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Originally Posted by MargaretR
You may recall that I reported here a few years back that I had a sleep disorder, whereby I had an 'overwhelming urge to sleep' after every few hours of being awake.
At that time my doc's recommendation was 'Drink lots of coffee' - well I did, but it wasn't good advice.
I became a coffee connoiseur and have three different kitchen gadgets for making it.
I came to realise that I was a caffeine addict, when I decided that the three mugs full of cafetiere brew were my main reason for getting out of bed in a morning.
As an old biddy of 70, I found that I was experiencing 'urge to frequently micturate' which is far worse than 'urge to frequently sleep'.
Rather than accept the signs that urinary incontinence was pending, I began to explore its causes and cures, and lo and behold, a cause is my beloved caffeine !
I am undertaking a caffeine (coffee) withdrawl - it isn't pleasant. - a bit like flu with a hangover headache combined. I can see that I will need to wean myself off it gradually.
I am having decaff ground coffee delivered tomorrow, which I will mix with my 'full strength' coffee- gradually reducing the caffeine in the mix.
It is interesting to note that yesterday when I drank nothing but water I didn't have any 'mad dashes to the loo'.
So despite any likely jibes about me being a pee artist and such like, I offer this experience as helpful to anyone with 'urinary old age problems'.
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Very interesting Margaret. My husband had to come off coffee and as you probably know the coffee here in Sicily is super strong. He's managed it without difficulty by drinking 'Orzo'. I just checked in the dictionary and in English , this is barley. It's not the white stuff you have in England, it's dark brown(malted probably) like coffee but apparently without the side effects. Don't know though,if you could get it over there.