Everybody on their journey, listen to this legend! He was pushing me with a bunch of others in my hardest days. I’m into 5 months now almost, feeling almost like a baby. I had the worst time of my life, everyday was hard, everyday! 100+ physicall sympthoms, intrusive horrible thoughts, OCD thoughts, racing thoughts, all crazy shit you can imagine. I never believed that it can better, but I never gave up. Change your life habits, take care of yourself, eat healthy, excercise, stay positive, and expose yourself no matter how you feel! Even on my worst days I was going outside to do my thing, beacuse you are the boss and the winner of your body and mind, not some shitty anxiety! That’s why I’m good now. Don’t take medications, I didn’t at all! Everyday was a struggle and I almost took it, but thanks to this beautiful people that embrace together with me. Cato God bless you, feel free people to ask anything. Hang in there!
@@LrgPicture I'm on day 63 bro and I'm struggling with intrusive sexual thoughts its like I'm almost scared of being around people because the random sexual thoughts just come in. It's almost like obsessive I never had this before till I quit caffeine 😔 this sucks. Atleast I spoke with someone here thats qent through the same thing as me but supposedly it can take up to 6 months.
Caffeine bothers some people while some it doesn’t - I am one of those people who absolutely can not consume it. Every time I’ve had it, even if I didn’t realize I consumed it, it would get my heart racing in the middle of the night (so I’ve learned to avoid any and all drinks with caffeine). Other than that though, I’ve suffered with generalized anxiety since my teens (30s now). I’ve made big strides in overcoming my anxiety, biggest thing is you basically have to do the thing that scares you. For me it was exercising, because my heart race increasing would trigger my anxiety. Another one was flying in a plane. I pushed through that and now am enjoying being abroad in another country and experiencing a new culture. It does take time and I’ve had some days where I regressed and thought it’s over, but this video has helped me to see that that’s normal and eventually it will go away. You just have to stop letting the anxiety limit your decisions and live as if it’s not there.
I watch your videos and I feel like they help me understand what is going on with me and they give me hope. I too quit drinking my one cup of coffee and decaf I’m pretty sure it was on 3/31/22. I had it real bad past month or so I have had so many panic attacks. I don’t remember when I realized that cookies and chocolate chips and things like that have caffeine. I know I may have eaten those kinds of things in the month of April. As of May I have had nothing that contains caffeine. I’ve been to the doctor 3 times, emergency room four times and a therapist twice all in the month of May. All the visits were do to panic attack, insomnia and being scared to death something was wrong with me. I had a brain ct scan, blood work, and a abdominal ct scan for all the horrible digestion issues. Yesterday I felt calm but ever since last night the panic is back it’s been with me all day. I’m am exhausted but I’m afraid to take a nap because then I will be up all night. I was such a happy normal women before I quit caffeine. I quit caffeine because the coffee was making me have panic attacks. I had no idea this would happen. It’s so scary I feel like knowone understand me. I’m trying to stay positive but it’s very hard to do that when this panic feeling leaves you so emotional and exhausted.
Seeing all these comments of people still struggling well over a year amd even upwards to two gives me hope,the hardest thing about this journey is no one believes me except former drug addicts! Doctors and normal everyday people think im crazy, i guess im gonna have to push til atleast two years.
@@matthaines4249 I just wanted to let you know I wouldn’t say I’m struggling but I’m definitely still healing. 10 months free is a great accomplishment… it really does get better!
I was drinking two monsters, pre workout and one to two cups of coffee daily right before quitting so probably upwards to a gram a day, the last five years i haven't went a day under 500 mg! Eventually it caused two back to back panic attacks which i now think were actually hypersensitive crises and it also practically burnt out my nervous system, so yeah needless to say this years not been fun.
@@matthaines4249 just think of it this way… you’re free from all that caffeine that caused this years pain… look at it as you’re free and healing. We gotta go through it, to get through it. Believe me I know your pain, and many others went through the same. We’re not alone and we’re definitely not crazy… just healing from an awful, underrated drug. Stay strong… it only gets better!
