CaffeineAnaphylaxis
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Basically, the title's "other" translation is: a coffee lover's worse nightmare. Believe me, it's the worse thing that's happened in my life. What life? It literally ruined my life. I've been wrongfully diagnosed as having schizophrenia. I have no friends. I do not attend school, nor do I work. I mostly spend my days at home isolated from the outside world. Talking with people makes me uncomfortable. My brain seems to be working much faster than you'd normally expect, though, it may not appear so, because I have to work extra hard at concentrating on each individual thought or cluster of thoughts. It's most embarrassing when I'm talking to someone and I completely forget what I'm talking about before I finish expressing my thought/s. Add coffee, and I end up forgetting were I am for short bursts of time.
To say the least: It stopped being fun a long time ago.
I definitely have brain damage. I want to get a brain scan, but for some reason this proves to be difficult without any severe physical effects. My family doctor says: "schizophrenia is a functional disorder, not a neurological one." So, they don't want to waste time by examining something which will probably appear as normal. How screwed up is that?
The worse part is that I still drink coffee. I'm so far gone that it's almost impossible for me to stop. I have no one who's actually willing to help me out. It's just me and my caffeine. The people I live with (my family) just don't understand. They say - while sipping their coffee - that I have a mental disorder and should take my pills and not worry about anything else. I figured it out, but there's no one to help me. I almost lost the willpower to go on and to quit this horrifically damaging addiction.
I have a quit date set: Mon. 16th (this coming Monday). Until then, I'll continue to drink coffee and do some research in regards to my health, etc. Perhaps, there's some sort of a caffeine-recovery-program out there, or perhaps, I can invent one. Anyway, take a look at this:
http://www.successfulschizophrenia.org/stories/whalen01.html
If any of this sounds familiar, or is of interest to you, then please do your own research, and if possible, post any interesting finds on here (I'll do the same). Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!
Kind regards,
To say the least: It stopped being fun a long time ago.
I definitely have brain damage. I want to get a brain scan, but for some reason this proves to be difficult without any severe physical effects. My family doctor says: "schizophrenia is a functional disorder, not a neurological one." So, they don't want to waste time by examining something which will probably appear as normal. How screwed up is that?
The worse part is that I still drink coffee. I'm so far gone that it's almost impossible for me to stop. I have no one who's actually willing to help me out. It's just me and my caffeine. The people I live with (my family) just don't understand. They say - while sipping their coffee - that I have a mental disorder and should take my pills and not worry about anything else. I figured it out, but there's no one to help me. I almost lost the willpower to go on and to quit this horrifically damaging addiction.
I have a quit date set: Mon. 16th (this coming Monday). Until then, I'll continue to drink coffee and do some research in regards to my health, etc. Perhaps, there's some sort of a caffeine-recovery-program out there, or perhaps, I can invent one. Anyway, take a look at this:
http://www.successfulschizophrenia.org/stories/whalen01.html
If any of this sounds familiar, or is of interest to you, then please do your own research, and if possible, post any interesting finds on here (I'll do the same). Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!
Kind regards,
