>Ed wrote (in part):
>Plus, I do get severe headaches if I neglect my daily
>Coca-Cola (4 can a day habit)
Ed--
Although you've kicked the speed habit they started you on, Coca-Cola
may have given you an addiction to the low end of the speed spectrum:
Caffeine.
I used to guzzle a 2-liter bottle of the stuff (Coca-Cola, that is) a
day at work. On weekends, I'd go camping with the local Boy Scout
troop, and wouldn't drink any.
Along about Saturday night I'd get a splitting headache. I always
blamed it on the kids! (:
I've since found out that one of the withdrawel symptoms of caffeine
addiction is a splitting headache 18-24 hours after your last 'fix.'
That explains my weekend headaches; and may explain yours.
I've found that after the caffeine burns itself out of my system
(with the headache), I have no problems with additional headaches.
YMMV.
You should be careful NOT to use some of the headache preparations
available to 'cure' your headache-- many headache preparations
include a nice dose of caffeine! Your headache -does- go away, but
you've just given your habit a nifty boost!
--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.nospam.com
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