that I was slowly buying sweets again, a donut here or a cinnamon bun there and then this past week a half gallon of ice cream. I was looking for a dopamine buzz from sugar, and was falling into the same trap. Coffee and sugar combined trigger surges in dopamine, and I was addicted to both. Also been taking chelated magnesium which is calming, and 2grams of vitamin c daily. Going through withdrawals the body burns through vitamin c so you need more of it.
@@richardwrynn824 that’s so good to hear… I’m so very happy for you and your progress…I just had a hiccup.. I took a stimulant and didn’t realize it was… immediately regretted it… it’s been about a week and so I’m getting better but I swear anxiety is for the birds! Absolutely hate it…. You’re right about sugar too… stimulant dopamine hits… smh.
Appreciate you with my soul my brotha 🙏🏽
I've quit in June and every month I've felt like I gotten through it but the anxiety always comes back. Now at 6 months in I'm having the toughest time due to anxiety which I guess is because of the intrusive thoughts and constant reading through articles. There are good moments and then there are moments I don't feel present enough to enjoy my day. Most difficult period of my life and I'm only 25 YO and I've never had anxiety or depression or intrusive thoughts before. I've only recently quit chocolate bars, I keep telling myself it could be the reason why the anxiety came back hard. If anyone is struggling through this or is just kind enough to share their story of recovery, please reply to this comment so we can connect, I'd honestly appreciate it. I'd also gladly pay you for your time, I just need some reassurance.
Hey klutch….. first let me say that’s it’s 100% the chocolate. So I hope you’ve tapered off of that .. also vitamin waters, certain gums, certain teas and so on… just be careful and read labels… even do your research and if you can’t find something definitive don’t take it stay away from stimulants of any kind.. Drink water sleep and walk.. surround yourself with positivity… you’ll be better soon…
One hard thing in all of this is that people don’t believe you. you can’t even tell them that it’s from the caffeine withdrawal
Exactly, that’s what I thought as well
Probably because they dont see it as a serious stimulant
Yeah because they probably just assume your drinking a cup of coffee, but drinking heavy amounts of stimulants is no different then any other drug when you stop.
Very Sweet and supportive the way you speak.🙏🥰
Am facing depression and anxiety.. Sometimes I can’t even think, especially in the morning.. Sometimes my thoughts 💭 will be telling me am going crazy, and sometimes feeling like am about to die .. Am really in fear and I can’t even stay in my home alone .. Am at my mums place at the moment .. I really need help to over come this .. The fear and panic feels so real
Love your channel bro.... I was living life going to the gym, Going out with friends... Then about six months ago this Anxiety hit me hard out of nowhere, Haven't been my self ever since.... So I'm trying to figure out if it was all the caffeine I was putting in my body for year's or the alcohol or both
Same.. From fullfiled life to miserable..
Its both bro i feel the same way as you and i do both im planning to quit on jan
Thank you Brother
Excellent video, couldn't agree more. 👍☺
Blessings and Love
5 months in , anxiety SLOWLY getting better 🙏🏼
Hey did you expirience like you felt normal but at night suddenly you feel like u goona die or are semiasleep and you tremor up or feel like u jitter and wake up rightaway??
drippxzzz YaBoy I had that the first 2 months really bad , now that I’m at 5 months I have it once in a while. It’s anxiety but it really sucks I know how you feel
@@Vanessa-yk2xy im 4 months it goes away and back lmao i thought i was already normal when that hit mw how you been?
drippxzzz YaBoy yes i have that now and i’m in my 5th month
@@drippxzzz9477 lol actually I actually just had that last night I stayed up until 3 am with a running anxious mind 🙂 this is frustrating
Thank you for this video
Wow bro nice video
You are the best thx you a lot
Bro your super man ....really good advice 👍
Is it normal to feel derealization/disconnect from reality and feel off balance when giving up caffeine? I am at month two was drinking pre workout, two monsters and a cup of coffee daily!
Yes, it’s normal.
I have that as well
How u feeling now?
Still feeling bad but better then before, feels like i get hit with burst of adrenaline at random and feel borderline psychotic a few times a day it lasts like ten minutes. Also having heart palpitations and blood pressure fluctuations honestly my symptoms are identical to catos!
@@matthaines4249 hey, how are you doing now? I'm at 2 months now. I've been dissociating ever since quitting caffeine. I'm disconnected from myself. Are u still going through it?
Thank you
Any one have a racing heart for the first month or so?
Yes, because of the anxiety
Yes
Did anybody have really bad lower bck pain from caffeine ?
Yes
You get insomnia?
