Does coffee have anti-depressant qualities?!
Question: It has caffeine of course but so does cola, but when I stop drinking coffee for a while I feel less 'with-it'. However I'am not that with-it in general so I post it for your opinion.
Answers: It has caffeine of course but so does cola, but when I stop drinking coffee for a while I feel less 'with-it'. However I'am not that with-it in general so I post it for your opinion.
Caffeine does seem to have at least a mild antidepressant effect. The caffeine in coffee may have mood-elevating actions through effects on neurotransmitters such as dopamine and acetylcholine.
BUT from a website:
Clinical Psychologists in the USA have carried out research which indicates that caffeine can be a factor in causing or exacerbating depression and that on removal of caffeine from the diet, depression lifts, and on re-introducing it to the diet again, depression worsens. Caffeine can have an anti-depressant action in small amounts but can have a depressive effect in larger amounts. Caffeine users report significantly higher depression scores when compared to non-users. The higher the total caffeine intake, the more likely the subjects were to suffer from depression. The researchers were unable to identify a clear cut dosage level which produced symptoms.
Vitamin B6 is one vitamin involved in the manufacture of serotonin (this chemical is low in people with anxiety and depression). Caffeine depletes the body of vitamin B6, this may be another route where caffeine is involved in depression.
Coffee is the source of all that was, is, and ever shall be.
It's probably caffeine addiction. This is actually pretty common. Look how people flip out in the AM when they dont get caffeine. When they took the free coffee machine away from my job, we nearly had a revolution. Just to avoid the addiction, I starting drinking less coffee or instant only...sucks at first. I also stopped consuming caffeine on weekends....most of the time.