Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
I am coming on tippy toes as I enter into the open discussions again, for fear of standing on someone. Yet I don't think my topic is controversial or offensive. All I want to know is how caffeine affect you all.
I love good coffee and diet coke. But they send me ragging, off the charts with aggression. I have proven this to myself and my family. When I am tired and/or stressed, caffeine tips me over the edge and I lose it, when I am driving, with the kids, whatever. Stay off the caffeine and I might still get cranky, but it doesn't last and I can hold myself together.
Do any of you have a similar reaction? I have literally tested an proven it and my wife will verify it. Two good cups of coffee and two hours later I feel uptight, especially in the frontal lob, the top front of my head right between my eyes. Stay off coffee and I can cope. Seriously, have any of you had the same experience? Have you tried not drinking caffeine? It is hard as I love it, but like smoking it has proven to be too costly for my relationships.
I love good coffee and diet coke. But they send me ragging, off the charts with aggression. I have proven this to myself and my family. When I am tired and/or stressed, caffeine tips me over the edge and I lose it, when I am driving, with the kids, whatever. Stay off the caffeine and I might still get cranky, but it doesn't last and I can hold myself together.
Do any of you have a similar reaction? I have literally tested an proven it and my wife will verify it. Two good cups of coffee and two hours later I feel uptight, especially in the frontal lob, the top front of my head right between my eyes. Stay off coffee and I can cope. Seriously, have any of you had the same experience? Have you tried not drinking caffeine? It is hard as I love it, but like smoking it has proven to be too costly for my relationships.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
I switched to decaf recently and I get no reactions from it. Even a small glass of coke at night would make me edgy too...so try either Coke Zero or Pepsi-free....and be freak-out free!