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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: Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by rosegirl on Thu, 2006-09-28 - 16:53
I don't know what the difference between you and the coffee lovers but when it comes to some people all they have to drink is about a 1/3 a pot and they are good to go
Re: Caffeine a No-No?
Submitted by SaraOwens on Thu, 2006-09-28 - 21:05
I get up early, and I'll have a couple of cups over the next 3 hrs (I sip), 2 of those hours being at work in a convienience store (high paced environment), so I use the energy that the caffeine gives me. If I drink 2 cups or more outside of a fast-paced environment, then I begin to feel light auras. If I eat a bit it helps them to dissapate.
I have been able to quit drinking coffee for a while, using chamomile tea with honey, or other kinds of caffeine free herbal teas. I also buy a gallon jug of water, and when it's consumed, I'll put 2 tsp. of sugar in the jug, and refill it with water, shake it up and put it in the fridge! It's so neutral-tasting, and it does the opposite of coffee (it hydrates) while the small amount of sugar gives my body a tiny kick. Buying carbonated water and bottled water is a good distraction for me, because it's something I'm not used to, a change in routine, which takes my mind off of the coffee.
Eventually though, I will go back to coffee for a while, then go through the cycle again!
Re: Hi girlygirl, 'E' is the
Submitted by Butterflygrl on Thu, 2006-09-28 - 16:36
OMG!! You know something!?! This is a GREAT QUESTION! I find lately over the last few months, I get aura's after being PUMPED on a cup of coffee! (Tim Hortons' here in Canada!) It's SOOOO WEIRD! But I only have 2 small cups a day. That's it! It doesn't happen EVERY day, but only every once and a while!