CaffeineAddiction
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Hello. the purpose of this thread is to educate potential at-risk caffeine addicts and to further educate myself... Maybe even get some guidance. So, let''s begin: I''m almost 22yrs old and I almost ruined my life with a caffeine addiction. Here''s what happened: I dropped out of high school, have been diagnosed with several mental illnesses (such as, a form of schizophrenia), previously medicated with anti-psychotics and antidepressants, and furthermore, I''m on a disability pension, no friends, rarely go outside during the day, and my symptoms still persist (though, it''s not as bad as it used to be... I quit drinking caffeine 3 weeks ago, so I''m still recovering).
The coffee drinking started when I was 15-16yrs old. At that time, I started weightlifting and reading a lot of info on this subject. I read somewhere that caffeine was a great way to improve results by increasing the amount of weight used and repetitions completed. It worked and it was great - I loved the feeling and the results. I did go through a little bit of research and mostly learned about the benefits... Anyway, it seemed like everyone drank caffeine, so how dangerous could it be. Never saw it coming!
When I turned 17, I joined my school''s football team and met some new so-called friends, started partying, smoking, using drugs/alcohol, and drinking more caffeine. It was great in the beginning; I was on the honor roll (sometimes, depending what courses I took - math and creative arts were my favorite), only experimenting with different sorts of drugs, and meeting a lot of new people. On a daily basis, I would drink alcohol (in moderation), smoked, and drank tons of coffee... At times, I even supplemented with caffeine pills.
Now, don''t get me wrong - the drug/alcohol did have negative effects on my mental health, however, I believe that caffeine had the worst effect, because long after I stopped everything else, I still used caffeine.
I dropped out of society, because I was experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia (delusion, hallucinations, paranoia, etc) and my plan was to take a break from everything and get better. Things only got worse and the caffeine drinking persisted.
You see, an allergy to caffeine is quite deceitful, because the caffeine acts as an agent that causes a condition or damage, but at the same time, it acts as the antidote for those symptoms. So, in a way, it masks the effects of the damage and this is why it''s so dangerous.
Mental illness doesn''t run in my family as it does for most people whom are diagnosed.
My moment of weakness: yesterday, after not drinking (caffeine) for almost a month, I had a cup (and told myself that it was a sort of experiment). It felt pretty good, but my symptoms intensified and today I was woken up by severe chest pains.
Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I was drinking toxic (!!!) amounts of caffeine before I stopped. It was insane, I wouldn''t sleep for 2-3 days and I sometimes felt like I was gonna die.
Honestly, I don''t know what to do and I''m running out of options. Like I said, I quit everything, I''m eating much, much healthier and... I''m just trying to do everything I can to repair my damaged brain. I have seen doctors, but there''s really not much they can do, besides prescribing medication... No thank you!
[/url]http://allergies.ygoy.com/what-is-caffeine-allergy/ http://www.goodtherapy.com.au/library_flex/caffeine_damages_physical_and_mental_health/565/1 If you''ve gone through something...e like this. Thanks for reading, Patrick S.
The coffee drinking started when I was 15-16yrs old. At that time, I started weightlifting and reading a lot of info on this subject. I read somewhere that caffeine was a great way to improve results by increasing the amount of weight used and repetitions completed. It worked and it was great - I loved the feeling and the results. I did go through a little bit of research and mostly learned about the benefits... Anyway, it seemed like everyone drank caffeine, so how dangerous could it be. Never saw it coming!
When I turned 17, I joined my school''s football team and met some new so-called friends, started partying, smoking, using drugs/alcohol, and drinking more caffeine. It was great in the beginning; I was on the honor roll (sometimes, depending what courses I took - math and creative arts were my favorite), only experimenting with different sorts of drugs, and meeting a lot of new people. On a daily basis, I would drink alcohol (in moderation), smoked, and drank tons of coffee... At times, I even supplemented with caffeine pills.
Now, don''t get me wrong - the drug/alcohol did have negative effects on my mental health, however, I believe that caffeine had the worst effect, because long after I stopped everything else, I still used caffeine.
I dropped out of society, because I was experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia (delusion, hallucinations, paranoia, etc) and my plan was to take a break from everything and get better. Things only got worse and the caffeine drinking persisted.
You see, an allergy to caffeine is quite deceitful, because the caffeine acts as an agent that causes a condition or damage, but at the same time, it acts as the antidote for those symptoms. So, in a way, it masks the effects of the damage and this is why it''s so dangerous.
Mental illness doesn''t run in my family as it does for most people whom are diagnosed.
My moment of weakness: yesterday, after not drinking (caffeine) for almost a month, I had a cup (and told myself that it was a sort of experiment). It felt pretty good, but my symptoms intensified and today I was woken up by severe chest pains.
Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I was drinking toxic (!!!) amounts of caffeine before I stopped. It was insane, I wouldn''t sleep for 2-3 days and I sometimes felt like I was gonna die.
Honestly, I don''t know what to do and I''m running out of options. Like I said, I quit everything, I''m eating much, much healthier and... I''m just trying to do everything I can to repair my damaged brain. I have seen doctors, but there''s really not much they can do, besides prescribing medication... No thank you!
[/url]http://allergies.ygoy.com/what-is-caffeine-allergy/ http://www.goodtherapy.com.au/library_flex/caffeine_damages_physical_and_mental_health/565/1 If you''ve gone through something...e like this. Thanks for reading, Patrick S.
