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What do you feel is your reaction to caffeine?
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I tend not to drink caffeine during the day when using my meds. I get a headache which feels like I am trying to cramp a star shape object in circle shape hole. I drink mostly water or flavored water during the day to prevent the dehydration effects caused by my meds.
Try the square hole.
So it may not be the dehydration alone.
What meds you got prescribed?
Could be as caffeine does dehydrated you. I am taking Adderall 10mg ext release
Ritalin right now at 30mg after a pause of 1 year trialing it.
Wouldn't be surprised regarding dehydration. Doesn't coffee itself dehydrate?
No, if you're a regularly consume caffeine, it has very minimal to no dehydration effects except in extreme cases, such as consuming significantly more caffeine in a day than you usually do. IIt was like 10+ years ago that I really dug into this, so my memory may be a bit fuzzy, but the general idea is that caffeine basically irritates the bladder causing you to pee more frequently, but the total volume of water loss is the same.
Searching for "caffeine dehydration" brings up tons of other articles saying that the dehydration thing is a myth. Here's a scientific study comparing effects of caffeine on hydration:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886980/
Yes it does.