worry and stimulants

[billgonz1]

If I even drink coffee or ad meds. Anything I can't stop worring . I have been dealing with this my whole life . I've been in therapy for years . It's a real demon .everything is stable in my life but me . I worry about things 6 months from now .( i have to go on cemo for 6 months) But I'm wasting now please help . Bill

[jtssteph]

If I am going manic or already there, I definitely have to stash the dr,pepper. But when I'm depressed or just in a normal state (like I am right now), I do drink it in moderation,. What I had a psychiatrist tell me was that I shouldn't ever drink over 32 ounces in one day. Yes, it's a bad habbit, but I'm not ready to give it up yet.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I tried to give up caffeine because I thought back to when I used to drink Mountain Dew a lot, which has the maximum legal amount of caffeine a drink can have in it, that I definitely was extremely manic where I would do things like throw trash cans on my high school's roof.  At the time I didn't really think much about it because I never feel euphoria when I'm manic or any type of high at all.  I have too much of an addiction I guess to caffeine so I just try to drink it in moderation and it seems to not effect me noticably.

[Alex_X_18]

basicly I only drink coffe or energy drinks when I am so tired I cannot even keep my eyes open....Thats normally when they give me a slight buzz but sometimes they still cause anxiety buildup throught the day I would also drink a moutain dew when I was depressed because it would lift my mood

[bastet56]

Hope you do well on your chemo. I am caffeine sensitive too. I can safely drink my morning coffee but any caffeine after 11 am sets me off into manialand. I stick to decaf ice tea during the day. Good luck to you.

[ILADVOCATE]

Caffeine or caffeinated beverages are best avoided in bipolar with bipolar. I myself was overly sensitive and even a large container or Arizona ice tea or green tea could make me manic in the past. Now I avoid everything with caffeine. Don't know if that's the case for all people but anything that's activating can set off mania and that's not uncommon.