The Caffeine ME/CFS and FM Poll

[Remy]

Caffeine is also a mast cell stabilizer. Go figure.

 

[Abrin]

Caffeine is one of the most useful supplements I use...it blocks adenosine (the hibernation molecule) and perks me right up temporarily.

I definitely have to watch it though because it is a fine line between just enough and too much.

Supposedly green tea is better at smoothing out the highs and lows and I think that must be true because I can drink a lot of it and not notice the caffeine at all - either the positive or the negative on energy - independent of all the good EGCG.

Thanks for your response in this thread @Remy . I use caffeine in very small amounts to help give me more energy for when I have things that need to be completed on my to-do list but I have been worrying that I might be making things worse. It is good to know that as long as I am keeping it to small amounts that the temporary benefits I am getting from it wont' necessarily be setting me back.

 

[Abrin]

Just in case anyone is interested, the reason I started drinking coffee in small amounts was after reading an article similar to this one years ago.

Regular Mini Doses of Caffeine More Energizing Than Morning Mug
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/regular-mini-doses-of-caf/

 

[Feral Boy]

I love to drink coffee, but it makes me both jittery and tired. I probably drink too much: usually a triple-shot Americano, and sometimes a second round. I'd rather not calculate how much caffeine that would be.

Instead, I usually drink a pot of yerba maté in the a.m. I think I adjusted the dose to come in at around 200mg caffeine. That, plus 10mg amphetamine salts, (usually) gets me going.