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Posted 12/5/2020 4:09 PM (GMT -7)
I used to drink black tea, a couple cups a day. Realizing how much caffeine I was getting, I recently switched to decaf coffee, and I can tell a big difference (a bit calmer). What's your hot drink of choice? Coffee, decaf, tea, decaf tea...hot chocolate?
Posted 12/5/2020 4:52 PM (GMT -7)
Coffee in the morning. Every morning. Caffeine free tea in the late afternoon or later (often chamomile or passionflower). Occasionally, green tea.
Posted 12/5/2020 4:57 PM (GMT -7)
I drink coffee all day. I used to drink it one third decaff. But I have been drinking it full strength now. Though it gives me more energy, it also does increase anxiety I think. I can't seem to get back into the decaff. I don't know why as it doesn't really taste any different. I do meditate and do breathing exercises when needed though so that helps.

Good topic. Thanks for starting the thread. I am seeing a connection for me anyway.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 12/5/2020 5:54 PM (GMT -7)
I am starting CA

Caffeine Anonymous!

Hi i am the HT and i am addicted to caffeine. 😀

2 teaspoons of no 8 moccona.
With hemp protein.

And way too many of them!
HT
Posted 12/7/2020 8:28 AM (GMT -7)
I usually drink coffee in the AM and tea in the PM

Hibee
Posted 12/7/2020 7:07 PM (GMT -7)
I'm a "tea"-totaler, and drink tea all day long. I drink good tea that I buy through online shops. One of my favorites this year is from the country Georgia, made by "Renegade Tea Farmers" who started working the tea farms abandoned 30 years ago after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. You can read their story at their web site: https://www.renegadetea.com

Tea has less caffeine and does not make me jumpy and jittery the way coffee does. It also has the amino acid L-theanine, which causes "relaxed alertness" by increasing the brain's alpha waves.
Posted 12/8/2020 8:24 PM (GMT -7)
decaf coffee all day
Posted 12/9/2020 3:33 AM (GMT -7)
tea, all types but mostly herbal, caffeine free

I used to drink 2 cup of coffee early in the morning but realize they up my anxiety

now it is just 1 cup of decaf --wish I could drink more coffee though
Posted 12/9/2020 7:40 AM (GMT -7)
Tim brought up a good point - tea, black and more so green, both contain the amino acid L-Theanine. I actually have L-Theanine capsules, and during "rough" times, I take 2 capsules two to three times a day - good stuff! (and safe).That, along with slowed breathing and positive self-talk ALWAYS ends my spiraling anxiety.
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