This is Your Brain on Caffeine: Images Reveal Startling Mental Effects

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ABC News

11 жыл бұрын

New images show getting a caffeine fix can be considered a mental health disorder.

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@jagstys2639 2 жыл бұрын

I quit caffeine about 40 days ago and have never felt better. Caffeine is truly just a legal drug. Anything that gives you withdrawals when quitting is a harmful substance. Glad this is finally getting the attention it deserves.

@pinkgummybear766 2 жыл бұрын

Yep it gave me panic attacks . I quit about a year ago and man I feel normal and good again lol .

@anitagoodsleep5330 2 жыл бұрын

I swear i suffered from anxiety most my life…I stopped coffee and fizzy drinks …I feel amazing …I’m trying to tell as many people as possible but many think I’m mad ….💕🙏🏻

@Mikejones-vy9dx Жыл бұрын

i just brewed my first pot of coffee , i like it so far half a cup

@-that_guy-1674 Жыл бұрын

caffeine is a legal drug but working retail is legal slavery. everyone needs their “fuel/poison” to get through the grind.

@oleksandratkachuk9976 Жыл бұрын

For real, I quit caffeine and I feel so much better now though I suffered from caffeine withdrawal so badly. It is definitely worth quitting! My motivation was the following Bible verse: «All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.» ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

@Fersomling 11 жыл бұрын

I went for 30 days caffeine-free in the late 1980s. Day two and three, I had an intense withdrawal migraine headache, but on day four, I woke up in the morning feeling refreshed and full of energy, ready to start my day. I used to think that feeling fatigued and exhausted when waking up was normal. Wrong. It's the caffeine! Yes, you can sleep while on caffeine, but it's not as restful a sleep as if you were off of caffeine. BooK: Caffeine Blues by Stephen Cherniske, nutritionist.

@SprintTri57 3 ай бұрын

I quit caffeine 90 days ago. All I can say is my energy, focus, efficiency, skin, sleep is incredible. My anxiety is COMPLETELY gone (several panic attacks sent me to urgent care). I admit the first week off of caffeine was awful. But just knowing why kept me going. I realized how addicted I was to this drug. My endurance as a triathlete has vastly improved. You need to understand what caffeine actually does, not what KZfaq caffeine justifiers are falsely claiming. If you can’t take a 30 day break then you are addicted and that is a REAL problem. You cannot argue against this until you actually try a 30 day no caffeine.

@mmafan8407 10 ай бұрын

Though most people can enjoy caffeine in moderate amounts, those with anxiety, mental health issues, high blood pressure, insomnia, or gut issues should avoid caffeine COMPLETELY. The combination of exercise and giving up caffeine can do wonders for the aforementioned conditions and is far more effective than drugs.

@salustianoberrios405 8 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate? I’ve been going through some hard times.

@EverythingMe15 11 жыл бұрын

Mental health is important and people need to stop thinking they are above it or better than it. Everyone has mental health and having mental illness shouldn't be stigmatised.

@RyanAmero Жыл бұрын

Lolwut

@DR-ih2pi 2 жыл бұрын

I think it is dependent on the person. When younger I drank a lot of coca cola etc without any issue. However I started drinking coffee full time when I got an office job when I was 20. This is the biggest regret of my life. Without realising it caused me really bad fatigue and affected my mood. 20 years later I really try to come off it, however it is really addictive to my mood/body. My advice is, if coffee gives you any mental/body reactions or effects, do not drink it as this can ruin your life in the long run.

@jamesdeclan7538 Жыл бұрын

Try drink 200mg on average per day. Idk what to do I am completely dependent. Days I don't drink any I get really bad headaches and can't keep my eyes open like my body is forcing me to sleep.

@DR-ih2pi Жыл бұрын

@jamesdeclan7538 Worse thing is caffeine affects your ability to focus/concentrate and affects your own internal wisdom thinking. It is all so subtle and recently have been replacing my morning coffee with a glass of cold with a spoon of honey. I have quit before for 3 weeks and felt the best I ever felt physically and mentally but due to a stressful event went back.

