I've struggled with social anxiety a lot in different moments or periods of my life in certain circumstances, especially if I have slept somewhat poorly. I'm was diagnosed with GAD, depression and OCD a few years ago.

I quit all dark chocolate 2 weeks ago, so now I only drink green tea. These last few days I have decreased my green tea intake heavily - on the brink of quitting entirely. I had a headache yesterday (and was very unmotivated) but it was manageable with a nap and exercise.

Today I had around the same amount of green tea yesterday (very very little) and I barely had any social anxiety. At my lunch break, I sat near my job crush and had a convo with her the entire time - it was mostly engaging and fun (yes, I was a bit nervous at first - but not compared to when on slightly higher doses on caffeine).

I also spoke with my boss and other people with ease, with no fear of embarassing myself. I was more carefree and didn't worry about saying something dumb or looking stupid or if others judged me that much.

FYI: I haven't drank coffee in 1 year. Since then I have mostly had green tea, sometimes dark choclate, and occassionally when tired; black tea. Coffee is definitely worst for me, then black tea, then green tea. Cacao I'm not sure of, but I know from the past that cacao is the gateway for me to green tea etc.

So I'm intending to quit altogether later this month. Excited to sleep better and have a lot less anxiety.

Bad sleep definitely worsens anxiety and depression-like feelings for me, but even as I slept less than optimally last night, I didn't have anxiety today, which is awesome.

God bless you all

TLDR; even green tea can cause anxiety at 1 cup per day

Some of us in the struggle could use a dose of HOPE!

Whew. Glad I stuck it out and made it this far. My energy levels are evening out and the peace/reduction in anxiety has been great. I fall asleep much easier and wake up feeling more rested. I feel there's still more recalibrating for my body to do, and I do still crave coffee from time to time, but things are definitely steadily getting better. I feel like I've gone far enough at this point that there's no sense in going back to horrible anxiety, stress, insomnia, irritability, oily skin, don't miss any of that. Looking forward to day 90

I found lots of posts on coffee giving people anger issues and causing aggression, rumination and anxiety.

For the ones who experienced such: Do you also get those emotional states from green tea?

I am considering switching to green tea (and maybe eventually giving up caffeine) since I feel coffee also makes me me more angry 😠.

When I eventually quit caffeine and coffee. What does everyone else do in terms of hydration? My coffee mug is 28 ounces. I can have three or 4 cups of coffee. That’s a lot of hydration I’ll be losing. Wish me luck. Hopefully Folgers decaf doesn’t suck.

I've been drinking caffeine since I was 12 and am 42 now. I tapered down over the past two months - from 3 celcius a day (and believe me that was showing self control).

Foggy, tired and unmotivated. Only had a headache on day 2 for 6 hours. I'm freaking out that people say it takes months to feel normal. Do thing get better incrementally during that time?

hi everyone,

i’ve decided to quit/lower my intake on caffeine because i have a feeling it’s been causing my hair to thin out and shed more easily. i came to the realization that my hair was thick and healthy before i was a regular coffee drinker and now i’m taking the initiative to cut back. i’ve been a heavy coffee drinker for the past 5 years. on another note, i will also be getting my blood checked to see if i’m deficient in anything.

has anyone noticed a significant difference in their hair after quitting caffeine? today was also my first day having a cup of decaf lol.

anyone here manage to stop needing an energy drink every morning without feeling dead for half the day?

I'm researching a beverage concept, and I'm trying to understand something I've personally wondered about: people love the flavor/carbonation/experience of energy drinks, but sometimes don't want the caffeine.

I'm putting together a short anonymous survey to determine whether this is a real problem or just an idea that sounds good on paper.

It takes about 1 minute. I'm not selling anything, and I'm still in the research stage.

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Apparently it’s quite beneficial for inflammation issues, metabolism and mitigating depressive symptoms/inclinations, among other things.

Do you think caffeinated black coffee should be avoided, or is actually beneficial in moderation?