.. what do i do, when what caused me to have Chronic anxiety and debilitating depression, insomnia.... can never be resolved? My family being killed, home loss, wife loss, and 20yr. Job loss..... my whole life was destroyed... i only have grief. My future ive only known and looked forward to... all gone.
@@klanderkal take a deep breath bro..You definitely need to talk to someone,I lost 7family members in 45days,so I understand..Hang in there,itll get better with time bro..💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💯💯💯💯..
@catovideo1 Thank you... You know how horrible it is.... loosing your loved ones.. back to back. I didn't get to see them all before they died.. they were in a different state. :( ... my mind was SO destroyed.. I couldn't make decisions, if that makes sense?.. I messed up so badly at work.. and I lost my career job, and it was my fault. I have anhedonia. It's a horrible mental illness that happens with depression. If I didn't have this.... i think, eventually I would feel better...
I just don't like living like this... it's not living, it's suffering.
I've talked to 988 suicide counselors many times.. and had them show up. I talked with psychologists... , I understand what they are saying,.. but, doesn't make me feel differently. Grief from family and friend loss, my wife loss, my home loss, my career job loss... all are Grief, that I have to process... but, I can't even imagine a future life at all... it's all doom in my mind.. thank you for caring 🫶
@@klanderkal listen bro,that sh** is not gona just go away..Please,let the feeling come and let them go..You cant control the thoughts right now,itll get better,although your not gona feel it at this point in time things eases up..You do go back to normalcy,but itll take some time..I understand the depression,been there done that..Its not easy bro,I know its not..Just try to get thru the day,good days bad days is the cycle for now..Im sure if you had complete control over your thoughts you wouldnt have been on youtube looking up Symptoms..But,again,you will be ok dont worry.Try to be passive aggressive when irrational thoughts are consuming you. Try to think of times when you were happy,sometimes you can get a good moment of "feelGood"..1 day you will be back too your old self again,trust me bro💪🏿👍🏿💯💯💯💯💯💯
Its all about TIME!!!!!!
@catovideo1 I really appreciate all you said... I read it a few times...
It's like I needed to hear it... and you are right., it's going to take awhile. It's sp consuming, I'm unable to think anything happy. But, if you say it will pass... I really hope so,!
Been like this for 10 months, every day. I really hope time will change the way I feel now. So much bad things happened,... I go from one catastrophe to another....
Thank for encouraging words,.. I really appreciate you. ✨️✨️✨️✨️🤙
Anyone have heart palpitaions?
Yeah it's common symptom i had it, now i am at 8th month.
Yes alot
Mine is hypochondria is it the same with the caffeine withdrawal anxiety cato is talking about ? Or are they different ?
Of you got weird shit after quitting caffeine, anxienty is anxiety, leave it as it is and heal.
Anxiety was all gone by the first 6 months even a little less for me but i am 19 years old woke as Fuck so it may not be as fast for everyone
Speaking for mans semen retention seems to accelerate the recovery time
Does anyone else get dry eye symptoms and dizzinezz?
Yes I get this a lot! To handle some dizziness please STAY HYDRATED! and stay out of super hot areas.
@@neneisrael9456 did you also get like eye pain ?
@@drippxzzz9477 My eyes get heavy very often like they kinda feel a little sensitive to light, or they will feel heavy as if i’m tired but i’m not
@@neneisrael9456 do you experience like u have something stuck or also like stings at random times
@@drippxzzz9477 Yes this is so normal!! and it twitches sometimes
Does giving up to caffeine makes u getting scared of your self.
Yes man sadly i fucked up and drank alcohol and am feeling thiz way im planning to quit on january
Can anyone list in detail what their caffiene overdose symptoms and experience was like for them. Im trying to figure out if I had one from jt which leads me to quitting cold turkey and may be why I am having such bad symptoms now.
How you Vanessa it rich off Facebook group ?
@@MultiMcgurk im ok. You
@@Realityfilmz13 some days better some days still crap . on just over 3 months since withdrawal started.. off caffeine now since December . So we see by March how I feel . You improving ?
@@MultiMcgurk what’s the fb group called?
@@MultiMcgurk how u feeling now
Is 11 months still anxiety normal?
In the video Cato said he didn't start feeling like he was really on his way til 12 months in. Keep on keepin' on!
How you now ?
Sorry dear may be u took a lot ov caffeine.
How u feeling now?
He said in his other videos 22 months until he started to get those nostalgic feelings again
It’s been almost two months with stomach issues gas and stomach cramps and really really bad anxiety I need help is that normal to happen need help please
Yes bro im 4 months in and still get this sometimes
yes this is normal, i have it in my 5th month
Thank you guys for your response
It’s really horrible that we really need to go through this but during the process you kinda feel like your loosing your mind
Hamani Limitless no problem, you got this, stay strong!💗