@DR-ih2pi Жыл бұрын

I meant a glass of cold milk.

@danylbekhoucha6180 11 ай бұрын

@@jamesdeclan7538do you drink at least 3 liters of water daily?

@claireh.7605 10 ай бұрын

Wow guys, same happened to me! It affected me for 15 years giving me anxiety, anger, making not enjoy things because I didn’t feel right in my body until I had it, but then having these more focused but like being on edge, hyper vigilant, I was dependent on the roller coaster of it for sleep, sometimes getting deep sleep and other times poor sleep depending on how much coffee I had the day before. It gives me sweating on my forehead, shortness of breath, feeling like I am chased by tiger for no reason. I started because I was bored and lonely living alone and it was sold in restaurants and coffee shops. It really affected my life. Many times I needed it for work or thought I did. But often I didn’t need it, but was just craving it for no reason other than to feel the euphoria and gain focus again. The withdrawals ruined my life, made me lose my wisdom, made me angry and mean to my family not knowing why just thinking things to justify the feeling I had from coffee withdrawals.

@DivinaForever94 11 жыл бұрын

Finally it's being acknowledge!

@pinkgummybear766 2 жыл бұрын

Ah so this explains my panic attacks . I stopped drinking coffee and caffeine a year ago and have been fine ever since .

@dv8-makaveli365 2 жыл бұрын

You mean bc of the decreased blood flow?

@pinkgummybear766 2 жыл бұрын

@@dv8-makaveli365 I’m thinking so yes. Sheesh my body was in duress . I’m much better now tho.

@dv8-makaveli365 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkgummybear766 nice 😁 how long are you off coffee now ?

@pinkgummybear766 2 жыл бұрын

@@dv8-makaveli365 umm lemme see .... I think this July it will be a year . 🥳☺️

@dv8-makaveli365 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkgummybear766 boah nice 💪🏼 i always quit for 2 days and then i start at day3 again 😔

@Fishplants 5 ай бұрын

Only 66 k views, People dont wanna hear their favorite drink is dangerous

@juliomaldonado4028 2 ай бұрын

People have known for a while. It's just that we like coffee and are able to enjoy it in moderation. I mean if this was meth, this would be a different story

@danylbekhoucha6180 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes you feel tired because all you needed was simply a glass of water, especially in the morning. Remember, just losing 2% of body water can trigger the symptoms of dehydration, and it often occurs after a long sleep.

@radityoputra1888 8 күн бұрын

My depression subside because of coffee. Love it ❤

@sch001b0y 11 жыл бұрын

Might as well add coffee addiction to the list.

@daz88888 Жыл бұрын

Is it safe and effective 🤔

@samuelbarrios56 Жыл бұрын

I only drink it if I am working, on the weekends I do not like to come near it and yes I eventually start to get a headache but I hydrate myself and eat fruits and then it fixes it for me soon after I will definitely try leaving it for a month and see how it goes

@420joeisdead 11 жыл бұрын

im officially done drinking coffee

@sunnieemerson6814 4 жыл бұрын

It is, after all, a drug!

@claireh.7605 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been suffering from non stop coffee withdrawals and it reeked havoc on my life for the past 15 years.

@brandi6591 Ай бұрын

What wreaked havoc, the withdrawals or the addiction?

@claireh.7605 Ай бұрын

@@brandi6591 I think it’s withdrawal but it waves and windows first 1 hour then 12 hours then two days then first two weeks - weird awful gut feeling and like being overtaken by a personality that is not my own

@brandi6591 Ай бұрын

@@claireh.7605 this sounds more like a demon possession. For real. I’d be looking into deliverance.

@t5e2 11 жыл бұрын

lawyers and politicians have been doing it for years. they make up laws so they can debate and get around laws, and make new laws and complicate a simple matter for years and years.

@itspricila 11 жыл бұрын

Yes finally!

@EncylopediaofFitness 11 жыл бұрын

I agree it's ridiculous.

