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Doctor insights on: Caffeine

Try tapering?: Caffeine withdrawal symptoms can be significant, usually in the form of headaches, fatigue, irritability, anxiety, etc. Unless there is a medical reason that would cause you to need to stop instantly, it might be more tolerable and give you a better chance of stopping it if you were to taper your consumption by reducing the amount you drink each day until you have none. Good luck to you! ...Read more

All stimulants: work like adrenaline, and increase the body's metabolic rate, so we burn more fuel to ensure that we can meet the "fight or flight" response. So we burn sugar more rapidly, and the low blood sugar actually further increases adrenaline and related chemicals (like dopamine) leading to a vicious cycle. ...Read more

Stimulant: Caffeine's effects often depend on the individual. For some people, it can provide energy, focus, and alertness. In others, and especially at higher concentrations, it can cause jitteriness, problems sleeping, and palpitations. With repetitive use, you may become tolerant to caffeine, meaning its effects are reduced over time. ...Read more

Caffeine = stimulant: So it adds to physiological arousal that stress can produce. It will increase heart rate, alertness, and insomnia in some people. It can decrease fatigue and improve concentration. If you have high stress or anxiety, caffeine would not be recommended. ...Read more

Not recommended: as caffeine is a stimulant and Ambien (zolpidem) is a tranquilizer. You are creating a roller coaster effect on your body which is harmful. Rather than using Anbien decrease caffiene intake ( more than 100mg a day causes sleep problems). And try other sleep hygiene techniques rather than using a tranquilizer. ...Read more

For unaltered result: Since both caffeine (which can relax the bronchial muscle tone) and smoking - (which can irritate bronchial muscle tone making it more sensitive) - can affect the test - these factors and others are to be avoided ahead of a methacholine test which is trying to guage the patient's baseline bronchial reactivity (often to investigate the presence of asthma). ...Read more

Could but: Excessive jittering from coffee will best be treated by stopping coffee rather than using a benzodiazepm with addition potentials and possible adverse effects. ...Read more

Cellulite: Topical creams don't help with improving the orange peel appearance of cellulite. Some of the newer lasers mention significant improvement. Sometimes localized lymphatic drainage helps. ...Read more

Caffeine okay: If taken in coffee, not via those "energy drinks" which can be harmful, a better way to stay awake is to do a quick 20 min workout. ...Read more

Taper it: If caffeine is stopped suddenly, people often get headaches, sometimes severe, as well as symptoms of anxiety and restlessness. I recommend tapering the dose of caffeine. If you drink 8 caffeinated beverages a day, i recommend going down by 1-2 servings per day, which would take 3-7 days to complete. Alternatively, one no-doz tablet can be substituted for each serving of bevearge and tapered. ...Read more