Does anybody else drink strong coffee in order to actually get RID of a headache? It works for me....but now I've got to continually drink coffee every few hours for the rest of my life.

If the headache is too frequent, better get it checked?

Coffee don't work on me , but matcha 🍵 works on me.

Caffeine is a stimulant and can act as a kind of cardiovascular inhibitor(meaning your blood vessels in your brain will reduce in size to pump more blood to areas faster.

This is why a high intake of caffeine causes high blood pressure and prolonged heavy use can eventually lead to permanent damage.

I would slowly ween yourself off so much coffee and see how your headaches do then.

Also be sure to compensate with an extra hour or so of sleep.

Even though I drink a reasonable amount, I have withdrawal symptoms (a headache) if I don't get my daily dose of coffee. The quality doesn't matter for me.

Yup. Need my fix

Yup, sign of addiction.

Most people will start getting headaches when going cold turkey from 4+ cups per day. Threshold amount and time to withdrawal vary per person of course.

I also can't fall sleep without coffee, like a double espresso right before bedtime. Without coffee I'm wide awake, feeling twitchy and restless. With coffee I'm alert but calm enough to fall asleep.

Probably not healthy but I already phased down from a quarter gram of methamphetamine -> 100-200mg dextroamphetamine-> 10+ red bull -> 5-6 coffee per day.

So I'm probably gonna die sleeping in my reclining chair at 55 years old with a mug full of espresso in my lap.

@electrineer I occassionally have a few months off coffee. Usually 4 days in to the "detox" I feel awful, with a banging headache. After that I feel fine.

@Nanos I love a bit of ginger. Ginger, lemon, honey with hot water - nice.

I'm exaggerating a little for effect. I don't always get headaches, and I don't always drink coffee. But I find if I have a headache for whatever reason, coffee seems to numb it, when sleeping doesn't always do the trick.
I think it's like the chocolate effect. It releases endorphins making me feel happier which usually brings down tension in my body.

@ojt-rant drinking anything warm might have that effect