Could Coffee Be The Source of Your Stress & Anxiety!? 

I thought i was anxious and depressed for years, then i quit coffee and all caffeine...and WOW...no more anxiety and depression....NONE...

Off coffee for 3 weeks now. Will watch this video as the one and only activity today and the crawl back to bed

Ive bin drinking coffee for years, i also feel depressed and unhappy most of the time with horrible insomnia..

Eight months without caffeine now i feel great no more anxiety, depression,panic attack and stress. My sleep is very very good and so refreshed early in the morning ❤

Very helpful talk! About the fasting, I quit caffeine cold turkey 5 weeks ago and what I experience is that fasting is a lot easier now, because caffeine interferes with your bloodsugar levels. So actually fasting with caffeine is not fasting. Also I had the same anxiety, having to do new tasks and meeting new people was terrifying, this is all gone now. Wish I knew this earlier!

I went cold Turkey. I also quit drinking alcohol & eating sugar at the same time. This is week 2 for me. I felt AWFUL on week one. Extreme back& leg pain with headaches. I slept all day some days. Week 2 I’m feeling a sense of calm that is new to me. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was a teenager.

This topic is under-discussed and needs to be talked about some more. I recently discovered what was causing my stress and anxiety and always feeling extremely frustrated by any little thing that won't go my way. I used to drink a Venti size Pike Coffee in the morning and sometimes I would switch it up to a Trenta Cold Brew, unknowingly making my anxiety worse and triggering the fight-or-flight response, leading to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. If you are feeling overly anxious or stressed, consider quitting coffee do it for yourself and your loved ones around you because they suffer too.

A Cup of stress. Great shit. What you talk about here is spot on. I have just recently been able to quit and what a difference. Im actually starting to wonder if half of the issues we have today is from the entire world being on a drug that causes stress and high anxiety. We are hooked as a society and i dont think we know how bad it is for us. Also coffee dehydrates you obviously. But most people dont know that if your dehydrated it can affect brain function as well, with can affect your mood.

I'm day 5 no coffee. Thanks for this video, one of the best quit coffee videos ive seen.

'hypnotized to believe it's good for us.' I'm well into my 2nd month of none, stopped cola also. Sleep didn't improve yet, and mornings are still tough, but I feel so different for better. You are spot on about the ritual, I travel and would have to coordinate around getting a cup, sucked. I didn't have the major headaches when I quit, so I don't think I was addicted, but the fact that I was relying on a drug was enough of the challenge for me to pursue. My digestion is improved. Coffee does affect urine due to diuretic effect, not just liquid, as people think. It would make me urgent soon, and quite a bit thereafter, my pee is also white not, not dark yellow implying dehydrated. I'm also at zero alcohol, aside from all the hypnosis 'that it's good for us.' My blood pressure dropped nicely, it popped up a little, but I'm still fixing other things.

Read caffeine blues too ! It shows that it can take 2-3 weeks for stress hormones to return to normal after quitting too

I was like you. Stress , anxiety all of it! It´s freedom getting out from this jail quitting coffee! Never again! I am all carnivore with about 16 h fasting. Feel great! Coffee made me have inflammations.

God this is the devils drug. My mind allways finds a excuse to drink it and then i go overboard and feel like shit.

Currently reduced to one cappucino before noon. It shows huge improvements and my life is changed for better by a margin. I will see if there is need to get rid of that one cappucino as well. Coming of from 5-7 black coffees a day this feels like a blessing.

thank you so much , some people have more sensitivity than other , i think i am one of those people . i will take action and stop it , hope i can reach more fulfilling life

Your channels deserves way more views and subscribes

Great calming voice! Love this channel ❤️ thank you

So true! Thanks for laying this out. I’ve just given up and feel great for it.

