Anxiety is caused by thoughts and repressed feelings that can be triggered by situations and certain foods. Caffeine is a big trigger for many people because it's affects on the body mimic many anxiety symptoms. The caffeine is not causing your anxiety. Your thoughts about the racing heart are causing your anxiety. Continue to tell yourself that you have a healthy heart, that the affects of the caffeine will reduce as the day goes on and that the anxiety you are feeling can not hurt you. It is important to continue to repeat this to yourself as much as possible as it does take time for this new thought process to take hold and work.

When I am that agitated I will pace to burn off the excess adrenaline. So, if it helps and you have the space, pace around. Go for a walk if it's a nice day. Also, have a good cry. It's amazing how cleansing a good cry can be.

I do hope you are feeling better very soon.
Take care

I stopped telling myself about caffeine, and just gave myself permission to drink as much as I wanted, when I wanted, and to just add a cup of water. By doing it this way, I hydrated myself through the normal anxiety symptoms and the sensations disappeared naturally.

I agree with Lucky, get moving, and have yourself a good cry. It really does work.

I had to give up caffeine in college. Well, it was suggested to me by a doctor to see if my inner ear issues would resolve without the beverage. I went cold turkey. It is the only way that I can successfully get rid of things. There was no weaning my children off bottles and pacifiers. It was just gone. I know some people think that is cruel, but it is the only way I seem to be able to stop things. SO, I just really never went back after stopping the caffeine. I have sweet tea on occasions but generally decaf on that as well and some dark chocolate as treats on occasions. It didn't help my inner ear issues at all to get rid of the caffeine though.
Sorry that the ss is still causing increased anxiety. I was really hoping that would get better. I feel you with the clonazepam and doc issues.

Thanks all for your comments. Things with my ss are fine. We had a great time the other day. I took him shopping and we stopped to get ice cream and then watched a couple of movies together. I think I'm afraid that was just a fluke, though, and I'm going to screw up and not capitalize on it. On top of those worries, I had a little too much coffee, so I was having a major flare up of anxiety. So, yeah, it's like things were a little too good and now I'm afraid I'm going to screw it up. It sounds crazy when I write it! Lol.

Most days I can't see any difference in my anxiety if I just stick to one or two cups of coffee, but if I drink more than that, it makes a big difference. Perhaps I just need to make extra sure I only have one cup. I can't imagine giving it up completely. I really do love the ritual of my morning coffee!