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Oct 19, 2015, 02:32 PM
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Hi everyone. I've recently been prescribed Zoloft and Xanax and I'm finding caffeine to be a problem for me now. Caffeine has never been a problem for me before now, but now it makes my heart race and I start to feel queezy.
Does anyone else experience this? What do you drink instead to help get you through the day? |
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Oct 19, 2015, 05:25 PM
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You might want to consider trying natural roasted chicory root with your coffee; I have similar concerns, have to watch out for a heart rate that's a bit too fast lately, but also need the caffeine as a lever for my migraines.
The chicory has relaxing properties, but also a dark flavor that matches well with that of coffee.. as a result it's tasty, it's actually darker, you still get caffeine; I've genuinely come to prefer it. Some people make it on its own as a tea, and as a coffee substitute, but I put 1 part chicory to every 2 parts coffee in the filter and it makes a huge difference for me. It costs about the same as decent coffee, so it's not really an terrible expense to incorporate it: Amazon.com : Frontier Natural Products Organic Chicory Root Roasted -- 16 oz : Chicory Produce : Grocery & Gourmet Food That one's organic; Frontier has a non-organic too that's a couple of dollars less. There's also premixed chicory coffees, such as made by Cafe Du Monde and French Market, but I prefer being able to control the ratio, for obvious reasons. I got a tin of the Cafe Du Monde first since they can be gotten for about $9/pound, just to make sure I liked it, but I couldn't find it anywhere locally. It's more of a New Orleans tradition, chicory coffee. I was hooked right away though. Just an idea. In case you're like me and reluctant to give up caffeine and coffee altogether. 
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Oct 19, 2015, 06:33 PM
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Hi there
Thanks for the suggestion and the link! I ordered some and should be here Wednesday. (Yay for Prime!) I'm excited to give it a go. Coffee/caffeine is one of my favorite things and the idea of having to give it up was really bumming me out. Hopefully this will help.
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Oct 19, 2015, 10:50 PM
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that is not a good combination . I was Xanax and serazone and these two never worked for me .Zoloft was horrible for me it made me gain weight like crazy and I quit cold turkey w the Zoloft cuz my old psychiatrist jacked it up to 275 mgs daily . Diagnosis: Anxiety and depression meds: Cymbalta 90mgs at night Vistrail 2 25 mgs daily for anxiety prn 50 mgs at night for insomnia
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Oct 20, 2015, 08:24 AM
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 As far as it actually doing what it's supposed to it's too early to tell, but I'm staying positive.
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