Most people use caffeine-containing beverages and foods to counteract stress, while overconsumption of caffeine can be highly stressful to the body. Caffeine in small doses promotes quick, clear thinking and decreases fatigue and reaction time.
Caffeine stimulates the release of glucose to flood your body with energy. But, even a low dose as low as 200mg, or one cup of coffee, can cause nervousness in people who are under stress.
Type A personalities, who already have an abundance of energy, may not feel the need for a coffee fix each morning. People suffering stress are already running on adrenaline and may not crave coffee. But by the time you reach the exhaustion stage, caffeine will become your drug of choice.
The proliferation of coffee shops all over the street corners shows the large numbers of people in our society who are in exhastion stage and often need a quick fix to help them function
Unfortunately, overuse of caffeine weakens the adrenal stress response, leading to exhaustion. Caffeine stimulates the release of stress hormones from the adrenal glands, further intensifying nervousness, especially in people with anxiety/panic disorders.
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