Trying to stop over-loading on caffeine

[Guest guest]

Anyone else struggling with this?

I ordinarily drink 2 weak cups of coffee a day.

I'm ok with that.

Since I've been feeling this dreadful brain fog - I can't even remember for how

long -

I keep drinking coffee. even tho it is clear that it doesn't help.

If you are old enough you may remember that commercial,

" Coffee, the think drink " .

Propaganda!

I really feel sick or uncomfortable when I drink more than my 2 usual cups.

So sometimes it helps me to share something that I'm stuck with, so that is why

my post.

regards,

ellen

[Guest guest]

Ellen,

Try weaning yourself from coffee gradually and substituting black tea (Earl Grey

is very flavorful) which has half the caffeine.Then switch to green or herbal

teas which are caffeine free. I only drank one strong cup of coffee a day

before my neuro symptoms got bad. Coffee never caused a problem before that.

Now I can barely tolerate any caffeine--it increases my neuro symptoms.

Caffeine is definitely not helpful for those of us with neuro lyme. There are

supplements which help with brain fog: eleuthero (Siberian Ginseng) , Acetyl-L

Carnitine taken with SAM-e. There are others in Buhner's book: Huperzine,

Vincamine & Zinc. pgs 61-66.

Kim

[ ] Trying to stop over-loading on caffeine

Anyone else struggling with this?

I ordinarily drink 2 weak cups of coffee a day.

I'm ok with that.

Since I've been feeling this dreadful brain fog - I can't even remember for how

long -

I keep drinking coffee. even tho it is clear that it doesn't help.

If you are old enough you may remember that commercial,

" Coffee, the think drink " .

Propaganda!

I really feel sick or uncomfortable when I drink more than my 2 usual cups.

So sometimes it helps me to share something that I'm stuck with, so that is why

my post.

regards,

ellen

[Guest guest]

Ellen,

I too feel sick if I drink more than 2 cups a day, it doesn't help me

w/brain fog. Coffee leaches minerals/nutrients from our bodies, and Lyme

already uses them up, so green tea or herbal tea might be a better choice

for us coffee drinkers.

Green tea is supposed to have some anti-inflammatory compounds in it.

Feel better!

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" rasheedaas " <rasheedaas@...>

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Date:

02/10/2010 09:56 AM

Subject:

[ ] Trying to stop over-loading on caffeine

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Anyone else struggling with this?

I ordinarily drink 2 weak cups of coffee a day.

I'm ok with that.

Since I've been feeling this dreadful brain fog - I can't even remember

for how long -

I keep drinking coffee. even tho it is clear that it doesn't help.

If you are old enough you may remember that commercial,

" Coffee, the think drink " .

Propaganda!

I really feel sick or uncomfortable when I drink more than my 2 usual

cups.

So sometimes it helps me to share something that I'm stuck with, so that

is why my post.

regards,

ellen

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There is a supplement called Rhodiola that is supposed to give a pickup(enough

to replace coffee). For me it was not that strong but since I have more chronic

drowsiness, it might work for you. Doug

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Subject: Re: [ ] Trying to stop over-loading on caffeine

Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 10:27 AM

 

Ellen,

I too feel sick if I drink more than 2 cups a day, it doesn't help me

w/brain fog. Coffee leaches minerals/nutrients from our bodies, and Lyme

already uses them up, so green tea or herbal tea might be a better choice

for us coffee drinkers.

Green tea is supposed to have some anti-inflammatory compounds in it.

Feel better!

From:

" rasheedaas " <rasheedaas (DOT) com>

To:

Date:

02/10/2010 09:56 AM

Subject:

[ ] Trying to stop over-loading on caffeine

Sent by:

Anyone else struggling with this?

I ordinarily drink 2 weak cups of coffee a day.

I'm ok with that.

Since I've been feeling this dreadful brain fog - I can't even remember

for how long -

I keep drinking coffee. even tho it is clear that it doesn't help.

If you are old enough you may remember that commercial,

" Coffee, the think drink " .

Propaganda!

I really feel sick or uncomfortable when I drink more than my 2 usual

cups.

So sometimes it helps me to share something that I'm stuck with, so that

is why my post.

regards,

ellen

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