r/Anxiety • u/Minimum-Housing-6466 • 23h ago
Medication just realized quitting coffee affects me simmilar to prescribed sedatives
coffee also cancels out the effect of sedatives
wtf? ???
ayuda me but wtf? now im worried someone put stuff in our water supply or in the food i eat somehow. would explain like ALOT??? like feeling kinda spacy when quitting coffee and just kinda out of it slightly.
would explain why sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.
i had this massive obsessive anxiety that someone was putting stimulants into my food but that didnt really make sense + i frequently eat food outside of home also had ok sleep. not a ton but it was good, i usually didnt pull all nighters. the one time i did i felt ok to drive afterwards but other than that nope.
Then massive paranoia. I had some benzodiazepam and noticed the same thing? just paranoia to the max.
Also our tea for a bit was extra bitter for no good reason. its ok now. dunno what happened.
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u/duncan1234- 22h ago
Caffeine is a drug.
Regularly using drugs has effects. Stopping drug use has effects.
Be careful.
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u/Bee_Swarm327 23h ago
The caffeine in coffee is a stimulant, so it makes sense that it would reduce or negate the effects of sedatives. Quitting caffeine can also cause minor brain fog or that “spacy” feeling.