@DBSpy1 11 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they want to label it mental disorder, because lots of money can be gotten doing that.

@Jorge01234 2 ай бұрын

"Safe" doesn't necessarily mean healthy...

@floringheru 11 жыл бұрын

There is a saying: One cup of coffee a day, keeps cancer away !

@Klause5425 11 жыл бұрын

i thought caffeine increased cbf... are they just showing constriction?

@findingmywaynow 2 жыл бұрын

Um, nobody here in the comments wants to discuss how blood flow to the brain decreased 40% after consumption of coffee and what that means?

@rea280 Жыл бұрын

It’s CBF around the brain. It shouldn’t be a cause of concern.

@finlaywhiskard3965 Жыл бұрын

@@rea280 Aside from reduced grey matter and it effecting working memory amongst other things. Ever had the tip-of-the-tongue effect where you struggle to recall simple information? Blame coffee.

@ockertoustesizem1234 Жыл бұрын

caffeine causes vaso constriction

@nikkig4847 11 ай бұрын

Its hard to quit this

@n_adoui 11 жыл бұрын

i think people should watch C.G.P Grey's video on coffee..it's very informative

@brandi6591 Ай бұрын

I never saw anything informative

@YelloWhiteFlowers 11 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I bought that Mountain Dew the other day lol

@variousminx 14 күн бұрын

well now you are smarter and 11 years older, so be a man

@theraspberryman 11 жыл бұрын

now the FDA is worried??

@richradtylr4 11 жыл бұрын

FDA is on not going to focus on GMO foods and tt's affects on children. Oh, you won't hear anything about a crackdown on that.

@ruzzelladrian907 11 жыл бұрын

In our country I hate it when they sell at our school canteen those energy drinks ! Called Sting" and Cobra" even at the elementary school I tried buying a yoghurt drink instead I was offered this Energy drink the Person at the canteen said " sorry we're out of that. Would you like cobra ???

@luigiday0 7 ай бұрын

yo, that sh8 was good! cobra malunggay! haha

@EverythingMe15 11 жыл бұрын

"Yes, MENTAL disorders" Bit stigmatising.

@er1c3142010 11 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who wants to know the time frame in which that woman drank 400 mg worth of coffee? 4 cups could also be from 520 to 600 mg according to other sources for the average brew caffeine level. Anyway, if she just hugged 4 cups in a row... Who does that anyway?

@Lightemerging Жыл бұрын

She drank 1 cup! Watch it again!

@HippieFertilizing 7 ай бұрын

I do and it’s terrible

@ki33ys 11 жыл бұрын

I can't drink it. One cup me so shaky.

@samchannel542 11 жыл бұрын

Me honestly when i drink one a liilte cup of coffee i become sooooo angry and agressive, i don't know why

@AnaLima-zs2zz 4 жыл бұрын

Me too, I get so impulsive.

@claireh.7605 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been drinking for 15 years and been always angry and aggressive after it and lost jobs and ruined my career and family asa result. Sounds ridiculous but it is so addictive I cannot stop. I was a mellow more polite person before I started drinking it. It literally turns me into a different person and makes people afraid of me.

@brandi6591 Ай бұрын

@@claireh.7605that sounds rough

@claireh.7605 Ай бұрын

@@brandi6591 I don’t know what I’m going to do. I feel like I’ve been burned at both ends by living in mold, coffee addiction, night shift work, autism, and SSRI sudden withdrawal injury

@Larchitcte 11 жыл бұрын

what about weed?

@wokzilla 11 жыл бұрын

i need 3-4 drinks with cafeeine

@MegaPeacelove12 11 жыл бұрын

They better not srew with my caffeine

@Its2024happynewyears 3 ай бұрын

Makes sense I wanted to quit soda coca cola and I couldn't I felt so weak and tired had no energy felt like a zombie I drank soda and I had energy once again 😢

@l3lackcloud 11 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! What's this new thing called coffee and where can I get it??

@megaflex48 11 жыл бұрын

I drive a 18 wheeler maybe I should stop drinking coffee.