Thank you! I just pray theres not irreversible damage to my organs or endocrine system or adrenals i honestly think the caffeine habit it is why my testosterone is low too, but i can say everything cato says is relatable especially his earlier videos where he says he was intimidated by going into big areas and that he started seeing little colors of joy and better moments throughout it.
Your videos are much appreciated im doing pretty bad even ten months in, but everything you say is relateable!!! I think given how heavy my caffeine habit was im probably looking at eighteen months to two years so i guess i just have to keep grinding through
I'm 6 months off caffeine today and I still have issues 😮.. I've been sick for about 3 years and doctors couldn't find anything wrong so I decided to quit the caffeine after researching and finding some youtube videos about caffeine.. my symptoms are burning feet upper back tightness and going up to my neck. Weakness in my legs but I've noticed I don't get body surges at night anymore that had improved.
But truth is, as long as we are humans we suffer. So its never gonna be easy ride, no matter what we do, quitting coffeine doesnt make us happier, mabye it can relif some pain, but we have so many things that we carry, sins, karma . So we have to somehow pay off that with suffering. So its no gonna be easy, caffeine or without caffeine we still suffer, but i myself try to quit and see the effects, i notice skin is better allready
Hey Mel Did you ever get intrusive thoughts and kept ruminating on them I keep getting these weird sexual thoughts and they bother me. I keep getting anxious over them and sad. I'm only on day 23. Please reply I'd appreciate it
Cato please my brother I know you've been busy lately I just have a question. I'm on day 22 and I'm going through intrusive thoughts sexual images of people and bad thoughts and it gives me mad anxiety. I get these rush of thoughts and they really bother me and put me down. I know its anxiety I just want to know if these bad intrusive thoughts are normal during withdrawal. I was drinking ALOT of preworkouts and then switched up to black cuban coffee which still probably contained 350mg or more of caffeine every single day.
Get used to it, it’s normal. I had them all the way to six months. Mine was freaking horrible, I saw images in my mind I couldn’t believe I seeing them. Now all of them are gone. Don’t try to escape them cuz you can’t, the more you try to fight them, the more they come. Untill chemical imbalance come back to place, you will have them. Hold on and don’t worry!
@@dreamer_9014 broooo thank you so much man, I really appreciate that you reply makes me feel like I'm not alone. I've also messaged a couple people on here and they said they went though the same thing. Thanks again dreamer💯🙌💪
@@Baseball4Life- no worries listen my advice, I wish someone tell me that while I was going through. It was misserable to live the life thinking outside of my thoughts. Crazy shit for real, but all goes away thats for sure
@@dreamer_9014 hey bro whats up I have a lil question if you don't mind. I'm on day 33 I just wanted to ask if it's normal to have these intrusive sexual thoughts all through out the day lol idk if they are ocd thoughts or idk they're just intrusive and super weird it's like I'm scared of thinking about them and then I see a random person and boom I get it. I just want these to end my bro.
@@dreamer_9014 do you think ocd thoughts can be a symptoms of the withdrawals I can't stop getting them in my head its like a loop like my brain forces it on me. It's aggravating man I'm on day 34 now 😓
Everybody on their journey, listen to this legend! He was pushing me with a bunch of others in my hardest days. I’m into 5 months now almost, feeling almost like a baby. I had the worst time of my life, everyday was hard, everyday! 100+ physicall sympthoms, intrusive horrible thoughts, OCD thoughts, racing thoughts, all crazy shit you can imagine. I never believed that it can better, but I never gave up. Change your life habits, take care of yourself, eat healthy, excercise, stay positive, and expose yourself no matter how you feel! Even on my worst days I was going outside to do my thing, beacuse you are the boss and the winner of your body and mind, not some shitty anxiety! That’s why I’m good now. Don’t take medications, I didn’t at all! Everyday was a struggle and I almost took it, but thanks to this beautiful people that embrace together with me. Cato God bless you, feel free people to ask anything. Hang in there!
Im still feeling like that eleven months in
@@matthaines4249 yea man take ages I nearly 15 months still not 100 percent
@@MultiMcgurk i just hate the anhedonia and feeling burnt out
@@matthaines8136 yea that horrible . You get burning in stomach like reflux symptoms at all ?
