Hey everyone just wondering how many of you experience caffiene sensitivity, maybe it's due to the ssri but I miss coffee! Anyone ever get better on that end ? Any other sensitivities ? Alchohol seems obvious..

There is an herbal noncaffeinated drink called teechino that's pretty dang good! I likke putting it into a teaball instead of a filter.

Caffeine messes w GABA, which calms down overfiring neurons.

I have a sensitivity to all processed sugar. Basically everything you see on labels that was not made from Mother Nature lol. However I get by it, By just making sure I don't eat or drink to much of it. Before my concussion I was a really but soda guy, now if I have a couple sips of soda my brain will feel like it needs to shut down. Instead of soda, I'll go for some juice or flavored water drinks.

I have no caffeine sensitivity though!


Good luck!
Sam

You may not think you have any caffeine sensitivity but you may be causing brain fatigue. Caffeine is an excito-toxin. It stimulates the brain cells to fatigue or even death. You should limit your caffeine to one serving per day or less.

I was reading that low amounts of caffeine can be beneficial in stimulating communication between the pituatary gland and the hypothalamus. So no more than two cups of coffee per day.

I don't have any problems with my 2 cups of coffee. I am very sensitive to it though and never drink coffee after 9am I sometimes only have 1. If I have too much coffee it gives me the jitters and makes me feel anxious. I just love my Colombian coffee beans. ahhh Just the smell of them is enough.

MVTBI, green tea is good. It has a totally different way of working.

Caffeine is an adenosine receptor antagonist - it prevents adenosine from slowing down neurons. Why is it excito-toxic to the brain?

I was under the impression that excito-toxins are neurotransmitters like Glutamate, which can allow a massive influx of Calcium Ions to the nerve cell and therefore excite them to death. Does Caffeine do anything similar to that in high doses?

And yes, Glutamate is a neurotransmitter and an excito-toxin. Any substance that enhances its release is toxic to the brain. Does Caffeine affect Glutamate release?

Yea I found I had to cut coffee out all together for a long while. I started drinking tea instead. It's only recently (10-11 months post cocus) that I've been able to drink coffee again without it triggering migraines but now I generally avoid it altogether.

I have to be careful with caffeine enriched drinks and coffee. Coffee can nauseate me but it may not be concussion related. I don’t know. I do really good with Kombucha. Tea is fine too.


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