Very very good video! I have exactly the same as you. Been on and off and on again. Quitting soon again. Amazing how this is legal and no warning signs on pakaging. I never knew that I could feel so good without it after being addicted for 15 years unknowingly

Coffee will alter your neurons. For years, as an engineering student and veteran, I consumed caffeine in gum, energy drinks and coffee. At 30 I started getting anxiety/stress attacks that were never a thing before. So I kicked 8 cups of drip brew/day to the curb for a month. I didn’t cold turkey; I replaced drip brew with one espresso a day. I felt so much better, then one day I decided to drink a cup of drip brew. Oh boy! Within minutes, I felt anxious for no reason. I was at the breakfast table with racing thoughts! I stopped drinking coffee for a week and my sleep improved. My mind is a lot quieter and I’m more focused than before. IMO tea, coffee should be enjoyed ceremonially NOT recreationally.

Caffeine is the hardest drug I’ve ever had to quit. Alcohol is so much easier. The problem I have is that I quit caffeine, then get offered it daily at work for free. Then I slip back into my old ways of drinking coffee and then Pepsi max all day. I will try again soon but it’s ridiculously difficult…

Thank you for sharing this

11:30 good point. Great video. Some new things i havent heard which is rare!

Great video- enjoyed listening to your perspective. I think if you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, caffeine just has to go. People just don't realize how strong caffeine's affect on the nervous system really is.

Excellent video bro, it’s so true

TEECINO is a nice alternative if you still want the ritual of making a warm comforting drink.

Coffee does cause anxiety and dehydration for sure. This is a very good video.

Coffee? Yea a little, but for me it was tea. You may not believed it but its true, bad headaches, feeling anxious i would never bound it with tea. Everyone says how green tea is so healthy... I stopped for a few days because i was bores with taste of it, and booom! Two days and i felt 10000 times better. It may not be solution for everyone but for me it was

Great channel thanks man

One of the biggest reasons caffeine makes you feel bad is it draws B1 vitamin and many people are already deficient in B1. Even worse when you add a lot of sugar to the coffee as carbs deplete B1 as well. Take some B vitamins before consuming coffee and see if you feel any difference.

Wow I had all exact symptoms you mentioned! Here is my story: I’ve tried to quit many many times and failed after I realized what damage to my nervous system coffee brings. So I threw away all bags of beans and replaced with: black tea, matcha and oolong tea. They all contain much less caffeine (50% less or more) but all of them have an aminoacid called L-theanine. So basically this is calming down your mind, you get a mild boost and on top of that brings you antioxidants. Im drinking these beverages for 3 months and I have better sleep, Im calmer, less agitated, more focused, I dont have racing thoughts anymore, and I feel like things are under control. With coffee it was the complete opposite I was always angry, anxious, racing thoughts, my sleep was more shalow, I was always in fight or flight mood, and had occasional panic attacks Try it, you will thank me ❤️

Yes

As someone who has started carnivore woe, coffee which is generally allowed by many carnivores, is the last plant substance I've liberated myself from. Striving not to be domesticated by plants. 😂

Thank you for this straight forward and stress focused overview. I have been coffee free for 3 weeks now and am working towards becoming caffeine free slowly and surely. I was so addicted and didnt have a clue. Have been dealing with a totally drained stress response system since 2017 due to C-PTSD and PTSD. Changed my whole lifestyle slowly and surely but for some reason kept caffeine in it. Doing therapy, meditating, living slowly and so healthy but still burning out again and again and not understanding why. I think the hidden problem has been caffeine. Really want to go cold turkey with all caffeine but I know my body will not handle it. I wonder if I will need to take out all caffeine or if it´s enough to have very limited amounts in chocolate and herbal teas that include caffeine.

For me, its not anxiety or depression, but crushing fatigue, never having energy to do whatever, it feels my life has come to a halt for over 20 years, such a waste of my precious life... now that is depressing...

Good video! Ill tried stopping so often. Sometimes few months or weeks but its so difficult not to fall back into coffee. slowly stopping is even more difficult . Wish i never started it. Never liked it the taste but its like hard drug in my book.

I chose a decaf today because of this video.

The funny thing about drugs is I've started to enjoy this state of caffeine paralysis even though I know it's horrible for me

Good vid bro. Im on cold turkey cuz im a masochist who uses this torment as a liberating lash. 😂 worst headache wad over in about 40hours.

I get vertigo if i drink coffee for a couple days in a row.

Watching this while drinking my third cup. HELP

I had all of the above plus I found out that my body was creating high amounts of antibodies for coffee essentially meaning I am allergic to coffee.

