[Ocean Swimmer]

Costa Rica grows coffee. It's the best and fresh too.
I only drink two cups early in the morning. Black.
It cheers me up a little.
I knew a guy who would drink 2 pots a day. Skinny too.
My girlfriend saves hers and has iced coffee on hot afternoons.
I've heard some in my support group have given it up. Makes them jittery or messes with the meds.
Do you drink coffee?

[Wander]

I drink about 5-6 cups a day. Doesn't seem to effect me badly. It barely makes me awake.
I seem immune to caffeine. Have had times with little or no coffee and noticed no difference.

[wiretwister]

I must , repeat must have my cup in the am ... or I just do not function very well at all .... but mine I believe stems from my poor sleep ....

[bioChE]

Either Latuda or Lamictal seem to have removed my dependence on coffee. I've been a strong coffee drinker for decades, the more the better. Like Wander, 5-6 cups/day is normal. Could be as much as 10.

Prior to about a year ago, I depended on coffee to get me up in the morning, give me a little buzz, and I'd go on my way. Something happened though, and I no longer get off on my first cup of the day. Or the second. Or the third, etc.

I blamed it on Depakote and the hangover/slow/stupid person that made me. However, a few months ago I went off the Depakote and the result is the same. It also doesn't seem to matter if I miss my morning joe or if I have it later in the day. I can tell no difference.

I'm afraid to say it, but I may be immune to coffee these days.

[Ocean Swimmer]

I have an expresso machine I picked up at a Thrift shop. My brother told me the trick to keeping the machine working is avoid using the steamed milk attachment.
Maybe expresso would be good.

[Faltering]

I'm sensitive to coffee. Still, I rely on it to improve my mood and keep me motivated. I will drink warm coffee on cold days, but I prefer iced coffee. Let's just say I spend too much money at Starbucks lol.

[mstButterfly]

I almost always have one mug of coffee in the morning with my breakfast, but I think it has become more of a habit than a need and I've been thinking about switching to decaf to see if it makes a difference. I have noticed that if I have any more coffee later in the day it makes me more talkative, and if I have too much without eating anything I start to feel like I'm climbing up the walls when in reality I'm sitting still and not doing much and my speech gets very rapid.

[gayleggg]

I drink a cup a day to warm me up in the morning. I can't tell that it does anything to me bad or good. I just like on cold mornings.

[Moose72]

I'm at Starbucks as I type this.

[zijax]

I drink espresso in the morning. My sister bought me a Nespresso machine. I have Starbucks iced coffee later in the afternoon. I love, love, love my smooth and velvet cappucinnos. Coffee doesn't make me jittery. Oh except cold brew. Cold brew rockets me to the moon, jacks me up bad.

[leejosepho]

Originally Posted by Ocean Swimmer

I knew a guy who would drink 2 pots a day...

I have been drinking up to two pots per day for so long that I have forgotten why I do, but I do know I could not imagine living without it. A couple of nurses and a doctor or two have said I need to drink more water, so I do at least have some water sitting here and I do at least try every once in a while.

[benzenering]

I drink only a cup or two. Love the stuff but it gives me a jittery feeling if I drink too much of it. I find it relaxing to sip on a cup while looking out into my yard watching the squirrels and birds.

[hopeless2015]

Having a cup right now....brown sugar crumble it's delish

[scatterbrained04]

I drink a lot of coffee. Probably around 1 to 1.5 pots per day on a work day. I drink only around 3 or 4 cups a day on the weekend. I don't know why. I think part of it is just wanting something hot to drink. So sometimes I switch to hot tea.

[xRavenx]

I drink 1-2 cups per day on average. Sometimes I get a little speedy, but I'm pretty dependent on it in the morning. I drink it almost black or occasionally black if it's a really high quality coffee.

[Unrigged64072835]

I was drinking about two pots a day of regular coffee. After I had my breakdown I switched to decaf. Had migraines for a couple of days but after that I was good. I find that I'm less anxious without it.

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. I think I survived off coffee for decades. But sometimes it causes my anxiety to go through the roof and other times I can drink 2 pots and still be tired. I drink caffeine when I'm depressed but not too depressed that I can't make myself a cup.

[Crazy Hitch]

I'm a coffee addict ... it's disgusting. Reckon I have 6 cups a day. Uhhhhh

[Standup2me]

2 cups in the morning and that's it
I used to drink around 15 cups a day, and then quit for 2 years.
I've been drinking 2 for a few years now, and I am happy with it

[Ocean Swimmer]

I get a headache too when I've gotten off coffee before

I used to drink 2 pots a day on average for years. Due to stomach pain and anxiety I gave it up for years. Now I drink it when depressed and very tired but just a cup or two. I've been thinking of drinking more when I'm depressed and seeing what happens.

[usehername]

For me, it depends heavily on what state I'm passing through... a year or so ago, when I was still heavily depressed, I was drinking 10+ shots of espresso daily. Now I can barely handle the three I drink every morning. It could be the depakote, though.

[LifeInProgress]

At 17 I was drinking 30-40 cups of black coffee a day! We counted. I was wired just a little tight.

Now at 51 I drink about two mugs of half regular, half decaff in the morning. 6 cups according to the coffee maker.

It helps me.