Caffeine made me a completely different person
Sharing my experience to hold myself accountable and also hopefully help someone out if you're considering quitting.
Some back story. I was addicted to caffeine for most of my 20's, I drank coffee and monster daily. I quit cold turkey about 8 years ago after experiencing panic attacks. I felt great for 8 years, very even energy. I started drinking caffeine about 4 months ago again. I used the excuse of having a baby and being sleep deprived. BUT, now I am completely addicted again and I feel horrible.
Some of the ways I have noticed caffeine affects me personally:
Increase in anxiety
Panic attacks
Increase in stress
Numb/trouble feeling emotions
Serious brain fog
Trouble focusing and making decisions
Decrease in sleep quality
Anger/irritability/overall more cold
Overall uncomfortable/unsettled feeling
Used shopping to try to fix that feeling ended up with stuff I don't need/want
Extreme highs and lows
Decrease in patience
Sadness/depression
Dry/dull complexion
Increase in acne
Drastic increase in ocd and ruminating
Ready to feel good again, quitting cold turkey today!
Thanks for reading 🙂