Article: LOSING SLEEP OVER CAFFEINE HABIT? LET THESE TAMING IDEAS PERCOLATE.(Special Pullouts)

Byline: Jane E. Brody The New York Times

Given how easily I got hooked on caffeine, it is a good thing I never tried cigarettes.

Not that I had ever been a heavy consumer of caffeine. Maybe three, four cups of coffee a day, but no tea or soft drinks or No-Doz and only an occasional chocolate. I had gradually cut down to just two cups of coffee a day, usually instant coffee, one upon awakening and the other in midafternoon.

But when I tried to quit caffeine altogether, I developed a headache so intense that I could have sworn I had a brain tumor or had suffered a stroke.

Neither aspirin nor acetaminophen made a dent in the pain.By ...

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