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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: Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by groovyjoker on Fri, 2006-09-15 - 17:35
I agree Coffee FIEND! I am on phenobarbitol, for one, and could NOT live without my java!!!!
Re: Re: Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by Mark Janjigian on Wed, 2006-09-20 - 13:41
I'm good for a pot a day. Also another coffee snob - always the good stuff. Like you, the meds knock me down. You need the joe to pick you up.
Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by faerietygers on Mon, 2006-09-11 - 17:18
I am a complete Coffee FIEND! I am obsessed with it, and not only am I obsessed, but I am a complete coffee snob, only drinking french press at home. I drink at least one cup in the morning, but today I did notice that I wanted more and I am completely spaced out. I have had controlled seizures for about three years, but In college I did about 10 cups a day...I cut back because my heart was racing a lot. I have tried to cut down recently. My boyfriend was just recently diagnosed with Migraines(funny thing I knew what he had before the doctor did-comes with being an epileptic) and his doctor told him to cut caffeine out completely, although he seems to have attacks more if he doesn't drink coffee. I am going to continue to drink it, although not in as much mass quantity as I did once. :)