It can be like this even when you are 18

  • Rustmilian@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’ve never heard of caffeine causing anxiety. Do you have a source you can share?

    For me personally, caffeine in certain doses reduces my anxiety based general OCD and Reading OCD.

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      9 months ago

      No sources on hand. But now that I think about maybe I mean something more like irritability. Idk. When I was younger I would drink caffeinated drinks instead of eating… So it could be that lol.

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      9 months ago

      Caffeine, specifically black coffee, makes me feel like my life is falling down around me whenever I drink it with any amount of regularity. Anecdotal of course but I imagine if it has such a profound effect for me that it probably has the same effect for others even if it’s more subtle.

      Though to be fair I only noticed this after I was prescribed an actual stimulant medication that for me has way fewer side effects, which significantly reduced my caffeine consumption. So now it’s more of a shock to my system.

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        9 months ago

        I actually prefer black coffee because super sugary coffee like Starbucks = AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH especially if it’s got that fake sugar shit in it like sucralose, aspartame, etc.

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          9 months ago

          Yeah sugar and sweeteners don’t bother me (although you might want to make sure that isn’t a lactose allergy or intolerance because I’ve been there too 😅) but I specifically called out black coffee to mean that like energy drinks for example don’t make me feel that way despite having around 4x as much caffeine on average. On the other hand, any drink that is more coffee than any other additive will make me jittery and anxious. So I’m not sure if it’s specifically the caffeine that does it for me or some other component of coffee.

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            9 months ago

            Yeah sugar and sweeteners don’t bother me (although you might want to make sure that isn’t a lactose allergy or intolerance because I’ve been there too 😅)

            I’m not lactose intolerant, but I have been thinking that maybe I’ve started developing an intolerance ever since I stopped drinking so much milk.
            Caffeine is already pretty much a laxative though and I’ve never had a particularly strong sweet tooth, so large amount of sugar + caffeine O⁠_⁠o. Fake sugar is even worse because it makes my stomach hurt a lot, plus it just tastes awful.

            I specifically called out black coffee to mean that like energy drinks for example don’t make me feel that way despite having around 4x as much caffeine on average.

            Energy drinks tend to use pure caffeine powder, so maybe you’re having a reaction to the other chemical compounds, like Theophylline. If you homebrew, you can reduce them by using various techniques, like using filtered water instead of tap and adjusting the temperature.