Coffee: Do you drink it?

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I drink coffee solely for its taste. I love good espresso. I have coffee at any time of the day whenever I feel like it, sometimes as many as 4 or so cups a day. Somehow caffeine (even energy drinks) doesn't do anything to me. I can have coffee right before going to bed.

It seems caffeine affects different people differently. I have a frined who likes coffee but starts shaking after two cups sometimes. I hear that caffeine is not good for mental health for some people. I remember that some psycholgist's therapy included eliminating all caffeine intake from diet as well as CBT etc. I tried not taking any caffeine for a while, but I didn't make me feel positive or anything. If it's making you anxious, I suggest you keep away from coffee for a while and see how you feel. You can still have decaf. I don't know which is worse, depression or anxiety.

No, I do not drink coffee. I do not like the taste. I do drink tea, though, and the amount of caffeine in tea does not have any noticeable effects on me.

That's likely because of the caffeine because caffeine causes certain chemicals in the brain to fire off, causing alertness/anxiety (hightened awareness), and also causing feelings of cheerfulness (although I suppose for those who are depressed it would make them feel normal).

To answer you're question, yes, I drink a couple cups a day usually. With flavoring when I can get it.

No coffee, very little caffeine. It doesn't have any effect on me, I find. Just like sleep-aids do nothing for me either.

When I have cravings at times I drink mild coffee. I am a tea lover. I drink black tea with milk all the time because it sort of tones my cravings down and also has much lesser caffeine content which I can handle unlike coffee. Oh I only drink one cup occasionally. If I drink tea strong I hyperventilate.

Two large cups every morning. It is medication for me. Not just to wake up either, even though it does help with that. Some nights I don't get anywhere near enough sleep, and really don't want to drink any coffee because I'd rather get more sleep. But I have to anyway, because it actually helps with my digestion (I have pretty bad IBS), and my gut won't let me sleep past a certain time anyway. So I drink coffee to get my gut straightened out. Sometimes I can actually get back to sleep afterward if I missed a lot during the night. Either way, because of my gut, I can't get started OR get back to sleep if I need it, unless I drink coffee.

Good thing I love the stuff.

I'm a true coffee hound by the way. I won't buy pre-ground coffee. I buy the beans and grind my own. It's much better and fresher tasting. So much so I can make it really strong and it never bothers my stomach. Pre-ground, I'd have to make a lot weaker or it would eat my gut alive. It tastes like crap anyway, so I don't bother with it anymore.

I love coffee, which I drink regularly (sometimes six or seven cups a day). I also like energy drinks, and have tried caffeine pills, though I didn't feel much benefit from taking those.

I guess you just need to weigh up the pro's and con's of giving up coffee, and go with what you think. It is a bit of a dilemma though, depression and anxiety can be equally debilitating.

Eden

I make a large cup of coffee every morning. It is one of my rituals, and I have a meltdown of varying degree if I somehow forget to make my coffee, even if I don't always drink it. Talk about a nonfunctional routine, huh? I do usually have a few sips, at least. Oh, and I drink it black if you're wondering.

Cowboy coffee!

I never do.

I'm a coffee lover. I haven't been drinking it as often as I used to, though.

I love coffee, but I've noticed that caffeine has a bad effect on my health and my skin. I can't resist drinking it anyway, so I switched to decaf. The first month of "detoxification" was bad, but I'm OK now. It's different, but better than no coffee at all.

I went from never drinking it to drinking it every morning so I can stay alert for class. I am not a huge fan of coffee taste by itself though, so it has to be really sweet for me to drink it.

I am NOT supposed to be having caffeine, either, because I have an allergy to many anesthetics and caffeine is also a trigger, though much less severe (I have Malignant Hyperthermia--and to diagnose it officially they apply caffeine to a muscle sample to see if there is a reaction), but I haven't managed to give up caffeine yet.

i drink it once in a while like if I go out for breakfast which is rare.
At home it's orange or grapefruit juice.

Coffee is a strange one. I enjoyed it once, but had to get rid of it after drinking 3/4 of it, because it was a bit off putting at that point. Any other time I have tried it, I couldn't stand it. Ugh, one day maybe.

No coffee for me (too acidic for my stomach), but I do enjoy tea (hot or cold), and diet pop.