> a recovery period of months and years with horrible side effects like anhedonia, panic attacks, sleep issues, brain fog, cramping
These are all anecdotes - I don't believe there is actual evidence for this being the case. With such reports, it is frequently the case that there are other factors that influence this as well (for example, getting off of multiple drugs at once or an external factor that influences quitting, but that also makes you sad). I'm not saying it absolutely can't take a while to feel normal again, but you should take this frankly histrionic type of reporting with a grain of salt.
Given no other type of input, you should expect to be average. On average, it takes a week or two to get over coffee and you may miss it for a while.
These are all anecdotes - I don't believe there is actual evidence for this being the case. With such reports, it is frequently the case that there are other factors that influence this as well (for example, getting off of multiple drugs at once or an external factor that influences quitting, but that also makes you sad). I'm not saying it absolutely can't take a while to feel normal again, but you should take this frankly histrionic type of reporting with a grain of salt.
Given no other type of input, you should expect to be average. On average, it takes a week or two to get over coffee and you may miss it for a while.