Eating Healthy And Not Consuming Too Much Caffeine

Their are many components to overcoming mental illness.

One thing that is important to your mental health is eating healthy. If you eat healthy, just knowing that you have a healthy diet can help you emotionally.

Also, for me, I mostly stay away from drinking certain sodas that contain a lot of caffeine, although a healthy amount of caffeine does have some benefits. I used to have bad anxiety issues years ago. And I don't want those excessive anxieties to return. If I were currently drinking lots of sodas that have high amounts of caffeine in them (like I used to), I think their's a chance that I could start feeling very nervous again. That's the last thing I want!

I do drink Mountain Dew soda once in a great while. But not on a regular basis. My mental health is so important to me, after all.

Sounds like this thread that I started will help you, Karen. I hope going back to 1/3 decaf will help you with your anxieties.

I LOVE the taste of coffee! But ever since I accidently drank 1/2 cup of caffeinated coffee and soon after had a terrible jittery feeling (heart and thoughts racing) I knew caffeine had to be added to my "avoid" list (along with too much sugar).

i switched to decafe coffie and it made a huge diff. sometimes if really groggy -i mix a little real coffie in. no soda at all