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I read your post and it sounds to me that your issue may be sugar and not caffeine.
Probably not as sugar levels didn't change - only coffeine levels. (Fruit juices don't have noticeably less sugar than carbonated sodas)
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Then why don't you drink decaffenated coffee.
In my case it's not really an issue as I don't even like coffee. So "quitting" after these episodes was easy as anything. In the first one I just needed to identify that it was withdrawal symptoms and then I just decided to wait it out. In the second instance after the deadline was achieved there was no reason to keep on chugging that crap.
In hindsight using coffeine at all to get stuff done was not a smart move as this could have easily ended up much worse than 'merely' having arrythmias for a while.
So nowadays coffe is like alcohol to me - a social drink I might have after going to dinner with some friends, but it would never occur to me to brew up any at home.
I agree with the original article that there's no reason you can't have enough energy for your day without resorting to artificial uppers. Excercise. A reasonable diet. It actually works.
If you do need chemicals just to get you going on a daily basis then that probably means your "work-life-balance" (or whatever the buzz-term for that is this year) is on a level beyond what your body can sustain on its own. And that can't be healthy in the long run.