I drank coffe all my adult life. Do not see difference in symptoms .

I drink one cup of 1/2 caf, 1/2 regular. And for a treat, a whole cup. No difference except I pee a lot (TMI) :)

Hi Cole, First I want to say thanks for the info about the Web presentation. It is not out until April 15 which is Tuesday. My Dr. is tarting me on a new med so I want to watch that!!!

But in regard to coffee. I'm a heavy duty coffee drinker. I drink at least 3 cups before I leave in the morning for work and at work I have a double shot cappuccino, and then I start on the decaf one or two cups in the afternoon. LOL I think I fill the bill when looking for a big coffee drinker. I inherited my love of coffee from my grandmother. In the 50's she used to give us all coffee milk along with breakfast.

A lot of times I get up around 3:00 am and start drinking my beloved coffee then and wait out taking my sinement until 6:00 am and I feel my coffee HELPS me get through that awake, active 3:00 am - 6:00 am period when I will take my first morning dose of sinemet.

As far a coffee waiving off PD - I have been a heavy coffee drinker since age 30 and I still got PD.

So I consider coffee part of my medical cocktail of PD drugs.

Thanks, all, and especially Deb's detailed input. I've seen places suggest to stay away from coffee, or high caffeine, suggesting that caffeine stimulates adrenaline production, which makes tremors worse.

Meanwhile on another site recommending a supplement regimen, out of no where and with no explanation, it says to start your morning off with a strong cup of coffee.

So I figured I'd ask what real-life PD folks have experienced. Out of the responses here and a couple I got on a Facebook PD support group, the answer is a unanimous it makes no difference one way or the other.

By way of background, I'm a home roaster of coffee. Have regularly drank coffee most of my adult life, and became a coffee snob in 2004 when I pickup up on home roasting my coffee.

Based on all this, I think it is safe to once again move back to full caffeinated coffee. :)

My spouse only drink about 1 cup per day or sometime not any so you can't tell by him. I can't see how it would affect it.

My suggestion as a coffee drinker and daughter of a lovely woman with PD who sometimes drank caffeinated coffee and no longer does....be careful drinking coffee if you had PD with anxiety. It may make your anxiety worse.

Opps, I meant: "...if you HAVE PD..."

I still have my 2cups of coffee in the mornings. Doesn't seem to affect symptoms any. If I don't have my coffee in the mornings I usually get a headache. Coffee also seems to clear my sinuses, I used to drink 4-5
Cups a day.a couple of years ago the cut down to 2. I would feel worse without my morning coffee.

I think it varies from person to person. But most people I talk to say it doesn't seem to affect them either way. I guess I could see where caffeine being a stimulant could cause you to shake more.