Heyyy everyone. So I have schizphrenia and recently I’ve been wasting my days doing nothing cause I can’t concentrate on anything. I’ve also been feeling pretty bad for no reason. I usually drink 2-3 coffees a day and today I decided I will drink just one cup in the morning. I’m not sure about you but I definitely feel it acts bad on my mental health. I hope this will help. I take Explemed 15 mg every day and I feel fine with this pill but still…It just sometimes happens out of nowhere to lose track with what I do. 
You might find that quitting is going to upset you. Caffeine is addicting after all.
I would try to reduce to 1 cup. You’re not supposed to have caffeine at all with schizophrenia and it might make you need more A.P. 
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I have avoided coffee. I don’t think the schizophrenic brains likes too much stimulation. Caffeine builds anxiety in men and women.
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I work as a barista and i jug coffee like crazy. My haldol medication really repressess caffeine so i need more than a normie
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I limit myself to 3 cups/day. Without coffee I sleep 16h/day. Now I sleep 10h. Over 3 cups I get irritable, angry, nervous and shaky.
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my doctor knew i drink a lot of coffee,probably same amount as you drank a day.I been drinking unhealthy amount of coffee for close to 10 years,my doctor always encourages i quit.Recently my coffee addiction is close to none and i feel that one cup a day is probably fine…i mean cup
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Coffee is my lifeblood.
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I found I lost my head when I got too much caffeine, so I simply switched to a good decaf brand that tastes just like caffeinated coffee. I feel that it still gives me a little boost.
I’ve never heard that. Do you have links?
I figure it would depend on the person’s symptoms.
Coffee greatly helps my negatives
Caffeine can trigger psychosis, especially in large amounts. It is bad for anxiety too.
I quit caffeine because it interacts with one of my meds in a dangerous way and it flares up my overactive bladder. However since I started working the day shift at my job and have to wake up at 4 am every day I have had to start drinking it again out of absolute necessity, unfortunately.
Also fair warning caffeine withdrawal sucks. You’re doing good by slowly cutting back. I tried to cold turkey quit after drinking monster energy drinks every day and I had like 2 or 3 solid weeks of terrible migraines every single day, severe fatigue and foggy head/lack of ability to focus. It was miserable.
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I have a book: Prescription for Nutritional Healing. There’s a section on Schizophrenia. I’m not really sure about needing more anti psychotic. But anything that makes you agitated might cause that. It does say; avoid caffeine.
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I stopped for almost a week and had a little yesterday and I had little flare ups… so I think I should stop drinking it too… most of the things I like I have given up…
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My limit is about 2 a day any more and i have problems.
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I stopped more than a month ago and I feel much better. I work full-time and get up at 06:20 in the morning and I don’t need coffee any more. I am on 325mg of Clozapine. I have much more energy without coffee.
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