I was just reading about this on one of the science newsletters I get. It depends on a gene you have whether it affects you badly apparently. I can drink a couple in the morning ok and one in the afternoon. I used to be able to scoff it down all day once, I miss that.

30 years ago it was really hot and I started getting heart papitations. Anxiety went through the roof. It was only when I realized that I'd drank about 2 pitchers of Chrystal Light (which had just come out) that I realized that it had to be the caffeine.

Since then, I've seen that if I drink a high amount...that it bother's me. But a cup or two of coffee and tea...have no affect.

So...I'm kind of in the middle on this.

100% of anything is rare in Nature. Our old Mother Earth does love making exceptions to every rule and rules for every exception. Any time a health fad or propaganda campaign tells me something is the same for *everybody*, no exceptions, I have already stopped listening and talking. Arguing with a fool will only prove there are two fools. Yes ma'am/sir. Can we change the subject now?

I have a hyper-active metabolism. Coffee, like ritalin, actually calms me. I feel it in my bladder long before I feel it in my nerves.

To take this a step further, the exceptions to every rule phenom is a well known and respected phenom in science. If you take the time to read the original science reports attached, you will typically discover at least one or three of the exceptions are listed there. It is usually the reporters, control freaks and gossips who turn solid research into an absolute with more holes than substance.

Trust your strictly personal senses, Girl. Not even clones are identical. Diversity rules.

Doesn't affect my anxiety one way or the other. My father could drink
a cup of coffee at night and go to sleep. I'm the same way. It doesn't
stimulate me.

I stay away from it because it makes the paps go through the roof. And that starts anxiety. Decaf everything!! But I do eat a piece of dark chocolate every now and then.

Right there with Arfie on the uniqueness of each of us. Have known several folks who can not take adult doses of meds. Caffeine is not my friend, as it sets off Essential Tremor and adds to insomnia. Then again Sudafed will keep me up all night; and Robitussin makes me hyper. People OD on water each year. Sorry if this became a bit of a rant. Our DNA is ours alone, and thank heavens for decaf. Hugs to all.

One ... two ... three ... it depends on my system whether or not I'm affected outside of normal processing.

For those who find certain ingredients to be hard to process, I've added a series of questions to help them find the clues that often bring relief of the acute anxiety levels. Location, time, people, details and sometimes, it leads to an interesting help.

Best wishes to everyone. Treat your self with kindness, always.

Bring on the coffee! No doubt more like flavored cream with some added coffee. I don't feel any change or problems with anxiety.

I can't function without coffee, even tho I think it is nasty and often hurts my bladder and stomach.