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Sensitive to caffeine

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Nandalot Mon 28-Jul-25 20:58:46

DH is intolerant of caffeine. It gives him a migraine. The same with chocolate, lard, peanuts, and a host of E-numbers and preservatives. We have to read labels very closely. It started with chocolate but has multiplied over the years. Fortunately, he is jut intolerant, not allergic.

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Aveline Mon 28-Jul-25 20:48:59

It's quite the opposite but when I started to take beetroot extract I began to sleep so much better and wake feeling refreshed. I hate the vegetable itself hence taking the tablets.
The gut is so much more important than previously thought.

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V3ra Mon 28-Jul-25 20:45:28

Not caffeine, but I have been having very unpleasant symptoms this year which I gradually realised was diet-related.

Eventually I narrowed it down to gluten, cut that out of my diet and am feeling ok again.

So I'd say if you've noticed a reaction and realised what's causing it, you're quite right!

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traveller61 Mon 28-Jul-25 18:25:59

Over last 20 years, and possibly since menopause I started having some sensitivity to caffeine. Firstly started off noticing with coke cola, and coffee. After awhile ditched the cola, and had decaf tea & coffee. There is a small amount of caffeine in the decaf, so now my tea is made with rooibos tea (red bush tree), and hardly any coffee. Occasionally the odd decaf coffee. I have found ie on holidays I may have a decaf everyday but eventually it seems to catch up with me, the reactions. Can be disturbed sleep, vivid dreams, feeling hot at night, the next day can act as if I’m unsure of things, a sort of not coping mentally till later in day may feel ‘normal & confident’ again.
I’m now having similar reactions to a lot of ‘dark’ things, so raisins/currants, cherry squash, apple & blackcurrant squash, dark fruit ciders. Before I get to make an appointment with my GP, anyone else experienced anything like this? I’d be grateful to hear…

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