Comments on: Caffeine Intake and Lupus | Staying Alert

By: Lenore

Lenore — Sat, 28 May 2022 16:12:46 +0000

Very interesting and informative

By: Tracy R

Tracy R — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 22:08:59 +0000

Hi, I’ve had Lupus for many years-diagnosed officially 10 years ago
but living with it undiagnosed for at least5 to 6 years before that.
I’ve been a tea drinker my whole life, up until two years ago at 51
started to drink coffee once in a great while. However, much more
recently, this year in fact, I discovered that drinking coffee daily (almost 1 cup)
actually helps my inflammation and pain I have lived with daily. Although I
don’t love the coffee, because it does help decrease my pain, I have grown
to including it in my lifestyle to help navigate my health challenges. For
someone like myself who doesn’t take prescription meds for my lupus
(or the other 4 autoimmune disorders I have) this is an added and very
unexpected bonus to helping me along my health journey.

By: Juliane

Juliane — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:20:57 +0000

I drink one mugful first thing in the morning by myself in bed (my husband wakes before me). I open the shades to let light in and find that this combination is a nice way to wake up. I do have high blood pressure and kidney disease so I take BP medication. I cannot have anymore caffeine the rest of the day or it affects my blood pressure, sleep and sometimes even makes me feel ill. I have learned to switch to herbal teas, both hot and cold depending on the time of year. If my blood pressure lowers enough to go off pills, I imagine that I will have to give up my coffee ritual and replace it with something else. I read a suggestion to drink a glass of lemon water before having coffee in the morning. I’m going to give that a try because I do tend to not hydrate myself with enough water during the day. This will give me a jump start.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:00:19 +0000

I feel way better with the caffeine . If I don’t have my caffeine I get super tired after only. Ring for about 2 hours and find it very hard to function. With caffeine I can make it a full day at work plus still do my chores at home .

By: DinaMay

DinaMay — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 03:23:50 +0000

I definitely do better without coffee. The little bit of caffeine that’s in green tea is more my speed. But I just really really LIKE coffee!