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<blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2087546" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>Can't tell you how much caffeine you would need to affect you. With me I was having about 8 cups of tea or coffee a day to keep myself hydrated. Doc reckoned there is about 3% in a cup of decaf. However, I also think other factors came into play. I was on a very strict 800 cal as day diet at the time and on top of that I was exercising as well. (I did some very stupid things when I was first diagnosed - still do for that matter.) I think I put my body into distress, doc reckoned I had gone into starvation mode. </p><p></p><p>What I should have also said and what other people have already said to you is that you need to get any arrhythmia checked out. When I was having palpitations, they were pretty obvious as I could feel my heart pounding, I was also getting fluttering, chest pain and shortness of breath also no energy whatsoever so quite bad and much worse than any previous episode. When I had my first diabetic screening they were also picked up by the DN screening nurse checking my pulse. She thought it was Atrial Fibrillation and referred me to my GP who set up the 72 hour ECG. Fortunately it turned out to be Ectopic. If it had been A Fib I was told I would need to go on blood thinners because of the risk of stroke but even with Ectopic, if I had not found out what the cause was, my doctor would have recommended beta blockers, in fact he did prescribe some but told me it was up to me whether I took them as we had discovered what the issue was. Even if yours turns out to be related to anxiety, the symptoms are very real and should be addressed. </p><p></p><p>In respect of trying to do without caffeine just remember to expect some very unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.</p><p></p><p>Keep well. C.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryhia, post: 2087546, member: 503862"] Can't tell you how much caffeine you would need to affect you. With me I was having about 8 cups of tea or coffee a day to keep myself hydrated. Doc reckoned there is about 3% in a cup of decaf. However, I also think other factors came into play. I was on a very strict 800 cal as day diet at the time and on top of that I was exercising as well. (I did some very stupid things when I was first diagnosed - still do for that matter.) I think I put my body into distress, doc reckoned I had gone into starvation mode. What I should have also said and what other people have already said to you is that you need to get any arrhythmia checked out. When I was having palpitations, they were pretty obvious as I could feel my heart pounding, I was also getting fluttering, chest pain and shortness of breath also no energy whatsoever so quite bad and much worse than any previous episode. When I had my first diabetic screening they were also picked up by the DN screening nurse checking my pulse. She thought it was Atrial Fibrillation and referred me to my GP who set up the 72 hour ECG. Fortunately it turned out to be Ectopic. If it had been A Fib I was told I would need to go on blood thinners because of the risk of stroke but even with Ectopic, if I had not found out what the cause was, my doctor would have recommended beta blockers, in fact he did prescribe some but told me it was up to me whether I took them as we had discovered what the issue was. Even if yours turns out to be related to anxiety, the symptoms are very real and should be addressed. In respect of trying to do without caffeine just remember to expect some very unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Keep well. C. [/QUOTE]
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