Nicotine, caffeine, simple carbohydrates. (Didn’t even realize the last one until I started getting hit with withdrawal—I’ve never been addicted to sugar before. But since I’ve cut it out of my diet this last time, which I’ve done many times before without issue, I’ve started getting splitting headaches that are rapidly remedied by eating an orange.)
I have alcohol cravings from time to time, but I’m not addicted, since drinking is actually infrequent for me, and not doing so doesn’t cause me any issue. That’s another recent development which is making me consider clearing out the liquor cabinet. (I did have alcohol cravings once before, after my grandfather died. And my grandmother just died after a few years of progressive decline—she had a form of dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s—so it may be depression. I don’t -feel- depressed, but I didn’t feel depressed last time I was, either, and it was only obvious in retrospect.)
Thanks for writing that up. I probably should have realized that cravings can vary a lot for individuals, but I hadn’t thought about it. I’ve also never heard of a sugar craving which manifests as headaches—my impression is that typical sugar cravings manifest as obsessive desire without more obviously physical symptoms.
I’ve actually never had a desire for sugar. Not even when I was a child—we kept a bowl full of candy and chocolate which I almost never touched. (I preferred, odd as it may sound, things like brussel sprouts, although I’ve stopped having any desire for -those- after getting moldy ones once too often)
I crave spicy foods the way most people crave sweet foods. My favorite is spicy pickled asparagus, which is impossible to find. (Spicy pickled okra is easier, and almost as good, though.) That may actually count as an addiction as well, come to think of it. (Apparently spicy foods induce endorphin and dopamine production?)
Sometimes something similar happens to me with food in general—if I have eaten very little in the past dozen hours, sometimes I start feeling dizzy, lazy, and sad but not unusually hungry. (I haven’t tested whether different food groups have different effects.)
(For example, I woke up at noon this morning and now it’s almost 2 p.m., but I don’t feel particularly motivated to getting out of bed; but I know that if I got up and went eat something I’d feel much more energetic.)
Sometimes something similar happens to me with food in general—if I have eaten very little in the past dozen hours, sometimes I start feeling dizzy, lazy, and sad but not unusually hungry.
This is starting to remind me of the dihydrogen monoxide joke.
Nicotine, caffeine, simple carbohydrates. (Didn’t even realize the last one until I started getting hit with withdrawal—I’ve never been addicted to sugar before. But since I’ve cut it out of my diet this last time, which I’ve done many times before without issue, I’ve started getting splitting headaches that are rapidly remedied by eating an orange.)
I have alcohol cravings from time to time, but I’m not addicted, since drinking is actually infrequent for me, and not doing so doesn’t cause me any issue. That’s another recent development which is making me consider clearing out the liquor cabinet. (I did have alcohol cravings once before, after my grandfather died. And my grandmother just died after a few years of progressive decline—she had a form of dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s—so it may be depression. I don’t -feel- depressed, but I didn’t feel depressed last time I was, either, and it was only obvious in retrospect.)
Thanks for writing that up. I probably should have realized that cravings can vary a lot for individuals, but I hadn’t thought about it. I’ve also never heard of a sugar craving which manifests as headaches—my impression is that typical sugar cravings manifest as obsessive desire without more obviously physical symptoms.
I’ve actually never had a desire for sugar. Not even when I was a child—we kept a bowl full of candy and chocolate which I almost never touched. (I preferred, odd as it may sound, things like brussel sprouts, although I’ve stopped having any desire for -those- after getting moldy ones once too often)
I crave spicy foods the way most people crave sweet foods. My favorite is spicy pickled asparagus, which is impossible to find. (Spicy pickled okra is easier, and almost as good, though.) That may actually count as an addiction as well, come to think of it. (Apparently spicy foods induce endorphin and dopamine production?)
So you’ve got a strong withdrawal reaction to sugar without having a desire for it?
Sometimes something similar happens to me with food in general—if I have eaten very little in the past dozen hours, sometimes I start feeling dizzy, lazy, and sad but not unusually hungry. (I haven’t tested whether different food groups have different effects.)
(For example, I woke up at noon this morning and now it’s almost 2 p.m., but I don’t feel particularly motivated to getting out of bed; but I know that if I got up and went eat something I’d feel much more energetic.)
This is starting to remind me of the dihydrogen monoxide joke.
Does having ATP withdrawal symptoms count as an addiction?