Highlights. 1  Cymbalta is a drug commonly used to treat anxiety and depression. 2  Taking Cymbalta with alcohol can increase your risk of liver damage. 3  Alcohol can make depressive symptoms worse and decrease the effectiveness of Cymbalta treatment.
Detoxing is No Laughing Matter. Caffeine withdrawal is a very unpleasant experience. The symptoms of withdrawal only last a few days to a week for light caffeine consumers but can last 2 months or more for those that had been consuming around 1000 mg or more daily. However, even for the heaviest of consumer the worst symptoms subside after about a weekâs time.
In most cases, caffeine has a half-life of about 5 hours (meaning 5 hours is needed to eliminate half the coffee amount). However, it might take longer â for instance, a pregnant woman might have caffeine in her system up to 20 hours after she ingests it. Some diseases and medications can make it last longer, as can smoking. The problem becomes when you drink too many beverages containing caffeine.