Hi Lara!

I officially authorize you to say "I told you so!" because you asked about reflux and I said, oh no, can't be that, no way, or something... lol. Well, jury's out on whether it explains all the fizziness and prickliness and mouth and eye tearing... but imho it could be the indirect cause. It is definitely present however! (It turns out, it explains other, unrelated symptoms that I definitely have -- chest pain, cough.)

It's coffee and caffeine, both but the caffeine is a big culprit. I'm still looking into how bad decaf actually is, but I'm not too interested in drinking decaf by itself anyway, unless we can find a really good brand. Half-caf still tastes relatively normal to me. If I have to cut out all of the regular coffee, I'll drink something different.

My best guess is that green tea is ok.... when I feel like having it I suppose I'll find out. I am not having it often enough at the moment to worry about it though.

In terms of other beverages, there are many I can have, but coffee is the one I'll miss. Eventually, if I find I can't have it at all, I'll definitely miss tea as well. Coffee is the biggie right now because I literally "use" it like drug.

When I get into a tea mode, I'll drink tea, say in the affternoon and no coffee. However, if I need a caffeine fix then, I will drink A BOATLOAD of tea.. and I can't exactly do that any more, either. With green tea, it would take rivers of it to get that much caffeine.... lol.

Good to see you. I was going to PM you to invite you to tell me I told you so, LOL.

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