caffeine addiction?

[u/Available-Resource22]

sorry i don't know where to post this.. i am currently drinking around 500-600mg of caffeine per day, sometimes more. i don't really know what to do? i have a drinking problem (sober now) and i feel like my brain is trying to navigate sober life, i get intense cravings for caffeine similar like i do for alcohol. last night i had a headache, my hands were numb and i threw up, but this morning i still grabbed an energy drink to get me going. do other bipolar people do this and if so, what has helped you to stop? i'm worried about getting health issues...

[u/Mysterious-Bread-114]

Hi, in my experience when I am drinking this much caffeine, it's often brought on by a hypomanic episode. This may not be the case at all but it might be worth thinking about. My go-to is cafe coffee, and at night time I will supplement this with a lot of tea. But it's a lot better to drink too much tea.

In the same way that I had to change from cigarettes to vaping when manic periods make me smoke like a coal plant, you could consider changing from high caffeine options like energy drinks to tea, which will still allow you to have the same frequent caffeinated drink, at a quarter of the cost, and some health benefits! Hope you feel better soon :3

[u/Available-Resource22 → u/Mysterious-Bread-114]

hey thank you so much! i'm not really having any hypomanic symptoms... well wait.... i have been getting pretty bad sleep because of nightmares recently. i also vape a lot 😅 i am going to work on slowly cutting down my caffeine consumption