Posted by rod on June 27, 2005, at 2:43:12
In reply to Re: Its over for me !!!, posted by rod on June 27, 2005, at 2:27:21
PS
I forgot to ask something.
Linkadge, you once said coffee is like valium to you?! But how long does this effect last after you dring a cup? The caffeine fully kicks in about 30 min after intake.
Do you pour a lot of sugar into it? Maybe thats the key ingredient..I mean you say you need something for anxiety. So I guess coffee isnt really helping, because otherwise you should be symptom free from just dinking coffee??!
Maybe you should rethink your coffee intake.
think about it.
Caffee on its own can actually be the cause of your anxiety, because it boosts ADRENALINE. And physical, adrenergic anxiety is your problem, right?
So I strongly recommend to stop, or gradually taper your intake. Really. Its just a short term fix and is likely to be the real cause of your anxiety. Any pdoc I met said drinking coffee when you have anxiety disoerder is ill advised. Some even siad there is scientific proof caffeine nullifies the anxiolytic effect of the SSRIs.
Sure, it leads to the release of many transmitters, which might cause your short term anxiolytic effect, but I think the adrenergic activity lasts much longer.
Sometimes when I experienced anxiety, I reacted to coffee like you. For a short time, its anxiolytic, but after some minutes, an hour, it actaully made my anxiety much worse.
Right at the moment anxiety is not an issue for me...Yeah, I dont want to lecture. And you probably hate me by now :-P
But I just want to make you rethink your strategy. Does it work? Do you still suffer? No? Well, then change your stratey! There is obviously something going wrong.Of course there will be a "rebound" depression when you cease it, but the withdrawal might reward you with an anxiety free life...
ok. I shut up now :-P
greeting
Roland
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