Good question I am on 5000mgs and drink coffee the elixer of life.

Caffiene does effect the meds that runs through the liver...like Lithium does too. It just causes you to become more drhydrated becasue coffee is a diyuretic. You need to always make sure your liver is hydrated or you can get toxic. (I'm not a real doc I just play one on the internet!)

watch your water, and caffeine can make me manic at times. I was on depakote and drinking Amp and no one said anything

VERY intersting topic!! Hmmmm...
Well, Gimme - that makes total sense with the lithium! And, yes, I have to be very careful or I can get a bit hypomanic (maybe a notch below). Half caf or decaf helps!
Good thing I drink lots of water and only do coffee maybe twice per week...
HAD to read a thread about Starbucks!!!

I take Depakote. MD didn't warn me about liver damage. I have a genetic liver disease that my (non BP) Uncle died of--non alcholic stetanosis. ANYTHING I drink/eat/take as meds harms my liver. I drink a tasty brew-Pub beer Friday nights w/ my husband. 3 Bailey's a week when under strain (like when my father had 4 heart attacks in a row). 1-2 cups of coffee a day & LOVE it but can't afford StarBuck's. Man, we could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Or a 6,000 lb foot land on our heads (Monty Python-HA!) My mother is an RN and she says: "Better to die happy than live in fear." It's good to eat well, exercise, etc. but Joi de Vivre is crucial! My sister died at age 39 of liver cancer. No cause known. She wasn't on any meds. Nobody on either side of the families ever had liver cancer. She LIVED full force hosting big parties, dancing, raising 3 great kids, magna cum laude Anthro' degree, trips to Mexico every other year, great marriage, amazing person. I am trying to be more like her & less worried about what's going to damage my health. I will be reading this post to see what the scientific evidence is re: coffee.

You know how it goes, one month a glass of red wine is good for your heart. Next, all wine is bad. I think we all have to find what works for us, what makes us healthiest & happiest & then LIVE!

Called it Dope-akote. Made me so doppy. Love coffee and drank it while taking D. My liver is Ok.

Coffee out and talking to friends. Does it get much better?

TX Gimmechoc--It makes sense that dep. causes dehydration. I used to drink 8 glasses of H20/day MD told me that was too much for me. 4-5 four oz. glasses/day works for me. Water is crucial! Good to know it can help vs. liver problems

I have always beeen told not have caffeine.

I am on a cup of coffee today and am feeling so anxious.

This is good coffee shop coffee, too. Most days it's just a 1/2 teaspoon of folgers in 12 oz of water.

Now i am switching to some chamomile tea, for the afternoon.

LOVE the coffee buzz. Learning to get comfortable with the natural, just being, level, but hard.

Love the buzz.

My pdoc let me know straight out that Depakote was bad for the liver. The good docs are supposed to get a liver count BEFORE putting a person on any meds. This is done through a blood test. All the literature from the med companies state this. It's that lit that you find in the waiting room of some places. They all refer to getting your pre-med weight and blood count.

My pdoc did it AFTER i was already on the med.