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Anxiety / irritability and caffeine

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surreygirl1987 · 02/08/2021 09:05

I never drink caffeine. I dislike tea and coffee (except for the occasional fruit tea). However, I suffer from generalised anxiety and tend to catastriophise quite a lot. I can be quite negative and irritable as well (god I sound like a bundle of laughs don't I!). I have a baby and toddler and suffered from ppd too though I think I'm (mostly) past that.

My husband has been wondering if I should try drinking caffeine as he has read that this can make people have more energy and feel more positive. However, I have also read the opposite and feel like it might be daft to purposefully give myself a caffeine dependency. However, if it benefits me positively, I'm happy to have a cup or two of green tea each morning. Any opinions? Would a couple of cups of green tea each morning be good for me or is caffeine best avoided? (Am not on any medication whatsoever- another thing I'm considering, but thought I'd consider more 'natural' things first - going to take some vitamin supplements too maybe as probably deficient in some things... I know I'm borderline anemic at the very least).

Thanks!

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Guineapigbridge · 02/08/2021 09:17

Try CBD oil for the anxiety

surreygirl1987 · 02/08/2021 09:21

Thanks! I did have 4 sessions of CBT over the phone which were mildly useful but felt a bit superficial. I tried calling the GP a few weeks ago after a particularly anxious weekend but they said to ring back to go on the triage list. I did but I never got a call back (guess I'm not a triage priority!). Seems hard to get a GP appointment for non urgent things at the moment! Should probably keep trying to get one though.

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Workinghardeveryday · 02/08/2021 09:24

Hi op, I suffer anxiety and panic attacks, caffeine makes it 100% worse. I switched to decafe years ago as advised by mental health department when I was referred for my anxiety.
My advice would be definitely don’t drink caffeine!
Like pp said, cbd oil is good, do you research first, lots on the market are a waste of money

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