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Hi BLuna79 – congrats on your new job. Starting a new job is stressful at the best of times but you’ll settle into it and hopefully the anxiety might lift.
To answer your question – for me personally Ritalin and coffee don’t mix. I think either one is beneficial but if I take both together then I’m a complete screwball.
Just as a matter of interest, do you take sugar in your coffee? I find when I take Ritalin, I need to make sure I eat regularly and have plenty to drink. The reason I asked about sugar in your coffee is because you might be craving the sugar rather than the caffeine. If I keep my blood sugar up I am more levelled. If I feel stressed on meds and I drink some fruit juice or non-caffinated soda water I feel much better.
When the Ritalin wears off I drink coffee to counter the inevitable headache. It’s not good to go cold turkey with coffee if you have drunk a lot of it in the past. So I have one at breakfast and another at night when the meds wear off. If I don’t take my meds then all day is one long caffeine hit. But for me, they just don’t mix.
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