Caffeine, do you use it? How much and how often?

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I am planning on cutting out caffeine from my diet.

Do you use caffeine with your meds? How much and how often? I read 400 mg caffeine a day is safe for adults.

I am pretty sure I was consuming 400 mg daily but I am trying to lower my anxiety levels and I think that cutting caffeine will help me. Anyone have experience with this issue?

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I drink 5-10 cups a day. I’m an addict.

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I have a cup of coffee every morning where I do my internship. sometimes I get starbucks or DD, like very rarely now . I cut back, I used to drink a lot more…

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Ok ok @anon17326926

Do you feel it increases your anxiety?

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Not really. Sometimes if I drink too much it can make me jittery but if I then just take no coffee for an hour I’m back okay.

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Ok @Lunanoir

Good on you for cutting back. That’s very inspirational! I really need to.

Was it hard to cut back? I plan on taking a over the counter pain reliever if I get a headache if I have caffeine withdrawal.

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Ok good to know @anon17326926

I’m glad it doesn’t affect your anxiety levels really. Just makes you jittery for a little bit if you have too much. That’s good to hear.

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No it wasn’t hard… I stopped for awhile and then cut back.

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i drink like 6 or 7 cups a day.

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Oh good to hear @Lunanoir

Thanks for the info. I am going to start tomorrow because today I did have some this morning already.

I have always been a heavy caffeine user but back on nuvigil I hopefully won’t need it and I really want to try to lower my anxiety levels too.

I might invest in some decaf coffee. That would be tasty.

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Ok @lekkerhondje

Does it cause you anxiety at all?

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no, it doesn’t really make me any more anxious. I get anxious days but it’s not when i have more or less coffee though.

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I take 1 - 3 caffeine pills a day.

Max I go is 600mg of caffeine a day.

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i love coffee but just quit
i take a 220 caffeine pill
i have bad teeth
i just tried today after exercising mio drink with caffeine
to water plants.

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I drink two or three pots of coffee daily…helps me with energy.

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Good luck @anon90992146 . Decaf is okay too , or green tea

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I drink 3 cups a day, that’s enough for me.

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I have been off coffee a long time because I have ulcer that prevents me from drinking it, but discovered a brand that claims to be free of acidity, so will probably give that a go.

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I drink a lot of caffeine. I might not need it any more, but it is such a part of my life.

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I do a lot of tea, I am not sure about the caffeine content if any but I can’t go even a day without tea

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