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Addicted to energy drinks and I want to give up

MyLove_J

Over the years I came to rely a lot on energy drinks like red bull, lucozade, coke, etc. As years passed I found myself drinking one a day or sometimes even more. It's something that I very much enjoy. I'm not going into details of my work but sometimes there are long and hard days/weeks and many stresses and a cold drink especially the red bull was something I look forward to and it gives me a proper boost through out the day.

Anyways, I need to give up or I won't have teeth in my head any more.

I suspect a lot of tooth enamel has been lost. I don't have any pain or sensitivity but there's something at the back of my mind thinking this. I have a fear of the dentist and I don't want to go to the dentist. Maybe in time I might make an appointment but it might be September or October. I have a special toothpaste ordered from England and it looks to be very promising and I hopefully I will have my package by the end of the week. Until then, I'm using a sensodyne repair and protect toothpaste. Already, within a week of using it my teeth are much whiter and it's not even marketed as a whitening toothpaste.

Has anyone here experience of enamel loss? Loads of googling throws up so much. I'm just after started with taking Vitamin D in the hope of it making my teeth stronger.

So back to giving up the drinks. Today was my first day without a drink except for some ice cold water. The very cold water was nice but I felt like I needed something more. I had a glass of cold milk too and that was nice but I'm missing something. I'm missing the high or the sugar rush. I had a cup of coffee but I'm not a fan of coffee. I prefer caffeine from a cold can which I need to give up.

Is there any hope for me? Would there be anything I could add to water like an energy and vitamin sachet?

Lately I'm having terrible dreams or nightmares about my teeth.

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Capt'n Midnight

Aldi do six packs of fizzy water, if you want to wean down while going through the motions.

LadyMacBeth_

I'm addicted to diet coke, I go through about 1-2 litres a day, it used to be 3 litres so I am trying to cut down. Still so bad though. OP, have you tried squash? If you get one with very little sugar and add a small amount to water it can help if you don't like water. I don't like water so I add a small bit of squash to give it flavour, it's helped me to cut down on diet coke.

neonsofa

_Brian wrote: »

Dreams about your teeth are typical anxiety dreams, not usually about the teeth but something that's bothering you.

. .

People always say this to me but in my case it is absolutely about my teeth. People always say "it's money worries or stress, nothing to do with your teeth" but I'll regularly dream about my teeth falling out and the majority of the time it's after I've whitened them or gotten them polished at dentist or I'm due to make app at the dentist, like it's 100% tooth related. I'm a bit obsessive about my teeth though so maybe it's teeth related stress! But if op is stressing about his teeth anyway then it's not that unusual that he would be having nightmares about them and it actually being about his teeth and not a general anxiety dream.

MyLove_J

Thank you for all of the lovely replies. I have some very cold bottles of water on the go today. I have some chewing gum ordered. It's a sugar free chewing gum and made with a sugar substitute called xylitol. I read online that's supposed be good for teeth. It's kills the bacteria in the mouth or something like that. I'm hoping that will help me replacing the drinks.

I'm surprised to read of all the people who have a love for such drinks or the ex addicts of such drinks. How's everybody else's teeth holding up?

MyLove_J

ballsymchugh wrote: »

go see a dentist. stuff like this is more common than you think. vit D will make no difference to your teeth at this stage, it's all about fluoride. the cheapest toothpaste in tesco will have that, so don't waste your money getting anything delivered specially from england.
your teeth probably look whiter because you're paying attention to cleaning them now.
go to the dental issues forum if you need more advice, but you'll probably just be told to bite the bullet and go see a dentist.

The toothpaste I ordered reads like good stuff. It was developed in England at Queens university. It contains a bioglass material. Basically it works on the same principle as the sensodyne repair and protect. That's not what I ordered it for though. The active ingredients - the calcium, the fluoride are slow release. It binds to teeth and is released slowly over something like 8 to 10 or 12 hours. So basically, it continues to work overnight. It comes with instructions not to rinse the mouth after brushing but I've been doing that anyways with my regular toothpaste. It's called BioMinF if anyone is interested.

D3V!L

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

You're having a crisis of confidence, OP. Redbull is for cool people. Stay cool, drink Redbull.

It's more than a refreshing drink, it's a lifestyle choice.

And it also gives you wings

MyLove_J

Deleted User wrote: »

I wasn't thrilled about the amount of Lucozade I was drinking and had long been thinking "I must knock that on the head". A bottle a day like yourself, the odd time two.

