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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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AnxietyFreak40 03/14/2017

We all know Caffeine is not good for anxiety. I have a horrible coffee addiction. I LOVE coffee. 4am til 8 at night. Anyone fighting/have fought this and what worked/didn't work for you.

LittleSadie 03/14/2017

Try doing half-caf half-decaf at first. Then you can lower it more after you adjust to that. I had to do it because coffee was giving me major anxiety. I didn't think I could quit it. I used to drink 2-4 cups a day. Now maybe I'll have a cup once in awhile if I'm super groggy. But it's nice to not be addicted anymore.

AnxietyFreak40 03/14/2017

I know I need to try again. Just wasn't going to quit the smoking and the coffee at the same time (my boss thanked me for that lol). I think this will be way harder than the smoking because I love coffee so much and sip it all day at my desk.

Hawkns 03/14/2017

i love coffee also, Tim Horton is the best coffee, when i get up its a wake me up cup, then 2 more after that. then see friends and have 2 more there. then home 3 more cups. after that i feel a panic attack coming. so i have to slow down on coffee in take

AnxietyFreak40 03/14/2017

yeah...I was just asking my boss how I can be so exhausted and edgy all at the same time...as I poured another cup. aaahhhh!

KuraiNekoMT13 03/14/2017

find something that tastes like coffee but does not have caffeine in it.

prettybig 03/14/2017

Decaf

AnxietyFreak40 03/14/2017

I have tried teaccino..which is chicory blend..no caffeine...they are pretty good but pricey. I know ..it doesn't matter how much I LOVE it..I just need to suck it up and do it.

junie423 03/15/2017

You have to ween yourself off caffeine like any other drug.

sumotherguy 03/16/2017

I was like you, but with soda which is worse because soda is just crap. When my anxiety hit a few years back I just had to cut it out. It was horrible while I "dexoted". I would try and drink one thinking ok if I'm out and moving it will be ok. However later is when the anxiety iwould hit me. So now I've given it up. If I get a coffee it has to be decaf or I send it back.

briggy1 03/16/2017

Folgers half caffeine. Drink it slow and enjoy

AnxietyFreak40 03/16/2017

Today is my really long day. I start work at 7am and then have class after work until 8 or 9pm. I'm already on cup 6...LOL I do need to cut down. :(

Hawkns 03/20/2017

Go to decaf and learn to slow down on drinking coffee, it's all in our heads that we need that caffeine in. Get more done by doing and not drinking coffee, can't work and drink I say. Have a great day.

bridgie101 03/20/2017

I quit a while ago. I'm back on. Had massive headaches. it's definitely an addiction and I think that means it tells you you love it when you just drink it because you need the drug.

How about eating? What are you eating? Are you eating healthy food? I found if I get actual nutrition in, I have less of that edgy need for coffee. So maybe have a bowl of apples on your desk?

AnxietyFreak40 03/20/2017

I follow the wild diet....kind of a paleo type thing..very low carb. I have found one decaf tea that I like but I just love the taste of coffee...especially in the winter months I am sipping on it all day.

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