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Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness

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204 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 21:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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ekjhgkejhgk ◴[06 Dec 25 22:34 UTC] No.46177194[source]▶
If I had severe mental illness I'd be immortal by now.
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dentemple ◴[06 Dec 25 22:56 UTC] No.46177340[source]▶
I have ADHD, and I drink 2-3 cups' worth of coffee every day.

I'm basically a vampire now.

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devilsdata ◴[06 Dec 25 23:13 UTC] No.46177477[source]▶
I've been self-medicating ADHD with multiple cups of coffee a day since I was 17. I'm in my early 30s now, and after getting on Vyvanse, have reduced then given up coffee. I realised that coffee was the reason for my anxiety which builds up towards the end of the day.

I reduced my coffee down to 1 espresso per day two months ago, and quit entirely two weeks ago. I'm still on stimulants, but Vyvanse treats ADHD much better and has fewer side-effects.

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1. dns_snek ◴[07 Dec 25 10:39 UTC] No.46180745[source]▶
Same here, my afternoon anxiety from daily coffee consumption (1-2 cups typically) got really bad on some days. I was heavily addicted to coffee and nicotine for years but I managed to quit both of those after realizing that they weren't doing me any favors. I continued to have cravings until I got on ADHD medication then they practically disappeared overnight and never came back.

I think more people should give green or black tea a try, I found them to provide similar effects to coffee but with fewer side effects.