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Yes, I definitely need to avoid caffeine forever. I thought I could tolerate it better lately but now I don't think so. I had 1 glass of Coke (probably around half a can TBH) 2 days ago and yesterday I definitely had a headache quite a bit which felt to me like a caffeine-related one. Not to mention I felt anxious (not exactly anything new in it itself...) but in a certain way that felt like it was caused by caffeine. Even today I woke up and I swear I had a bad feeling in my head that reminded me of caffeine and how it messes my head up. I blame the Coke because I slept reasonably well and it didn't feel like a lack of sleep headache. And this is from maybe... 200ml if that, 2 whole days ago.
Does anyone else get such extreme reactions to caffeine? It can't be normal to feel it quite like that, can it? I also sweat somewhat profusely and predictably from under my arms a few minutes after having caffeine. I even think it makes me sweat more some days after...
I know caffeine isn't meant to be good for anxiety, but it really seems to affect me worse than it should.
Worse altogether though, is tea. I described this to people on another site and they seemed rather surprised. Basically, it turns me into a complete wreck. Where caffeine might make me irritable, sweaty, give me a headache etc... tea seems to just go far deeper than that.
It feels like it goes deeper into my head and gives me a horrible hazy feeling and I feel less... "in control" than with caffeine. Headaches are much harder to ignore. I get sort of shivery all along from my mouth down to my stomach and just feel terrible.
Where the after-effects of caffeine are unpleasant and inconvenient, tea is like a "bad trip" of some kind that just takes me over. I know caffeine is in tea but I wonder what else it might be that's screwing me up like that? It really is a very profound effect for something that other people say is meant to relax them. It may have relaxed me at times too, but I inevitably get messed up after a short while.
Anyone else like this? Anyone relate at all? Anyone have any ideas as to why tea might do that especially?
Anyway, I haven't had anything like that for 2 days... and I'm pretty sure my mood is better. More stable at least. Caffeine often gives me an awful sense of "doom" and hopelessness :afr.
It's funny how cannabis is illegal (well, not everywhere anymore... hopefully it's only a matter of time) and in lieu of any actual evidence of harm it's usually wishy-washy reasons that are carted out like "it MAY make SOME people anxious in SOME circumstances" or thereabouts. Meanwhile, I've never had any but it would have to go some ****ing distance to make me feel as helplessly trapped in a haze as tea does, AND tea is addictive which made it hard for me to stop in the past because I'd get a headache that would go away for a while if I had more tea :roll.
Sorry if I rambled, but I wanted to mention those things. And why do I still have caffeine sometimes?... because I just get bored with the monotony sometimes
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Does anyone else get such extreme reactions to caffeine? It can't be normal to feel it quite like that, can it? I also sweat somewhat profusely and predictably from under my arms a few minutes after having caffeine. I even think it makes me sweat more some days after...
I know caffeine isn't meant to be good for anxiety, but it really seems to affect me worse than it should.
Worse altogether though, is tea. I described this to people on another site and they seemed rather surprised. Basically, it turns me into a complete wreck. Where caffeine might make me irritable, sweaty, give me a headache etc... tea seems to just go far deeper than that.
It feels like it goes deeper into my head and gives me a horrible hazy feeling and I feel less... "in control" than with caffeine. Headaches are much harder to ignore. I get sort of shivery all along from my mouth down to my stomach and just feel terrible.
Where the after-effects of caffeine are unpleasant and inconvenient, tea is like a "bad trip" of some kind that just takes me over. I know caffeine is in tea but I wonder what else it might be that's screwing me up like that? It really is a very profound effect for something that other people say is meant to relax them. It may have relaxed me at times too, but I inevitably get messed up after a short while.
Anyone else like this? Anyone relate at all? Anyone have any ideas as to why tea might do that especially?
Anyway, I haven't had anything like that for 2 days... and I'm pretty sure my mood is better. More stable at least. Caffeine often gives me an awful sense of "doom" and hopelessness :afr.
It's funny how cannabis is illegal (well, not everywhere anymore... hopefully it's only a matter of time) and in lieu of any actual evidence of harm it's usually wishy-washy reasons that are carted out like "it MAY make SOME people anxious in SOME circumstances" or thereabouts. Meanwhile, I've never had any but it would have to go some ****ing distance to make me feel as helplessly trapped in a haze as tea does, AND tea is addictive which made it hard for me to stop in the past because I'd get a headache that would go away for a while if I had more tea :roll.
Sorry if I rambled, but I wanted to mention those things. And why do I still have caffeine sometimes?... because I just get bored with the monotony sometimes
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