Interesting theory..

[patchwork-me]

Talking to my friend last night who has been to the mill and back concerning depression and anxiety and basically a lot of shit, i mentioned to her that i had started slimming world and i could (and do) drink as much diet coke as i want.

A few minutes later she came back to me with a theory that i may be overdosing on caffeine which may be increasing my anxieties as its a common side effect.

The dates would make sense as i started slimming world the start of April and my current bad phase started around the 17th of April, so for now i am going to finish my current bottle of yum yum and then invest in some lime juice and tonic water

 

[Leighqt]

Caffeine

caffeine is well know to produce Anxiety

 

[TherapyTribe]

Hi


Its true that caffeine produce anxiety .




thanx

 

[poomah]

Good luck with the diet, true about the caffine, but if you used to eat a fair bit of junk food then it could be sugar come down also?

 

[patchwork-me]

Good luck with the diet, true about the caffine, but if you used to eat a fair bit of junk food then it could be sugar come down also?

I dont think i used to eat that much bad stuff, just the wrong stuff but i do think i am not having enough sugar, i am going to get tested for diabetes too as it worries me

 

[Willcat]

I' can not do much caffeine...like 2 cups of coffiee in the morning and 2 more after my siesta. Other wise I turn into a quivering ball of anxiety.

I think the Trazodone I take during the day keeps me mellow and offsets the jitter juice.