Panic attacks and caffeine

January 11, 2004

Hi,

This may interest you ...many of you ...

A few years ago I use to drink mega amounts of double cappachinos

(sp) and I started to get anxious in my behavior and then I started

to get rashes regularly to the point that my fingers could make my

arms get hives instantly just from dragging my fingers across the

skin on my arms...thighs...etc. Well then one night after a year of

this ...I woke up from sleeping at 2:00am in the morning not being

able to breath ...I felt I was suffocating and then I got up and

pushed myself up against the banister on the deck outdoors to push

air into my body ...I couldn't breath for two minutes...and this was

the beginning of the panic attachs and psychological disorders for

three months.

These cappuchinos I use to drink on a regular basis are equal to:

one shot equals 8 cups of coffee (caffeine) and I use to do

doubles...so sometimes have these drinks twice a day. 32 cups of

coffe?? Think about it ...bad stuff!

I brought myself to the emergency room one night(the night from

hell) when it started happening on a regular basis...these feelings

of anxiety. I was told by the doctor to slowly ween myself off

coffee ...he said coffee was the culprit and that most people do not

see caffine as being a real drug that it is. I went to drinking

diluted tea to get myself off of the caffine for two week and

then ...after three months of decaffe coffee and tea my anxiety

started to taper off completely and the rashes started to go away

after 6 months ...it takes a long time to get these chemical

addictions out of the body.

Caffeine is deffinitly the culprit and for some people a little bit

can trigger reactions that others may not feel the same results

unless ...they overdose on the stuff like I did.

Sharing some thoughts and ideas...June

, Marianne Woneis

<prncessmarian> wrote:

> Thank you very much Emma. I have cut back on my caffine intake and

hopefully that will help with my panic attacks.

>

> ~Marianne

>

> carpediem8842003 <carpediem@s...> wrote:

> , Marianne Woneis

> <prncessmarian> wrote:

> > Chris,

> > I have a question for you. Do you have panic attacks ONLY with

> chocolate or do you also have the panic attacks with any caffine?

> > The reason I ask is that I suffer from panic attacks and

wanted

> to see if you had found any relation to caffine.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Marianne

>

> I had a definate link, also gave me palpitations, sleepless

nights,

> and a whole host of other symtoms which led my gp at one stage to

> suspect ms. If I have it now then my body knows so I avoid it 99%

of

> the time.

>

> HTH

>

> Peace

>

> Emma

>

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January 11, 2004

Thank you for sharing June. I also used to drink a lot of starbucks and I only wish I would have known that it caused panic attacks sooner!

My body is very sensitive to caffine and I am pretty sure the coffee I was having every day attributed to my panic attacks.

Even 1 starbucks tall drink will make me have a panic attack. Does anyone know how I can still drink starbucks drinks without all the caffine?

~Mariannejoelle93108 <jstephansen wrote:

Hi, This may interest you ...many of you ...A few years ago I use to drink mega amounts of double cappachinos (sp) and I started to get anxious in my behavior and then I started to get rashes regularly to the point that my fingers could make my arms get hives instantly just from dragging my fingers across the skin on my arms...thighs...etc. Well then one night after a year of this ...I woke up from sleeping at 2:00am in the morning not being able to breath ...I felt I was suffocating and then I got up and pushed myself up against the banister on the deck outdoors to push air into my body ...I couldn't breath for two minutes...and this was the beginning of the panic attachs and psychological disorders for three months.These cappuchinos I use to drink on a regular basis are equal to:one shot equals 8

cups of coffee (caffeine) and I use to do doubles...so sometimes have these drinks twice a day. 32 cups of coffe?? Think about it ...bad stuff!I brought myself to the emergency room one night(the night from hell) when it started happening on a regular basis...these feelings of anxiety. I was told by the doctor to slowly ween myself off coffee ...he said coffee was the culprit and that most people do not see caffine as being a real drug that it is. I went to drinking diluted tea to get myself off of the caffine for two week and then ...after three months of decaffe coffee and tea my anxiety started to taper off completely and the rashes started to go away after 6 months ...it takes a long time to get these chemical addictions out of the body. Caffeine is deffinitly the culprit and for some people a little bit can trigger reactions that others may not feel the same results unless ...they

overdose on the stuff like I did. Sharing some thoughts and ideas...June

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