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littleguns

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Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« on: March 12, 2009, 12:40:14 PM »
Ok I know there is no such thing as Caffeine receptors but my wife is a Caffeine addict (she's Colombian). 2 cups of coffee in the morn, 2 -4 Fat burners and another 1-2 diet cokes thru out the day.

Besides cessation is there anything that can reset her tolerance to caffeine?

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 12:57:37 PM »
rebirth, reincarnation and just quitting for a while

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 03:08:24 PM »
Like MoS says, besides cessation, you can only taper off and eventually quit for X amount of time.
Pretty much your only bet, that I know of.

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 03:28:13 PM »
detox pills.
They won't make it like the first day you took ECA again, but they help to reset your receptors.  Work for me and my wife.

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 06:12:13 PM »
I used to consume huge amounts of caffeine from coffee and not supps.  I took stopped ALL caffeine for 6 months, not only did I feel great, less anxious, stressful but had more energy overall. 

The first week I had the shakes, headache, flu like symptoms, it was a real pain.
Six months was the longest I could go before the temptation was to great for a nice coffee.

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2009, 09:42:38 AM »
detox pills.
They won't make it like the first day you took ECA again, but they help to reset your receptors.  Work for me and my wife.

what do detox pills, what does that even mean, have to do with upregulation of adenosine A2A receptors and the eventual restoration of cAMP in target tissues?

just take time off. Taper slowly, dont quit cold turkey.

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Re: Reset Caffeine Receptors?
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2009, 06:06:07 AM »
stopping for a while and daily doses of taurine