I quit drinking it, but not by my own will power - Lucozade changed their recipe recently to suit new regulations. It tastes like a different drink to me now, one I don't like at all. Haven't had one in about five weeks now and I haven't had any withdrawl symptoms.

Sure I knew it was awful stuff to be putting into my body, but it was oh so refreshing and mighty stuff.

More like Lucocaine.

This is so funny because I gave up drinking lucozade too since they changed their recipe. I bought a bottle some weeks ago and I couldn't even finish it. It was rotten.

sbsquarepants

If you drank a can of beer every day, do you think you'd be an alcoholic?
I'm not really seeing the addiction here.

But I will give you 2 nuggets of pure wisdom -

1 - You're better off not drinking it, than drinking it.
2 - Toothpaste is toothpaste.

Doctor Nick

I buy 24 bottles of Lucozade a week. Before I leave for work in the morning I have 2 nespresso and a cappuccino plus a bottle of Lucozade. Will then drink maybe 2 more Lucozade in the day and same with cappuccino. Used to be worse with the Lucozade, until recently I drank 5 or 6 bottles per day.

sbsquarepants

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I buy 24 bottles of Lucozade a week. .

That's almost 1.5kg of sugar:eek::eek:

That's a weeks worth of sugar every day - just from lucozade!

Doctor Nick

sbsquarepants wrote: »

That's almost 1.5kg of sugar:eek::eek:

That's a weeks worth of sugar every day - just from lucozade!

Hmm never thought of it like that. Don't use sugar in or on anything else though.

sbsquarepants

You'd probably be surprised - it's in everything. There's sugar in crisps ffs!

I've seen a couple of tv shows where people try to stick to the daily recommended amount of sugar (roughly an ounce) and it's basically next to impossible, even people who don't think they are taking in any at all!

DaeryssaOne

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I buy 24 bottles of Lucozade a week. Before I leave for work in the morning I have 2 nespresso and a cappuccino plus a bottle of Lucozade. Will then drink maybe 2 more Lucozade in the day and same with cappuccino. Used to be worse with the Lucozade, until recently I drank 5 or 6 bottles per day.

Holy Moly and you call yourself a doctor!

vandriver

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I was addicted to brake fluid, convinced myself I could stop anytime.

I'd give that habit the red light.

CPSW

All the best OP, hope all works out for you in kicking the habit. One piece of advice is just to go and see a dentist. I had a fear of them and didn't go for a good few years. Was convinced I had gum disease and used Corsodyl toothpaste/mouth wash to try and combat it (thanks to their advertising). Finally gave in and went.

Turns out my fears were unfounded. A couple of fillings and a good professional clean, followed by check ups and cleans every 6 months, my teeth were not that bad at all. Dentist knew I was using Corsodyl more than I should have as it stained my teeth. Normal toothpaste and mouthwash are just as good.

So hopefully it won't be as bad as you think. All the best.

Wanderer2010

Ive been addicted to Lucozade the past 2 years, just as a habit id pop into the shop after work and buy a 6 pack of it, and I usually neck 2 bottles a day. My weight and my teeth have suffered but I'm really struggling to give it up, it gives me a buzz I have never experienced before. I do like Coke as well, maybe I should try that instead and gradually wean off it. I just lack motivation I suppose.

MyLove_J

I'm making do with cold bottles of water and cold pints of milk but I'm missing the cold caffeine can so so much. I'm finished work for the week and I would love a cold caffeine can. I had a cup of tea just there in the hope my craving would go away but it didn't. 😭

MyLove_J

CPSW wrote: »

All the best OP, hope all works out for you in kicking the habit. One piece of advice is just to go and see a dentist. I had a fear of them and didn't go for a good few years. Was convinced I had gum disease and used Corsodyl toothpaste/mouth wash to try and combat it (thanks to their advertising). Finally gave in and went.

Turns out my fears were unfounded. A couple of fillings and a good professional clean, followed by check ups and cleans every 6 months, my teeth were not that bad at all. Dentist knew I was using Corsodyl more than I should have as it stained my teeth. Normal toothpaste and mouthwash are just as good.

So hopefully it won't be as bad as you think. All the best.

Thank you for your lovely message. I have a fear of the dentist and it's a very genuine fear. I needed some dental work as a child and I never liked the dentist and it stemmed from that.

I do have it in mind to go to the dentist. Along with my fear and I'm a procrastinator and I'm fairly skint so it would probably take me some months to organise an appointment. I'd be able to afford a check up but if I need any more work, I'd be fairly fecked. I doubt I would be as lucky as you too. My teeth are yellow but the tips of many are translucent so I suspect there a lot of enamel loss.