Same. My caffeine intake is more than it used to be thanks to getting hooked on sugary sodas, but the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks and large amounts of coffee/tea on my anxiety are too acute for me to ignore anymore.
Boggles my mind amphetamine is far more benign than caffeine when it comes to anxiety for me.
The only amphetamine I've ever fucked with that I know of has been adderall, but between that and the few bumps of cocaine I've ever had I can def say caffeine is the only one that fucked with my anxiety to a noticeable degree.
I was diagnosed at age 7, so of course I will probably respond to stimulants differently. Even then they can induce anxiety, but not really.
Maybe it's a chemical difference in the two. When you add brain chemistry it ends up being a lot of factors that can affect everyone uniquely, like how I read and hear that ADHD meds affect people with and without ADHD in almost opposite ways.
I am Jack's smirk.
Yup, latest i take a caffeine drink or even my adhd meds (those also can ruin sleep) is around 5-6 max 7-8pm. Otherwise i can't sleep for hours when going to bed around midnight.
It does, I stopped drinking any caffeine 6 years ago. Took I think around 3 months to really get a rhythm going but now it feels great to just having a natural rhythm. Most of the time I'm way less tired than my girlfriend who drinks 3/4 coffee a day still, but I fall asleep way faster.
I avoid caffeine in general because I already have high anxiety. Sometimes I get real tired and give in, but only if I REALLY need it at work. It also sounds like you are getting tired really easy. Anxiety medication can totally make you sleep more often and very deeply. Not sure what your taking, but if its Xanax or any other benzo that could be why you are sleeping for so long.
True that. After being a Starbucks addict for more than a decade, I had to switch to decaf, then eventually nothing due to being hypersensitive to caffeine.
