So since I have been having this random numbing throughout my body I thought I would try my own experiment to see if I could eliminate the numbing myself.
I decided that for one week (starting this past Monday), I would give up caffeine. I decided to do this after one afternoon of drinking 3 cups of coffee after 2pm. I noticed I was real jittery, anxious, and my numbing was hightened. Not sure if the numbing was coincidence or not, I thought I would give a wurl anyway.
So I am on day 4 of no caffeine at all. After the first 3 days of mind blowing headaches on top of T.O.M. (grrrrr), I am starting to notice I haven't had any numbing for a couple of days. I still had numbing on day one and day two but not day three and so far not today. So we'll see. I do still have an appointment with a neurologist on Monday...so it will be a full 7 days of no caffeine to see if my theory is true.
Anyway, I miss coffee SOOOOO much. I truly just LOVE the taste! But I want to feel better too, so if it means giving up the good stuff, so be it!
Oh, on a fun note...I'm planning on doing another 5K next Saturday on the 3rd of July. Wish me luck...I haven't been "training" as much as I should be.
2 comments:
You are beginning to sound like Stacy and trying to solve your own mystery. I hope you have found the problem. Sad for your coffee cravings.
Jen, keep us posted! Good for you for going caffeine-less. I'll be anxious to see if that was the culprit. Have you tried decaf coffee? I know there is a tiny bit of caffeine in it still, but maybe you could have some of that to still get the taste of coffee?
I will see you in THREE DAYS!! Woo hoo!!!
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