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Samek · 36-40, M
Because of high anxiety I had to give up caffeine. Almost a month clean. :( I miss it.
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4meAndyou · F
@Samek I was probably drinking two pots a day when I was a retail manager, and all of a sudden it just HIT me...and I started having anxiety attacks, also. For a year or two, I had to be careful not to take cold medicine with certain ingredients, and couldn't eat chocolate, or drink caffeinated beverages, or even eat things containing sugar.
THEN I learned how to stop and calm myself when the attacks first began. If you can cool your jets within the first minute, you can actually make the attack stop.
THEN I learned how to stop and calm myself when the attacks first began. If you can cool your jets within the first minute, you can actually make the attack stop.
Samek · 36-40, M
@4meAndyou got good at breathing over the years but had a 5 day anxiety attack earlier in the month and it was intense. Had no idea why until I was able to self reflect. A lot of stress in a short amount of time and I must have overdone it with caff/nic on top of it all. On HBP meds now, month free from caff. Still haven't kicked the nic or sugar... One thing at a time.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
Even though I love it, I totally understand. I quit cold turkey after a panic attack and it took me a good amount of time to trust caffeine being in my system again. Several years later I still find myself weary enough to limit myself to one, maybe two cups of coffee a day. It’s all about listening to your body and working with it, not against it.
Samek · 36-40, M
@PerfectionOfTheHeart so very true. It's been a journey for myself. A scary one. :/
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@Samek Right there with ya. Anxiety is a tricky beast that doesn’t know how to let go, no matter how much closure and distance there is from it. That’s why you have to focus on one breath at a time on your journey. One breath, one step, no matter how hard they can be to take…take them. Over time your perseverance will become a fiercer force than the anxiety within that unforgivingly tries to rewrite the narrative.
LilPrincess · 41-45, F
That's the saddest thing I have ever heard 😔
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
It made my blood pressure increase way too much and I had to give it up. Also likely a cause of having developed a breast cyst.
I’ve heard that decaf ain’t so great either. 🤔
jehova · 31-35, M
Tea its cheaper and less acidic
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JustDJ76 · 46-50, M
Nooooo. Don’t do it.
calicuz · 56-60, M
That's my kinda' evil!!! 😎
NotMy1stRodeo · 56-60, M
What anxieties I've ever dealt with had no association to coffee .. except for when I was out of coffee.
I get that it affects some that way, but have been lucky enough to never experience it so far.
I get that it affects some that way, but have been lucky enough to never experience it so far.
Azlotto · M
I gave up coffee and cigarettes all the same day.
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ThreeLittleBirds · F
I understand this , if it’s needed .. sure , ooo be careful tho … sometimes migraines are a thing when that happens from the withdrawal symptoms 😘
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