Posted by allisonm on June 19, 2000, at 18:58:40
In reply to Re: caffeine and AD's, posted by Cindy W on June 19, 2000, at 9:12:55
Since moving my Wellbutrin dose up to 400mg, I've beeen forced to stop all caffeine intake. If I don't, I get jittery all over and annoying hand tremors and I can't get anything done.
So it's decaf coffee in the morning, caffeine-free diet pepsi in the afternoon. CFDP is not always easy to find, so I often have to keep my own on hand. On the other hand, it seems stupid to be drinking something (CFDP) that doesn't do anything for ya -- no caffeine, no sugar, I'm used to the taste, but what's the point (ditto on decaf coffee)? So I have started drinking more water, herbal tea, decaf green tea, trying to wean off the sugar in the tea.
Thanks to the Wellbutrin, I've lost close to 15 lbs. Some of this is due to lack of appetite, but I've also had no interest in eating meat. And I've pretty much stopped alcohol intake for 3 reasons: it doesn't appeal, it makes my stomach hurt now, and I'm afraid of the increased seizure factor. No doubt, stopping the alcohol has cut the calories, too. I cannot say that I miss it, either, which is something I thought I would never say.
My next door neighbor is on Prozac; and another neighbor across the street was on another AD (gee, maybe it IS in the water). Both drank Diet Coke to excess (5-10 cans a day). Neither had the shakes. The one across the street had cancer and died. Slept only an hour or two a day. I don't know the cause of her insomnia, but I cannot imagine that the caffeine in the DC helped. When you drink that much, I guess it's hard to stop.
I remember from college that Mountain Dew was the beverage of choice during finals week because it supposedly had the most caffeine. I used to like the diet version of it. But I digress...
Good luck, Cindy.
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