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Dealing with aniexty attacks
Perhaps they think they would have an unsympathetic hearing, or that their misplaced fear of being told they are crazy or mad would be realized. There may also be an unwillingness to accept fully the existence of attacks even to themselves, let alone others.
It can take a lot of courage to tell someone the way you feel. It's not as easy as saying you have a sore throat or a broken leg.
How Caffeine Affects Anxiety Attacks Symptoms
Too Much Coffee Can Create Anxiety Attacks Symptoms
It's true - if you drink a lot of high caffeine drinks each day (like tea, coffee, cola drinks etc) it can easily bring on a lot of the various symptoms of anxiety.
The unfortunate thing is that a lot of doctors either don't realise this, or simply neglect to ask their patient, who is coming in for help with anxiety attack symptoms, about how much caffeine they may be consuming each day.
An army officer I know of was taking "calm-down" drugs for over 14 months with virtually no effect. He was suffering dizziness, "stomach butterflies", diarrhea, and several other mild anxiety symptoms.
Fortunately the army medical officer was aware of the impact of caffeine on anxiety, and suggested he reduce his coffee intake down from his current 14 cups a day to 3 or 4 at most. With a couple of days he started to notice a distinct improvement in his condition, and no longer needed the relaxant over-the-counter drugs he was taking.
So if your experiencing only mild anxiety symptoms, first check on your caffeine intake, or at leat mention it to your doctor.
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squidoojenny wrote...
My older brother suffers quite badly with anxiety so I have forwarded this lens to him. He does drink way too much coffee so hopefully this will help him out
Posted May 31, 2008
dmswans wrote...
I have never had an anxiety attack although I have cut back on coffee and feel much better
Posted May 31, 2008
stop-smoking-today wrote...
How true on the bad effects of caffeine! I used to work a lot of strange and long hours (12 per day, different shifts 7 days a week) in often high pressure situations. I was using a combination of both coffee/cola and cigarettes to keep me going. What a mistake. I cut back on the caffeine, quit smoking, and felt a million times better, and performed better too. Excellent advice here.
Posted May 31, 2008
getbacklinks wrote...
Hello wendybrausch, I have just emailed the link to this great lens to my friend Jane who suffers bad at the moment, but guess what, she drinks loads of caffeine!
Time for change...
Posted May 31, 2008
ms-giggles wrote...
Hi Wendy, You sooo right about cutting back on caffeine! Between the stress of every day life and adding caffeine to that, we cause all kinds of problems in are bodies, one is free radicals.
Free radicals cause disease in are body. We all need to find a way to calm are anxiety!
Thanks Beth
Posted May 03, 2008
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