Day 3 without Coffee and Energy Drinks. Put tre by David berceli in my Protocol. Now i am happy chilled.

Well, I had been drinking way too much coffee for a long time. I could finish a pot in a day and supplement with the pre-made cold brewed coffee, which is stronger than how I brew it. I'd drink so much caffeine I'd just feel bad, angry and aggressive all the fucking time. For a couple months now I've cut back to only swiss decaf, so I'll put a couple tablespoons into the pot. The coffee comes out brown, not black, so it's watered down decaf. I usually mix it now with fresh ginger, honey and another non-caffeinated tea like ashwaganda or tulsi or even tumeric, so it's a mildly coffee flavored herbal ginger tea. I have enjoyed this more than getting amped on caffeine. My tolerance has gone down so much that I can STILL feel the caffeine though in my system and I don't even like that small amount, but it's not enough to get my adrenals overclocked.

Here in Brazil we start drinking coffe in childhood. I,m 28 and drink since 5 years old

Great video. I'm 68 drinking caffeine at my age is like whipping on old horse.

I wake every hour or so .Im second day in and so tired in the afternoon

Coffee’s negative effects are widely underestimated. Plenty of large chain cafe’s are selling products with absurd amounts of caffeine

1 year alcohol free .....now beginning a coffee free year also. Coffee was creating so much acidity in my system ......feel so much better without it even after a week .

he man good video did you cut back slowly over couple of weeks or did you quit cold turkey?

So did cutting out coffee drastically cut down your bathroom trips ? I feel like I’m suffering from exactly what you described for urination .

I did it again used it for two days and now I feel ao bad coming down so anxious and feeling so gross it's awful I didn't realize how much my mood would swing because of thisv

Awesome, Video, thank you for sharing, it is truly, Addictive and not, our friend, sincerely, Diana Lipski, I know I should, Quit, even when I say to myself the Excuse I only drink one Cup, actually, it is 2 cups in a 16 ounce, have a Wonderful, Saturday 👍

I wish I've learned this before I got fired from my job 😔

Coffee ? Coffee is life !!! Suppressor of hunger, giver of energy, a stress reliever. My favorite dr*g !

The caffeine free sleep is the best sleep I've ever had! I think quitting is different for everyone. For me cutting it out completely, and dealing with the withdrawals is the only way. If I try to cut down, I'll end up cheating. Alcohol, cigarettes, weed, sugar, caffeine, I did all of it cold turkey, except nicotine, I used patches, but quit smoking completely day 1.

Limit your coffee to one cup a day - and don't have your own coffee machine at home that's for sure. And then eventually replace it with a black tea. That will make it easy to get rid of.

1/2 a cup a few days a week still addicted

Im weaning down of 4 or 5 a day to now 1 in the morning only. When i finish this bag of beans then decaf

11 months completely free. 🙌

im off the shit now it was stressing me out and making life shitty

it wrecks your central nervous system, your endocrine system, & your digestion long term... Criminal the food industry doesn't at least provide some type of warning like with cigarettes.

Coffee was poision to me like most plants are to me.

Americans love to refer to caffeine as just coffee. So many other things have caffeine like tea and energy drinks .

'I don't like the road I was on, pissing my pants every morning' HAHA I hear you bro

It’s not a exageration to say that the bean is a way of life, especially when you look at it as a commodity over the centuries. Here in the uk Starbucks and Costa are now everywhere, like MacDonalds. They tap into peoples’ need for ritual and make $$$. It just so happens we work more, buy more also. If you could pick one mood smell for a shopping mall, you know what it would be: the smell of coffee.

I am going through caffeine withdrawal now

Im in bed with swollen lymph nodes and sore joints and muscles and a splitting headache. Day 5. Im sick as a dog. This stuff just isnt good for you if the withdrawals are this bad

When you say carnivore, do you identify more as a lion, eagle, polar bear or shark?

I have always told myself I could have a lot worse vices. To me a nice flat white is a comfort thing. I could've been an alcoholic or a drug addict or had a junk food addiction, which are far worse. To me coffee intake is benign in comparison.

