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Caffeine a No-No?
Fri, 07/21/2006 - 14:57The 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 ladybug on Sat, 2006-07-22 - 13:24
It can be sooo addictive. I've decided, this weekend, that I need to wheen myself off of the stuff. With surgery coming up in August, I don't want to be havin caffeine headaches along with surgery headaches. :)
Re: Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by gretchen1 on Mon, 2006-07-24 - 21:26
I've never drank coffee, tea, or even cola's with caffeine in them. Thought I was a caffeine free person when my neuro suggested I avoid it. But I take either a prescription or Excedrin Migraine pills when I have one. I knew each pill has 40 mg of caffeine in it, the same as a regular cup of coffee but I don't get tons of migraines and only this one medicine helps them. If I don't have any of that, I take the Excedrine. I had a run of a headache for about 2 months, every morning when I woke up, took Excedrin or my RX, that had caffeine, and when the headaches stopped? I found I needed to take Excedrin in the morning - I had gotten addicted apparently to caffeine. I don't know if it was a physical or mental addiction.
But caffeine does me no favors. It sets up a feeling in my whole body I'm electrified and often starts muscle twitches. And even with that, both of which I just hate, I STILL - use Excedrin. Chocolate BTW has caffeine in it.
Gretchen
Caffeine has never been my
Submitted by Belinda on Thu, 2007-08-30 - 06:49
Caffeine has never been my problem I dont drink coffee. I use be addicted to cokes. Caffeine has never in my life caused problems. my seizures come usually without a trigger. It has been 43 yrs. Belinda