Why? It’s better to ‘take the hit’ before Ramadan so you don’t unnecessarily make your fasting harder than it is.Ģ. Decrease the intake or ideally stop drinking coffee (or other caffeine beverages) before the Ramadan. Quitting coffee will add to the stresses of not eating/drinking and change in sleeping patterns.ġ. Research shows that this withdrawal process takes about 2 to 9 days, that timespan backs and adds to the findings that most Muslims suffer from negative mental and physical performance issues within the first (and second) week of Ramadan. The withdrawal symptoms reported were headaches, fatigue and drowsiness, depressed moods and irritability, difficulty concentrating to more serious (yet less likely) flu-like symptoms like nausea, vomiting or muscle pain/stiffness. These withdrawal symptoms occurred as early as 6 hours or as late as 43 hours after the last dose of caffeine and the peak intensity of these symptoms were during the first and second day of no caffeine.
7-24% of those people even showed significant performance issues without caffeine. Recent systematic reviews show interesting statistics Steven Meredith and colleagues (2013) reported withdrawal symptoms after acute abstinence of caffeine in 26% up to 96% of the general population. So what are the problems you face and how big is this issue? You either have to stop drinking and face the consequences or risk limiting your already impaired sleeping quantity and quality. Coffee lovers and Ramadan don’t really mix well together.
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