Quick bit of back story:
Until 3 months ago I was having 2 cans of monster a day,(roughly last 13 years) this never had any effect on my anxiety maybe my body had built a tolerance or something but now things are different.

3 months ago I started having stomach issues (go figure after drinking that for that long 🤦‍♂️) for some reason I developed an anxiety symptom where if I had diarrhea I’d have an anxiety attack and I was am going to the toilet 7-15 times a day.
So first port of call clean the diet up asap, im now running paleo and no refined suger only on a Friday I have a cheat meal. Non of the dietary changes Iv made have made a difference and im waiting to see a GI but that’s beside the point.

Today when I was at work I was feeling super run down in the heat so I caved and said “screw it im going to the shop to get a monster”
After consuming said devils juice I felt good for around 3hrs (typical caffeine energy time) but then I started getting hit with super bad hard palpitations like I was having a heart attack or something sweating profusely and shacking like I was having withdrawals from something so in other words full blown anxiety attack.

What fascinates me is the fact I drank them for so many years and now 1s enough to fire me over the edge. I’d say it was isolated but this happened to me 2 weeks after quitting when I caved then and that was enough to put me off them for three months till today when I caved again. 

What are your thoughts?

I know there super bad for you etc and we shouldn’t drink them but it’s difficult when you’ve drank them for so many years to quit but I am managing slowly to cut them out. 2 in 3 in a half months is a lot better than 196 in 3 and a half months haha