@@MultiMcgurk yeah but come to find out i had upper cervical instability with my neck, probably was worsening symptoms
Thank you so much. your videos has really helped me a lot. =)) 19 months here and still improving=) All we need is time=) Life is good=)
Hey I'll did you ever experienced intrusive thoughts like bad sexual thoughts or bad thoughts when you're in public? I'm only on day 22
@@Baseball4Life- i did, gainz… not the sexual thoughts but other very bad thoughts… scary shyt!
@@LrgPicture I'm on day 63 bro and I'm struggling with intrusive sexual thoughts its like I'm almost scared of being around people because the random sexual thoughts just come in. It's almost like obsessive I never had this before till I quit caffeine 😔 this sucks. Atleast I spoke with someone here thats qent through the same thing as me but supposedly it can take up to 6 months.
Caffeine bothers some people while some it doesn’t - I am one of those people who absolutely can not consume it. Every time I’ve had it, even if I didn’t realize I consumed it, it would get my heart racing in the middle of the night (so I’ve learned to avoid any and all drinks with caffeine). Other than that though, I’ve suffered with generalized anxiety since my teens (30s now). I’ve made big strides in overcoming my anxiety, biggest thing is you basically have to do the thing that scares you. For me it was exercising, because my heart race increasing would trigger my anxiety. Another one was flying in a plane. I pushed through that and now am enjoying being abroad in another country and experiencing a new culture. It does take time and I’ve had some days where I regressed and thought it’s over, but this video has helped me to see that that’s normal and eventually it will go away. You just have to stop letting the anxiety limit your decisions and live as if it’s not there.
I watch your videos and I feel like they help me understand what is going on with me and they give me hope. I too quit drinking my one cup of coffee and decaf I’m pretty sure it was on 3/31/22. I had it real bad past month or so I have had so many panic attacks. I don’t remember when I realized that cookies and chocolate chips and things like that have caffeine. I know I may have eaten those kinds of things in the month of April. As of May I have had nothing that contains caffeine. I’ve been to the doctor 3 times, emergency room four times and a therapist twice all in the month of May. All the visits were do to panic attack, insomnia and being scared to death something was wrong with me. I had a brain ct scan, blood work, and a abdominal ct scan for all the horrible digestion issues. Yesterday I felt calm but ever since last night the panic is back it’s been with me all day. I’m am exhausted but I’m afraid to take a nap because then I will be up all night. I was such a happy normal women before I quit caffeine. I quit caffeine because the coffee was making me have panic attacks. I had no idea this would happen. It’s so scary I feel like knowone understand me. I’m trying to stay positive but it’s very hard to do that when this panic feeling leaves you so emotional and exhausted.
Awwww. How are you now? Did you experience low moods/depressed feelings etc? How long have you been caffeine free so far?
You are a ray of sunshine. I'm so glad I came across your videos. Keep up the great work. Thank you. 😊
H-Town🤜
At 17 months in 2 days! Doing better every month, setbacks and all…
Thank you for sharing all of your experience, love, and support.
Seeing all these comments of people still struggling well over a year amd even upwards to two gives me hope,the hardest thing about this journey is no one believes me except former drug addicts! Doctors and normal everyday people think im crazy, i guess im gonna have to push til atleast two years.
@@matthaines4249 I just wanted to let you know I wouldn’t say I’m struggling but I’m definitely still healing. 10 months free is a great accomplishment… it really does get better!
I was drinking two monsters, pre workout and one to two cups of coffee daily right before quitting so probably upwards to a gram a day, the last five years i haven't went a day under 500 mg! Eventually it caused two back to back panic attacks which i now think were actually hypersensitive crises and it also practically burnt out my nervous system, so yeah needless to say this years not been fun.
@@matthaines4249 just think of it this way… you’re free from all that caffeine that caused this years pain… look at it as you’re free and healing. We gotta go through it, to get through it. Believe me I know your pain, and many others went through the same. We’re not alone and we’re definitely not crazy… just healing from an awful, underrated drug. Stay strong… it only gets better!
Thank you! I just pray theres not irreversible damage to my organs or endocrine system or adrenals i honestly think the caffeine habit it is why my testosterone is low too, but i can say everything cato says is relatable especially his earlier videos where he says he was intimidated by going into big areas and that he started seeing little colors of joy and better moments throughout it.
