I've seen a few posts about this after doing a google review but they're all years old. I figured it is worth talking about again because someone might have the same thing going on.

I don't think that I'm naturally an anxious person in the sense that i always feel anxious. But when things in life get difficult i do have a tendency to overanalyze and get a certain level of anxiety that i believe most humans experience. Mine might just cause me to go a little further than others, and have some heart palpitations, shortness of breathe, inability to be witty or respond to conversations or actions, etc. An example of this might be when i am asked to speak in front of a group of people at work. Or i'm at the gym and some wanna be gangster is mad dogging me for no reason and the fight or flight feeling starts approaching. These are typical responses for most, i assume, on some varying level at least.

But holy crap. Let me tell you- when i have even a trace amount of any stimulant... Namely caffeine... Game over. I learned years ago when i started dealing with overwhelming anxiety and mild panic attacks that caffeine is an anxious persons worst enemy. But i believe that some individuals have a hypersensitivity to stimulants in which even decaf coffee can cause debilitating anxiety (i.e. me).

So public service announcement to anyone that majorly struggles with anxiety: avoid caffeine like the plague. Coffee. Tea. Chocolate. Soda. And i learned the hard way today, kombucha is often times made from green and black tea and usually has around 15mg caffeine per cup. I had maybe a half of a cup a few hours ago, and i am typing this out as my heart is beating out of my chest and i feel like my soul is being pulled from my body and into the pits of hell.

Does anyone else on here experience the same level of hypersensitivity? It's so annoying, especially working in sales where human interaction is detrimental to success.