[Dean's World] Dean: Coffee Depression

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Posted by Dean:
Coffee Depression
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   I really like coffee. Sometimes black, sometimes with cream and sugar.
   Sometimes flavored but usually not.

   I'll generally drink several cups if I have it available, but I've
   noticed something interesting in the last year or so: if I drink one
   too many cups of coffee, I'm suddenly hit with a terrible wave of
   depression. It hits me very hard, and lasts for a couple of hours. At
   first I didn't recognize that it was the coffee until I noticed that
   this depressed feeling was always a little unusual: I felt not just
   depressed, but also jittery and nervous. So it's like I'm quite awake
   and full of energy, and the universe is a horrible place, I'm a
   horrible person, life has no meaning and nothing is ever going to go
   right again.

   Heh. It's a funny feeling. Now I've learned to moderate my coffee
   intake, and if I make a mistake and have one too many I just tell
   myself to wait for the bad feelings to go away. In a few hours at
   most, they do.

   Anyone else experience something like this? It seems to take about 5
   cups to send me over the edge like that. It's kinda weird.