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I switched to tea, first strong black tea and slowly reduced the strongness untill I switched to green tea and now I don’t consume any caffeine. I never planned to stop drinking tea but unfortunately even the caffeine in green tea made me feel anxious.
The biggest step for me was quitting tea. For a few weeks I got headaches and felt fatigue in the morning that lasted a few hours. However the anxiety I get when drinking caffeine is worse. I still drink tea or coffee very sporadically and it doesn’t give as much anxiety as when I was dependent on caffeine. The habit of having a cup of coffee/tea in the morning is something I’d always loved and quitting that was the most difficult. Now I drink heated water in the morning and sometimes I add a little bit of salt. This depends on where you live but my tap water is tasty when heated.
Could you try herbal tea instead of plain water?
Sometimes I drink herbal tea but I still have to be careful with the kind of herbs as a lot of them also affect me negatively