How long did it take for the anxiety to subside I feel like garbage physically drinking this stuff

When I decided that I would drink only one cup of coffee a day, I didn't procrastinate anymore

I can’t relax be clear and satisfies with life when I am on coffee. I can’t get deep sleep consistently

I drink coffee and I feel really gay, could quitting coffee make me not feel gay anymore?

OMG what an amazing video. Yes, that little bit of edge I can't figure out. I have been carnivore for 9 months. Eat only meat and eggs. I have given up EVERYTHING. Sugar, grains, vegetables, fruits, seed oils and on and on. I'm a recovering alcoholic. 5 1/2 years sober. Of course the mentality is, I've given up everything, I can have coffee. I read all the carnivore success stories and I'm thinking what is it? I'm not totally there yet. I had to laugh at your hotel story. I too, would be in a panic if there was no coffee maker in the room. My daughter lives in Costa Rica. What amazing coffee that is!! Espresso was amazing. The barista didn't open until 7 am. Panic mode. I bought a travel coffee pot and brought coffee grounds. Maybe a little addicted? My addiction spans over many years. I am ready to quit. I am 5 days of weaning off coffee. I am cutting it with chicory. It tastes pretty awful but it has coffee in it! I really appreciate your candid video. Wish me luck!!!

Can it cause anger?

Ok so you did this vid a year ago. How’s it going now? I’ve been trying to quit for 5 years 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyone else cleaning their screen?

It’s just hot bean water.

are u still off the caffeine? what benefits are u seeing?

If social media was causing you as much anguish as coffee would you give that up

Not sure why you're censoring so much when I'm agreeing with you, but also adding a balanced and necessary perspective. There are pros and cons. If you can't handle such a benign conclusion, turn comments off. But you'll get better responses and have far more reach (aka views, earning potential) if you allow natural discourse to happen. That is what social media is about, no? Or are you not interested in other viewpoints, education, or anything other than your own unmovable convictions? I'll keep posting the comment, there's no reason you should be so fearful of it, and it'd look better if you'd just left the original, benign comment, where I offered additional facts to promote discussion and foster an educational environment, rather than one where I point out that you're relying on censorship and flagging comments that break no rules in hopes that youtube will remove it and/or ban a user for you, for no reason other than your own pride and ego. Now as I was saying:

Are you currently having decaf?

3.5 weeks on from a head throbbing cold turkey I am just beginning to understand how much caffeine had a grip on me. Improving sleep and dreams for the first time in many years. 85% of the head fog lifted. Anxiety and fight or flight at the slightest hint of stress. Peeing day and night. These things and many more means cutting out caffeine is more than hype... it really is a life changer.

You are moving so much it looks like you had coffee before making the video

I really love coffee. In Eastern Europe, this was not a very popular drink; we mostly drank tea. I skipped the early culture and jumped straight into the third wave and even worked as a barista for several years. Coffee is a cool thing, very tasty and varied. This is a fairly dense drink that you drink without sugar and it's a cool thing. By the way, I never drank coffee because of the caffeine. Yes, it's an unpleasant thing, but you can live with it.

what even is the point of drinking this bean juice? there absolutely no benefits, at all

I appreciate your content but you could have left out the porn comment. I know you were trying to make a point but I finally got my wife to watch it and she was taken aback somewhat. Keep up the good work.

alcohol is worse for you

Never quit coffee, it gives you energy, if you feel you have too much energy after a cup, go to the zoo and run with a kangaroo. If you do quit coffee at least start drinking a fifth of vodka a day it will make you feel mellow when the bottle is empty. I still drink coffee and an hour later my arms are flying around like a boxer for 5 hours I must be burning calories like a running gazelle and my urine is a bright yellow so i can write love letters in the snow. Good luck!

Are people even too fragile for coffee these days? Boomers where driving when they were drunk and now people can't even handle caffeine and flashing lights?

Coffe also make people skin older

Coffe its not for everybody some people can be affected by caffeine make increase anxiety but some people not being affected at all , we are different

What about yerba mate? 🫣 There's quite a lot of coffeine, but so is in tea... Did you give up tea as well? 😅