@1Corinthians15_1-4 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me laugh when they said that the gov. cares!! What a joke!!!! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, saves lost souls. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven, there is no other way. Please get saved, time is running out!!

@stieg_smith 2 жыл бұрын

made me laugh as well! they don’t care about us at all. in Jesus name AMEN! 🙏🏻

@CrAzZzy4PEaCHezZ 11 жыл бұрын

coffee gives me the most explosive diarrhea

@lynseybeswick1225 2 жыл бұрын

Right, that's because your body is doing all it can to eliminate the poison that has just been introduced. Some people use it when they have constipation not realising that is why.

@arnoldguisa4155 5 ай бұрын

Caffeine gives me palpitations. F that I almost Passed out

@wot4166 11 жыл бұрын

Woah

@Mr1958louief 11 жыл бұрын

"Psychiatric Association" you already know it a bunch of bull.. next they will say coffee drinkers just need hugs they didn't get as children!

@johnnynichols3457 6 ай бұрын

After awhile I will stop drinking coffee for a couple or 3 days till it excretes a bit then I will drink it again. Every other month or so I will do that

@marcd2743 2 ай бұрын

Excrete? Like in your pants?

@EastBeast504100 11 жыл бұрын

Blame it on the coffee.

@marymarino912 Ай бұрын

2 cups for me

@-that_guy-1674 Жыл бұрын

fast forward into the future a decade later… The “Crackdown” never happened. i now enjoy my 300mg caffeine 16 fl oz G-fuel®. two a day if it’s a good day.

@floringheru 11 жыл бұрын

FDA should be concerned about Monsanto and GMO's, let f caffeine alone !

@Erishkigall 11 жыл бұрын

Not I!

@Justin5s Жыл бұрын

About 3 days a week I lift and when I do I consciously allow myself a 300 miligram energy drink at work, when I first started I took it daily but It got addicting and so I felt horrible anytime I wasn’t taking it, In moderation and especially with a lot of physical exertion caffeine can be fine, taste good, and just help you. Moderation is the key to most things like this I think.

@JanuszUfamTobie 6 ай бұрын

What do you lift?

@TheOrded91 11 жыл бұрын

Hahah I'm British and drink tea.

@lynseybeswick1225 2 жыл бұрын

Which also contains caffeine.

@RichardCorral 11 жыл бұрын

"Real", "Labels", don't people know how to look at reality and know what's up without experts classifying everything for them....

@jackmurphy5476 Жыл бұрын

No Saint voice cpmplabytion

@johnnynichols3457 6 ай бұрын

Well I have to say.... Marijuana is now recreation legal and is still a drug but there is a lot of denial in that one.

@er1c3142010 11 жыл бұрын

*chugged* Auto correct is aannoying.

@queencat59 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is sacred.

@41devid69 11 жыл бұрын

if you take out GMOs.. what a pharmaceutical companies and pesticide companies and scientists and doctors who are employed.. going to do.? how do you think spending the FDA..? Obama signed into law not long ago. that food production companies don't have to tell you what's in the food.

@ubergeraldine 9 ай бұрын

So don’t drink it in the first place.

@AmandaWait Жыл бұрын

The government is concerned about our health?🤣 I see so many videos anti-coffee. mmmm🤔💭

@saltymemesmith 11 ай бұрын

It's good for you, prehaps why!

@AmandaWait 11 ай бұрын

@@saltymemesmith Exactly.😄

@saltymemesmith 11 ай бұрын

@@AmandaWait I saw an article stating it prevents neurological issues. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and so on. So if we don't want to end up like Biden we definitely shouldn't follow his and his governments advice, even if they claim "Safe and Effective" 🥴

@KHodges_ 2 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢

@300Tech 11 жыл бұрын

Never drinking Coke agian

@evltwin984 9 ай бұрын

Its a strong drug that we now market and sell to children, because money is more important than kids. And this is an old video, what happened to the crackdown? More like a crack up😂 Well done humans👍