I'm trying to quit nicotine again after a semi-successful attempt a couple of months ago, and I thought, if I'm going to go through withdrawals for this, maybe it would be worth it to quit caffeine while I'm at it?
Is it worth it though? Do the cons of a caffeine addiction outweigh the pros?
Yeah, I feel like both caffeine and nicotine have both helped me with productivity and stuff, but I've been using them for years and years. I don't know for sure that that's not something I'm just telling myself.
I mean, if you lack a reference frame, and feel emotionally up to trying it, quitting caffeine can be a good idea to see how you function without it.
And, if it works, stay without it, or if you think you're functioning worse without it, you can start it up again, with the extra upside of needing less to get the benefits, which should help the downsides. Drinking more and more caffeine to get the same mental boosts will mean that any side effects it gives you, like anxiety, sleep issues, or heart/BP issues, will be worse. So stopping, or at least cutting down, your caffeine consumption for a bit should help you need less to get any boost.