Could Coffee Be The Source of Your Stress & Anxiety!?

From an early age we are told that coffee gives us energy and helps us be productive.

But, did you know that it definitely doesn't give us energy and may in fact impair our productivity?

In this episode Patrick breaks down a little bit of the science of how caffeine affects our body and leads us to stress and anxiety.

He also offers the three major ways that coffee affected his life negatively and how he finally quit his addiction to it.

Stress and anxiety are quite often a response to something going on under the surface. And while coffee is very popular, it is in fact a powerful stimulant that acts on our nervous system in ways we might not even be aware of.

There's no need to always feel irritated, upset, or challenged. If you're ready to honestly look at your caffeine intake and see how it might be ruining your quality of life, this episode has the information and the motivation you need to take the step towards quitting. Listen now!

[MaximusEquilibrium]

I thought i was anxious and depressed for years, then i quit coffee and all caffeine...and WOW...no more anxiety and depression....NONE...

[Ampedup]

This topic is under-discussed and needs to be talked about some more. I recently discovered what was causing my stress and anxiety and always feeling extremely frustrated by any little thing that won't go my way. I used to drink a Venti size Pike Coffee in the morning and sometimes I would switch it up to a Trenta Cold Brew, unknowingly making my anxiety worse and triggering the fight-or-flight response, leading to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. If you are feeling overly anxious or stressed, consider quitting coffee do it for yourself and your loved ones around you because they suffer too.

[iamthefiremanjj]

Read caffeine blues too ! It shows that it can take 2-3 weeks for stress hormones to return to normal after quitting too

[tomcarolino]

Eight months without caffeine now i feel great no more anxiety, depression, panic attack and stress. My sleep is very very good and so refreshed early in the morning ❤

[kevocundo]

A Cup of stress. Great shit. What you talk about here is spot on. I have just recently been able to quit and what a difference. Im actually starting to wonder if half of the issues we have today is from the entire world being on a drug that causes stress and high anxiety. We are hooked as a society and i dont think we know how bad it is for us. Also coffee dehydrates you obviously. But most people dont know that if your dehydrated it can affect brain function as well, with can affect your mood.

[noracoyle]

Ive bin drinking coffee for years, i also feel depressed and unhappy most of the time with horrible insomnia..

[nahtay]

10 months no coffee or caffeine. Sometimes I come back to videos like this to remind me to not start again.

[perrysrawsoul]

I'm day 5 no coffee. Thanks for this video, one of the best quit coffee videos ive seen.

[AshtonZingas]

I went cold Turkey. I also quit drinking alcohol & eating sugar at the same time. This is week 2 for me. I felt AWFUL on week one. Extreme back& leg pain with headaches. I slept all day some days. Week 2 I’m feeling a sense of calm that is new to me. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was a teenager.

[Josefien]

Very helpful talk! About the fasting, I quit caffeine cold turkey 5 weeks ago and what I experience is that fasting is a lot easier now, because caffeine interferes with your bloodsugar levels. So actually fasting with caffeine is not fasting. Also I had the same anxiety, having to do new tasks and meeting new people was terrifying, this is all gone now. Wish I knew this earlier!

[juanday]

15 years caffeinated and now 2 years caffeine free. Best decision made!!!

[Fakestockguru]

Problems coffee gave me. Anxiety, anger, poor sleep, brittle nails and hair, poor erections, urinating 10-15 times a day, racing mind, lost my ability to be creative, poor posture, made me crave pastries, made me over eat later in the day, held fat and water on my belly that couldnt go away no matter calories or exercise, made me impulse buy, couldnt live in the present moment, not productive at work, made me internet surf all day, made me dizzy, afternoon crash, unable to read books….the list goes on.

[CT-pvgu]

Caffeine is the hardest drug I’ve ever had to quit. Alcohol is so much easier. The problem I have is that I quit caffeine, then get offered it daily at work for free. Then I slip back into my old ways of drinking coffee and then Pepsi max all day. I will try again soon but it’s ridiculously difficult…

[travelllller]

Currently reduced to one cappucino before noon. It shows huge improvements and my life is changed for better by a margin. I will see if there is need to get rid of that one cappucino as well. Coming of from 5-7 black coffees a day this feels like a blessing.

[leibmoshe]

When I used to drink coffee I used to always feel nervous for no reason. There was always this sense of foreboding. Since I quit that is all gone and I feel more relaxed and peaceful.

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Nice Job - on the Fasting without Coffee... Use 'Hot Water' in the place of Coffee. Hot Fluids seem to help as an Appetite Suppressant. Works For Me!

[kd]

3 months off coffee now. Social anxiety gone.

[rebelmind]

Coffee will alter your neurons. For years, as an engineering student and veteran, I consumed caffeine in gum, energy drinks and coffee. At 30 I started getting anxiety/stress attacks that were never a thing before. So I kicked 8 cups of drip brew/day to the curb for a month. I didn’t cold turkey; I replaced drip brew with one espresso a day. I felt so much better, then one day I decided to drink a cup of drip brew. Oh boy! Within minutes, I felt anxious for no reason. I was at the breakfast table with racing thoughts! I stopped drinking coffee for a week and my sleep improved. My mind is a lot quieter and I’m more focused than before. IMO tea, coffee should be enjoyed ceremonially NOT recreationally.

[mirandak]

Sharing because it might help someone else. It wasn't until I started doing extended fasts and wouldn't drink coffee on those days I started connecting how incredibly irritable just 8oz -10oz of coffee a day was making me. Not just irritable but anxious and would elevate my sensory issues A LOT. When I would reintroduce it in my eating windows I could notice what was happening. I literally had to throw it all away in the trash so i wouldn't make more of it

[obadaabdullah]

thank you so much, some people have more sensitivity than other, i think i am one of those people . i will take action and stop it, hope i can reach more fulfilling life