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I had an experience the other day that fit the later scenario he describes. Had to go home and take a nap. It was a throbbing headache and feeling to vomit, all because of coffee on an empty stomach!

I guess I don't have thick black hair and enough liver spots to handle it. :(

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I'm not terribly addicted to coffee and actually prefer decaf (hate the jitters), but for the last few weeks I've been drinking 2-3 cups a day at work. I got a terrible headache on Saturday, just because there was no longer a steady supply of caffeine. Caffeine hangover is real.

Did you replace the coffee intake with other liquids? Usually when I see people experience "caffeine headaches", they tend to be the types who get most of their liquid intake from caffeinated sources. So, they end up with a headache from mild dehydration.

I'm typically not a coffee drinker but do have "binges" that last a few weeks at a time. I've actually been making sure to drink at least two liters of water a day, so that's puzzling.

I was starting my day with a pot of coffee, and water/herbal tea throughout the day. I figured a pot a day wasn't good, so I went cold turkey after I ran out; had a horrid dull throbbing headache for the next few days (thought I was coming down with something till I realised).

poor poor man. That sounds terrible. To not be able to consume coffee because of an empty stomach!? But it does happen. I typically see it in individuals that aren't used to drinking coffee. Are you in that category or is there maybe another reason you had an adverse reaction?

Was your coffee black?

I drink coffee often, but I think I was also dehydrated. It just all caught up to me at once!

I recently had to undergo an appendectomy after drinking 5 cups of black coffee straight (no cream or sugar) on an empty stomach followed by a very spicy (and questionable?) burrito. Would not recommend; I have made it a point not to drink so much coffee on an empty stomach again.

That's not how appendicitis works - it's not brought on by a single event of binging...

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