Hello all! This is my first post. It was recommended to me to ask this question here so here I go...
About 4 years ago I quit coffee and all caffeinated products due to them giving me heart palpitations and digestive problems. Well, the first time I quit I got the usual caffeine withdrawal symptoms along with all sorts of other crazy symptoms that I later learned were panic symptoms. After a few weeks I couldn't take it anymore and started back drinking coffee and felt much better as far aas panic goes. But, the other problems flared back up ( heart palms and digestive issues) so once again I quit caffeine, and this time the panic was far worse!
I decided that I was going to have to endure through it and it took about two years before the panic attacks weren't a daily part of my life. During this time if I had even a small amount of caffeine I'd have some intense panic, even today four years later I still have to be very careful.
My diet for about a year and a half before this was vegan with lots of juicing! I also was training twice a day in various combat sports with only an average of about 4-5 hours of nightly sleep. Somehow I was able to keep all that going until I quit the caffeine. It feels like a typical catch-22 situation.
I have also developed in the last couple of years a multi-modular goiter. All my labs always look 'normal'. Sometimes my goiter gives me that choking feeling.
I am wondering if the high activity lifestyle, not enough sleep, and that stupid vegan diet juice thing I did didn't screw up my thyroid and if the problems I had immediately after stopping the caffeine was because it was helping my thyroid? My docs would tell me that they thought that I was using the caffeine to self medicate but could not tell me how that was working. Still even today my energy and drive are shot! I'm a 44 year old male who just not four years ago was sparring 3-5 nights a week with guys half my age to now it hard to even walk a mile or two. In addition to this my cognitive abilities have taken a sharp decline. It is more difficult for me to learn and retain things. My libido has also taken a hit. My ability to handle stress has also greatly diminished.
I'd be very curious to hear any thoughts on this and/or advice.
Thanks for reading my post.
-MSH
About 4 years ago I quit coffee and all caffeinated products due to them giving me heart palpitations and digestive problems. Well, the first time I quit I got the usual caffeine withdrawal symptoms along with all sorts of other crazy symptoms that I later learned were panic symptoms. After a few weeks I couldn't take it anymore and started back drinking coffee and felt much better as far aas panic goes. But, the other problems flared back up ( heart palms and digestive issues) so once again I quit caffeine, and this time the panic was far worse!
I decided that I was going to have to endure through it and it took about two years before the panic attacks weren't a daily part of my life. During this time if I had even a small amount of caffeine I'd have some intense panic, even today four years later I still have to be very careful.
My diet for about a year and a half before this was vegan with lots of juicing! I also was training twice a day in various combat sports with only an average of about 4-5 hours of nightly sleep. Somehow I was able to keep all that going until I quit the caffeine. It feels like a typical catch-22 situation.
I have also developed in the last couple of years a multi-modular goiter. All my labs always look 'normal'. Sometimes my goiter gives me that choking feeling.
I am wondering if the high activity lifestyle, not enough sleep, and that stupid vegan diet juice thing I did didn't screw up my thyroid and if the problems I had immediately after stopping the caffeine was because it was helping my thyroid? My docs would tell me that they thought that I was using the caffeine to self medicate but could not tell me how that was working. Still even today my energy and drive are shot! I'm a 44 year old male who just not four years ago was sparring 3-5 nights a week with guys half my age to now it hard to even walk a mile or two. In addition to this my cognitive abilities have taken a sharp decline. It is more difficult for me to learn and retain things. My libido has also taken a hit. My ability to handle stress has also greatly diminished.
I'd be very curious to hear any thoughts on this and/or advice.
Thanks for reading my post.
-MSH
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