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Default May 28, 2022 at 06:03 AM
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I have had coffee since I was 13 years old. Every morning, one cup of black instant. I love coffee.

Since I was about 40 I knew that having coffee past 12 pm would be a mistake. But now I am wondering about giving it up completely.

I have noticed I am having trouble sleeping and I have lots of muscle twitching when I lie down at night. If I do have a second cup of coffee I can be sure I will have a really difficult time sleeping.

I also have been researching a diet and the diet calls for giving up coffee as it can inhibit weight loss.

I feel like maybe coffee effects you more as you age.

Has anyone else given it up as they got older?
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Default May 28, 2022 at 06:10 AM
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I have stopped drinking coffee several times. The first few days are rough but then i feel a lot better. But i always go back to it.

I cannot have the second cup. I was having restless legs recently but i attributed it to weaning off topamax, a seizure medication, and high blood sugar. So i titrated back onto topamax, and increased my blood sugar med, and no longer have the restless leg.
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Default May 28, 2022 at 06:18 AM
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I have noticed some sensitivity even to having chocolate after dinner. I know withdrawal is bad. When I was in my 20s I moved to another state and forgot the coffee and man, I was out cold for days after arrival with a wicked headache.

I have to go back to work for most of the month of June but after that I think I am going to give it a shot.
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Default May 28, 2022 at 07:55 AM
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Ditto on the chocolate.
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Default May 28, 2022 at 11:03 AM
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I've noticed coffee stalls my weight loss. I had coffee several days in a row last week. The scale didn't budge. I stopped the coffee and the scale instantly moved the next day.

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I've been almost entirely a black tea drinker for quite a few years now. I used to enjoy coffee occasionally. But, as I've gotten older, I've found it just doesn't set well with me anymore. Nothing specific. It just leaves me feeling like I drank something I shouldn't have. Now, I'm actually working on getting off of regular black tea as well and instead drinking decaffeinated black tea, white tea, and chamomile tea. In fact I'm sipping a cup of chamomile tea as I type this.

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Coffee bothers my stomach but I am just no ready to give it up. I do love tea but not in the morning
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Default May 28, 2022 at 02:00 PM
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[QUOTE=Skeezyks;7214131Nothing specific. It just leaves me feeling like I drank something I shouldn't have. Now, I'm actually working on getting off of regular black tea as well and instead drinking decaffeinated black tea, white tea, and chamomile tea. In fact I'm sipping a cup of chamomile tea as I type this. [/QUOTE]

Yes.. not sure but Tuesday I felt sick. In a weird way. Like I was wired.

When I was a kid I had Brazil for "international day" and coffee was a big export so I made that for my presentation, but, I drank like 10 cups...

This was a similar feeling on Tuesday.
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Default May 31, 2022 at 05:21 PM
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Found out yesterday that there are 42 mg of caffine in a soda can.

I probably have 4 of those a day.

I am guessing I have about 300 to 400 mg per day with coffee and soda... so I am cutting back.
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Default Jun 01, 2022 at 05:56 AM
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Still considering cutting back on the coffee but I got some blood tests yesterday and my B12 is low along with Ferritin.

That could explain twitching.
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Are you exercising? 30 minutes on the bike makes me sleep like a baby. I took half a beta blocker last night (20 instead of 40 mg) because i thought i was out of them and i twitched like a dang fool. I took the other half this morning after the pharmacy messaged me and i feel a lot better. But i also didnt use my half teaspoon of instant espresso this morning. I do still use maxwell house intl coffee. Im italian, i cant give up my coffee!!!
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Are you exercising? 30 minutes on the bike makes me sleep like a baby. I took half a beta blocker last night (20 instead of 40 mg) because i thought i was out of them and i twitched like a dang fool. I took the other half this morning after the pharmacy messaged me and i feel a lot better. But i also didnt use my half teaspoon of instant espresso this morning. I do still use maxwell house intl coffee. Im italian, i cant give up my coffee!!!
Yes ironically I have been washing and cleaning every aspect of my 3 floor townhouse which got very bad during the pandemic and cat's illness. That only made it worse. I think I am weak muscled and the twitching is because I pushed the muscles too far.

Last night I took 2 ativan and used a weighted blanket to cut down on the twitching.

I did get a good 9 hours.
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Default Jun 03, 2022 at 07:09 AM
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So I cut back to one the of instant yesterday and wow, I was out cold by 11. I ended up sleeping for 2 hours. Then last night I didn't fall asleep until 11 but the sleep was much better. I have been without coffee 2 x in my life... one on a trip to Europe where I was jet lagged anyway... and the coma like sleep I had was like last night.

Still having some twitching though but I did some streaching last night and it helped.
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Default Jun 03, 2022 at 08:58 AM
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If your ferritin is low I’m guessing you’re advised to take iron supplements? Coffee or tea inhibits iron absorption if so, you can still have it just more than 2 hours away from a meal or supplement.

On the subject of caffeine sensitivity, I think some of us are more sensitive and it’s quite possible some of us become more so as we age. I personally have coffee only once a day but not every day.
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If your ferritin is low I’m guessing you’re advised to take iron supplements? Coffee or tea inhibits iron absorption if so, you can still have it just more than 2 hours away from a meal or supplement..
Ha no my incompetent doctor told me that "ferritin is a sign of inflammation not iron"

Yup I will be ignoring her and looking for a new doctor.

I also didn't ask her advice I asked her to put in labs so I could get retested.

She gave me bad advice and failed to put in the labs.

I am taking a multi vitamin with iron and getting retested - probably so I don't have to deal with her.
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