Did You Forget To Get Your Daily Dose Of Coffee? Maybe That Is Why You Have A Headache

Caffeine is certainly one of the most popular and legal drugs. It is a stimulant that gets quickly into our brain and blocks adenosine receptors that are responsible for lowering brain activity.

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But not that many people realize that caffeine is as addictive as many other drugs and once you create the addiction and your daily dose doesn’t come for whatever reason withdrawal may appear. One of the most common withdraw symptoms is a headache. Usually, they aren’t that bad and last 1 – 2 days but sometimes you may suffer from them for even a week. And as if that isn’t enough in some people a lack of caffeine may even create migraines.

Problems can actually be experienced by people who drink only a cup of a caffeine drink per day. And it only takes three days of drinking coffee to feel bad when it runs out. But the withdraw will appear only if you completely shut yourself off from caffeine. Consuming even a small dose (about one-quarter of a cup) will prevent them. But if you want to end with caffeine for whatever reason, you should expect that the headache will reach its full strength in one or two days.

Sources:

• https://theconversation.com/health-check-why-do-i-get-a-headache-when-i-havent-had-my-coffee-100163
• http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.395.79&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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