Can caffeine really cause hallucinations?

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I read in a slightly older book that caffeine can cause hallucinations in schizophrenics. Is this true?

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I can get anxiety from coffee. Get shaky hands. But I have not had hallucinations from coffee.

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I once heard of an energy drink causing some but that was a case study. There have been a lot of arguments on this site between dedicated coffee drinkers who say it’s OK and others who say it’s not. I myself had delayed anger spells from chocolate until I started taking trileptal.

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Well I used to be a heavy tea drinker and when ever possible coffee too but I didn’t know Selegiline and Caffine has serious drug interactions and I had problems but I quit because Selegiline is costly. Now I know. Several years ago I read that if you have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder then Caffine can be trouble some and even though I did read it I drink it for anti-oxidants and now for the past 1 or 2 months I didn’t drink tea or green tea or coffee and I will never drink them. I’m drinking Milk and milk only.

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Coffee really winds me up. I am ok with tea.

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Coffee upsets my moods, but doesn’t cause me hallucinations.

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I used to drink so much coffee. Was very unwell at he time. I quit coffee a few years ago. Not by Confucius choice, just cause I started drinking tea.

I am more well now than back then but I doubt it’s to do with coffee. However…things have been busy lately and I’ve found myself slipping a coffee here and there to get me going.

I notice now how irritates it makes me feel. But I doubt it has the power to make me as ill as I was when I was a coffee drinker. Just irritated and agitated.

I’ll stick to tea. I spoke to my case worker about this… As I was confused because tea also has caffeine in it. She said it doesn’t have as much and to stray away from the coffee.

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That’s interesting. Black tea gives me tachichardia and I become hyper alert.

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Yeah cause tea also contains caffeine. Which is why I brought it up. But I don’t get the same effects.

I guess one to bear in mine. One drink is from tea leaves and the other coffee beans. Perhaps they both contain caffeine but 2 different things. It affects me differently and this is prob why.

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Are a couple of posts it’s not just sz but everyone. Search engine sucks on the site but I’ll see if I can find the odd post on it.

Found my link.

mortimermouse
had post this in regards to it’s irrelevant if on meds.
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/szb/15/2/339/

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I’ve drank so much coffee that it has a minimal effect on me. I need caffeine now just to feel normal. It could be psychological.