Coffee/Agoraphobia

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Can a decaf late make agoraphobia worse? I'm so dizzy and it feels like I

High and shaky. People at my work are really freaking me out today.

[[Fl...]]

I would think that any kind of stimulant could amp up anxiety related symptoms. For me a little caffeine helped out with the severe dr but I had to be careful not to overdo it. Not sure that it ever really amped my symptoms but I am sensitive to stimulants as it is and didn't want to take a chance on it affecting my sleep.

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This is like a Dizzy Weak Nauseas feeling, Like I feel out of My body and my legs are moving and I can't feel them.  I also feel feel light headed. 

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Decaffeinated coffee can still have an active amount of caffeine in it.

Starbucks use a number of different decaffeinated coffee blends (see below for details on how to buy these blends for home use).

 

The caffeine value shown here has been extrapolated from a series of tests undertaken by the University of Florida. The tests showed that a 16oz serving of decaffeinated brewed coffee had caffeine concentrations of 12 to 13.4 milligrams

 

For comparison, 16oz of Coca-Cola has ~50mg of caffeine in it, so a Starbucks decaf has close to 25% the caffeine of a volume equivalent of coke. In wd our nervous systems can be even more sensitive.

 

I'm not touching coffee, decaffeinated or otherwise, until I'm done riding this train.

 

Sources of data:

http://www.energyfiend.com/caffeine-content/starbucks-tall-decaf-coffee

http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm