Hello, i would like to hear about experiences of members having a history of high coffee consumption. I've been abusing this beverage for many years, to the point of a real addiction, i'm in the process of slowly tappering. This bad habit has led to an awful chronic cognitive state that has been deteriorating those last years : constant delibitating intellectual fatigue (from awakening), permanent brain fog, great difficulties to think, to concentrate and to memorize, tinnitus, stress... The kind of sensation an old person with a degenerative neurologic issue would have.
I've also been suffering from moderate depression for over a decade, this have a negative outcome for the cognition but i'm sure my "alzheimer like" symptoms are related to caffeine. I've done blood, thyroid and hormone tests, those showed no particular issue.
I take your usual supplements to tackle my issues, with little success (vitamins, minerals, omega3, ginkgo, l-tyrosine, st john's wort...).
Caffeine in chronic huge quantities have detrimental consequences : messes with adenosine levels, shrinkes the hippocampus, therefore stops neurogenesis etc...
I would like to have the advices from members who fell into that situation : did you cognitive state improved when dropping the consumption to normal levels (2 or 3 cups a day, stopping completely is infeasible for me), did you helped yourself with supplements or something else, did you performed neurologic tests (EEG etc, my GP almost laughed at me when i suggested to see a neurologist, idem from one psychiatrist some years ago).
From members with academical knowledge on this situation : are you aware of this kind of chronic cognitive degradation in heavy coffee drinkers and is this state reversible ?
In advance, thanks for your answer.
