Need another energy source besides Caffeine

Caffeine altogether.

Sorry that is not right at all. 5 hour energy is full of caffiene. From their label:

CAUTION: Contains caffeine comparable to a cup of the leading premium coffee. Limit caffeine products to avoid nervousness, sleeplessness, and occasional rapid heartbeat. You may experience a Niacin Flush (hot feeling, skin redness) that lasts a few minutes. This is caused by Niacin (Vitamin B3) increasing blood flow near the skin.

To be quite honest, you can get "energy" simply from taking care of yourself - eating well, keeping hydrated, getting exercise and plenty of rest. I can't drink coffee b/c of the caffeine content, I don't drink soda, and while I do like tea and drink it regularly, I don't "need" it to wake up or anything. All of the things I mentioned seem to work for me and have done so for the past 28 years...

I know I'm among the minority who doesn't buy that a human being can't function without caffeine. But if you want to quit it, you'll have to slowly wean yourself off, like any addictive substance.

I sympathize, I'm a reformed caffeine junkie.  

My advice is simply cut it out entirely and knuckle through the withdrawal.  I don't know of any adequate legal replacements but I've used some "mental" replacements that seem to help.  For instance, I purchased a wide variety of decaf teas so times when I would have wanted 2 or 3 cups of coffee I'll have a few cups of tea.  If I get a craving for carbonated caffeine, I hit up seltzer/sparkling water with lemon.  

After cutting it out entirely for a few weeks, I reintroduced it two or three months ago insofar as I now like to have a cup of green tea in the afternoon and I take a multi-vitamin that has a bit of caffeine.  The important part is that I (and even more importantly my friends/family) no longer notice when I *haven't* had either.

wurkit_gurl - 2009-03-10 1:48 PM Another thing that works for me is working out in the morning - as long as you can drag yourself out of bed (which I realize is a challenge in and of itself), you're good for the rest of the day, all hopped up on endorphins

I will second that motion. I love working out in the morning. I try to do it 2-3 times a week so I don't get too used to it but I feel awesome when I get to work!

I sometimes feel a little tired in the afternoon because for me to swim before work I have to get up at 4:45am so that takes its toll on me but other than that working out in the a.m. is awesome!!