Caffeine and seizures

Written cautions (warning labels) about caffeine already exist (2010). Written cautions (disclosure wording printed on product boxes) for caffeine sold as a FDA approved alerting aid (100 mg caffeine) in the pharmacy area of a grocery store in the USA have been around for over 40 years. Caffeine is a known weak drug. Some energy drinks containing caffeine have mild caution labels. Soft drinks list the caffeine content but often do not say much more than that. The caution labels for alerting agents are often along the lines of: Warnings - For occasional use only - Caffeine warning: The recommended dose of this product contains about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. Limit the use of caffeine-containing medications, foods, or beverages while taking this product because too much caffeine may cause nervousness, irritability, sleeplessness, and, occasionally, rapid heartbeat. Compared to other drugs such as nicotine and alcohol, coffee/caffeine - when used in moderation - is deemed to have less side-effects. Caffeine is known to be weaker and safer than all the prescription only stronger stimulants such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Adderall. Caffeine is the world's most widely used psychoactive substance (coffee, tea) and it is such a large business item/international business that manufacturers tend to not talk about the caffeine at all/what it does/doesn't do. Generally speaking, nutrition including caffeine is ignored by the medical community and not talked about much at all. Doctors are quite quick to prescribe Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Adderall without mentioning the existence of coffee/caffeine compounds/FDA approved alertness aids. It's quite common to see a picture of Santa Claus drinking a soft drink containing caffeine during the Winter Holidays/Christmas Season. Again, written cautions about some caffeine (products) have been around for many decades in the USA already. There also has been a slow, systematic upgrade trend to written cautions for soft drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine too. There is a growing awareness to inform consumers that caffeine is a weak drug and that consumers have the right to know that caffeine is a weak drug vs an inert ingredient. Caffeine agrees with some users; caffeine does not agree with other users who choose to avoid it and consume something else.

I don't know. I am in between neuros right now and the one I was just with made me cut all caffeine out. She didn't like that I had one can of pop a day. The dr before, an epileptologists didn't see it as a problem. I plan on asking the new dr I see next week because I miss my cherry coke too much. :)