Hi all, I would just like to know if coffee has an effect on yourselves, as when I have a cup of American, I'm feeling very manic for a few hours. It's helpful in ways but I can't stop talking and things. Is this a good thing or not?
No coffe has amazing health benefits for the liver however I must say as I take the tablets also I would highly recommend 3-4 cups only any more and I feel really on edge and not right within my self always try to space them out as well from waken up to dinner time try and have your last no later then mid afternoon
Hi there. It depends on why you're taking Sertraline. If you have anxiety you should stay away from caffeine including fizzy drinks. I now drink decaf tea and coffee and lots of water and nothing else. If it's more so for depression then the odd cup might be good for getting some energy but don't overdo it. Hope this helps.
I take it for anxiety and I had to give up caffeine. It was making the jittery feelings even worse.
Poor you,
It doesnt have this effect on me, as I drink a lot of coffee. Bot a good thing to happen, depending on how much you drink ! Perhaps discuss with your dr if you would be better on something else,
This thread has answered something for me - I had a couple of cups of coffee this morning and a Diet Coke at lunchtime and have been feeling short of breath ever since and have been wondering if it was a combination of caffeine and Sert, I think it must be as it is the only thing I can think of and I am normally quite careful about how much coffee I drink during the day.
Hi Anniem
Been shaking all day
Is this a side effect of sertraline
I'm on 150mg
On lamotrigine 25 mg too
Plus antibiotics As dr thinks my dizziness linked to ear sinus infection
I was very jittery the first 2 weeks. It's much better now. I am on 50 mg and day 18.
Susan, I stopped having normal coffees long ago as it made me panicky, I can drink decaf which has no caffeine, but I only have 2 coffees at the most. Tastes the same to me so give it a try.
The caffeine in coffee will be making you like this, change to decaf. I used to get very panicky on caffeine coffee but now take decaf, also decaf tea. Don't drink too many cups of coffee a day, I only have max of 2.
Susan even diet coke has caffeine, my friend's grandson was told to stop having it.
Thanks all, i do suffer from depression mainly, and think that maybe it is causing me a kind of manicness. It seems to be that folks who have mainly anxiety problems tend to become more wired than normal. I have only one cup a day and thats it, i am whizzing away after that. Im not complaining lol : )
Yo Sean, i only have one in the morning and thats it, after that i am flying : )
Hi Kate, I am taking sert for depression, so its defo having a manic effect. If i am with people, then i tend to find myself blabbering lol But coffee is a drug at the end of the day, and legal : )
Yes anniem, ive heard that coffee can make anxiety worse. in that case do stay off the stuff, all the best : )
Hi Holly, its fine, i dont have a bad problem with it, it helps me even more so with the sertraline. I only have one cup and thats enough, unless i am going to need that kind of energy : )
I am only allowed one at the start of the day, two would give me wings and i would fly to the moon. Just the one cup is enough, two for a very busy day : )