Legend!!!
Caffeine is by far the hardest vice I've ever given up. Originally from Spring, TX. Just heard you say you are North of Houston.
Awesome new content ,keep them coming Cato.
This guy a legend
Your videos are much appreciated im doing pretty bad even ten months in, but everything you say is relateable!!! I think given how heavy my caffeine habit was im probably looking at eighteen months to two years so i guess i just have to keep grinding through
Hi matt ,just wondering how much caffeine were you drinking,I got up to six long blacks a day,I'm on day 35 pretty tough going!!
@@josephs7278 two sugar free monsters, my pre workout and around 1 to 2 cups pf coffee a day those last six months
@@matthaines8136 have you joined the quit caffeine on face book,for some it took a bit longer,hang in there you've come this far.
Thank you!
Thank you Bro 🙏
I'm 6 months off caffeine today and I still have issues 😮.. I've been sick for about 3 years and doctors couldn't find anything wrong so I decided to quit the caffeine after researching and finding some youtube videos about caffeine.. my symptoms are burning feet upper back tightness and going up to my neck. Weakness in my legs but I've noticed I don't get body surges at night anymore that had improved.
How ya doing?
@@LrgPicture still having same issues at 14 months but I had a couple okay moments.
@@chrisinclan8866 how are you doing now?
I would be honest withdrawal anxienty is a double edge sword, it helped me but it punched me as well
Quitting coffee helps but if you go back to it, you might suffer again so be warned.
But truth is, as long as we are humans we suffer. So its never gonna be easy ride, no matter what we do, quitting coffeine doesnt make us happier, mabye it can relif some pain, but we have so many things that we carry, sins, karma . So we have to somehow pay off that with suffering. So its no gonna be easy, caffeine or without caffeine we still suffer, but i myself try to quit and see the effects, i notice skin is better allready
Hey Cato
My home girl💪👍👍
@@catovideo1 how have you been? I’m doing much better but I do have my bad days!
Hey Mel Did you ever get intrusive thoughts and kept ruminating on them I keep getting these weird sexual thoughts and they bother me. I keep getting anxious over them and sad. I'm only on day 23. Please reply I'd appreciate it
Good to hear you brother
I am asking myself is it really worth it to go through?
Love ya bro…..
Anyone find more sinus issues ?
Cato please my brother I know you've been busy lately I just have a question. I'm on day 22 and I'm going through intrusive thoughts sexual images of people and bad thoughts and it gives me mad anxiety. I get these rush of thoughts and they really bother me and put me down. I know its anxiety I just want to know if these bad intrusive thoughts are normal during withdrawal. I was drinking ALOT of preworkouts and then switched up to black cuban coffee which still probably contained 350mg or more of caffeine every single day.
Get used to it, it’s normal. I had them all the way to six months. Mine was freaking horrible, I saw images in my mind I couldn’t believe I seeing them. Now all of them are gone. Don’t try to escape them cuz you can’t, the more you try to fight them, the more they come. Untill chemical imbalance come back to place, you will have them. Hold on and don’t worry!
@@dreamer_9014 broooo thank you so much man, I really appreciate that you reply makes me feel like I'm not alone. I've also messaged a couple people on here and they said they went though the same thing. Thanks again dreamer💯🙌💪
@@Baseball4Life- no worries listen my advice, I wish someone tell me that while I was going through. It was misserable to live the life thinking outside of my thoughts. Crazy shit for real, but all goes away thats for sure
@@dreamer_9014 hey bro whats up I have a lil question if you don't mind. I'm on day 33 I just wanted to ask if it's normal to have these intrusive sexual thoughts all through out the day lol idk if they are ocd thoughts or idk they're just intrusive and super weird it's like I'm scared of thinking about them and then I see a random person and boom I get it. I just want these to end my bro.
@@dreamer_9014 do you think ocd thoughts can be a symptoms of the withdrawals I can't stop getting them in my head its like a loop like my brain forces it on me. It's aggravating man I'm on day 34 now 😓
So you're saying there's nothing we can do to help reduce anxiety? I highly disagree
U didnt listen