My former p-doc told me not to drink (or eat) any caffeine. I'm bipolar. However, I do admit that I usually have a bit each day.....I've not taken Zoloft, however, so I don't know about that....

I would suggest, as folks say, to check with your p-doc. If you do chose to drink coffee, I would certainly agree to the idea of being careful. Could you "cut" it with some decaffeinated coffee--i.e., just have a bit of regular, but mainly decaf in your cup?

I most definitely avoid caffeine later on in the day regardless. None after lunch time is my general policy. As it is, I take Nuvigil in the morning to help keep me awake--prescribed by my current pdoc--since I take drugs that dope me up. Too much caffeine seems to contribute to my anxiety as well as to an inability to sleep at night. I haven't addressed the caffeine issue with her. But it does make sense to me to cut down on it, anyway.

You know, I seem to recall when I was in the hospital that we were always given the option of coffee in the morning--and I truly don't think it was decaf--but maybe they gave it to us and didn't tell us....