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Caffeine a No-No?

Fri, 07/21/2006 - 14:57
The more I ask folks with "E" about their reactions to caffeine (in far more foods than coffee and tea), the more I realize I'm not alone. For as great as a cup of that brown stuff tastes, it sure can screw up my neuro system. Indeed, in most cases when I have a seizure or get "auras" -- I've had coffee, or an extensive amount of it. Oh, maybe that wake-me-up cup in the morning isn't that bad, but those pleasure-filled cups can become addictive, can't they? Let's hear how you and Starbucks get along! --George

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Re: Caffeine a No-No?

Submitted by sabrefreak on Thu, 2008-07-24 - 15:50

My first neurologist told me 18 years ago to avoid anything with aspartame, go easy on the alcohol, but never said anything about caffeine.

So, I never drink diet colas and such (and when I have I feel ill) and when I chew too much gum - same thing.

Give me sugar over that artificial crap anyday. 

 

My first neurologist told me 18 years ago to avoid anything with aspartame, go easy on the alcohol, but never said anything about caffeine.

So, I never drink diet colas and such (and when I have I feel ill) and when I chew too much gum - same thing.

Give me sugar over that artificial crap anyday. 

 

Re: Caffeine a No-No?

Submitted by Odessy on Thu, 2008-12-18 - 06:24

 

I love coffee and over the years have been building up and was drinking between  eight and ten real mugs of coffee a day.

I started getting bad dreams and what I thought was Panic attacks (Deja Vu and intense feeling of fear).

I was driving home one night and had what I thought was a panic attack shortly followed by another one. Next thing I knew was that I was hanging upside down by my seatbelt in  my car.

I night in hospital with no coffee and my panic attacks subsided. After a week drinking coffee only two times a day the panic attacks dissapeared.

After a lot of research I found that these panic attacks were partial temporal lobe Epilepsy and that I had had a Petit Mal or Grand Mal in the car.

All symptoms have now gone apart from a slight dizziness (about half a second) every now and then.

So in my case coffee was the culprit.

By the way tea does not have as much caffiene in it as coffee and it also has agents which dull the senses as drinking too much tea gives me a headache and makes me feel drowsy.

Odessy

 

 

I love coffee and over the years have been building up and was drinking between  eight and ten real mugs of coffee a day.

I started getting bad dreams and what I thought was Panic attacks (Deja Vu and intense feeling of fear).

I was driving home one night and had what I thought was a panic attack shortly followed by another one. Next thing I knew was that I was hanging upside down by my seatbelt in  my car.

I night in hospital with no coffee and my panic attacks subsided. After a week drinking coffee only two times a day the panic attacks dissapeared.

After a lot of research I found that these panic attacks were partial temporal lobe Epilepsy and that I had had a Petit Mal or Grand Mal in the car.

All symptoms have now gone apart from a slight dizziness (about half a second) every now and then.

So in my case coffee was the culprit.

By the way tea does not have as much caffiene in it as coffee and it also has agents which dull the senses as drinking too much tea gives me a headache and makes me feel drowsy.

Odessy

 

Re: Caffeine a No-No?

Submitted by Jewell on Mon, 2008-08-25 - 02:15
I have never been bothered by drinking my coffee although I have alot of seizures if I decide to have a soda with caffein, except 7-up but I really think it just depends on how your body works and how sensitive you are to different things.  I cannot have sugar or I seize so rarely have I ever drank a soda.  My coffee I drink black or with french vanilla creamer as a treat LOL.

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