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Caffeine = nausea?

cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm RegentBears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
edited November 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
At least I think so. Over the past few weeks or so, drinking anything caffeinated has made me feel nauseous, especially in the morning afterward.


Sign of an illness, or just a sign I shouldn't drink soda anymore?
If it matters, I never drink coffee or anything alcoholic, ever.

I've been getting random nausea for a while now, but whatever it is, soda definitely seems to aggravate it.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Do you drink a lot of soda? Also are you female or male?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Male. And I used to, not so much as of late.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Well, a doctor will probably be your best bet if you're concerned. I mean soda can react with stuff like antacids and give you nausea. Maybe the early onset of diabetes too (but I doubt that). Your stomach probably just doesn't like the sugar IMO. Do you eat a lot of sweet things?

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You're pregnant. Congratulations!

    Seriously though. Do you get nauseous if you drink non-caffeinated soda? Some people can become very sensitive to sugar especially if it's on an empty stomach. Refined sugar is not easy to digest so if you are already prone to feeling sick for any reason (like maybe a very mild cold) then your body could be telling you to cut it out for now.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    No, non-caffeinated soda hasn't made me nearly as ill, which is why I think it's related. Tried some code red the other day, and it made me feel like I wanted to vomit.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    That's what I was thinking too pie. But since he's a he that went out the window.

    Definitely seems like a sugar intolerance to me. But again, IANAD.

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  • LewieP's MummyLewieP's Mummy Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Lots of caffeine can be bad for your stomach, specially if you also take NSAIDs regularly, as both can irritate the stomach lining. I can't drink stuff with caffeine, or take aspirin/ibuprofen without my stomach hurting.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Always make sure you eat something first too before you start chugging stuff like soda, tea, or coffee. Lots of problems from people who skip breakfast and go to school/work and start drinking the stuff too.

    Might help in your case too Lewie's Mom.

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I always need to eat something when I drink coffee, otherwise it's the express train to nausea town.

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  • SarcastroSarcastro Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yah, lots of people have stomach/gastro-intestinal issues with caffiene. Very common.

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  • NoxyNoxy Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I have this problem. I have noticed that it happens when I have caffeine with sugar. A cup or two of black coffee or hot tea and I am usually fine. Soda or added sugar make me extremely sick to my stomach. Sugar by itself is OK for me though.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2010
    It's weird to me that it would suddenly become a problem, but try cutting it out altogether and see how you feel.

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  • Gilbert0Gilbert0 North of SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    ceres wrote: »
    It's weird to me that it would suddenly become a problem, but try cutting it out altogether and see how you feel.

    That might be a problem in itself. My parents are 2-3 cups of coffee a day drinkers and when they visited my Aunt/Uncle who don't drink coffee, they had some pretty good caffeine withdrawl headaches.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Gilbert0 wrote: »
    ceres wrote: »
    It's weird to me that it would suddenly become a problem, but try cutting it out altogether and see how you feel.

    That might be a problem in itself. My parents are 2-3 cups of coffee a day drinkers and when they visited my Aunt/Uncle who don't drink coffee, they had some pretty good caffeine withdrawl headaches.

    It's most likely the sugar, rather than the caffeine. Sugar does this to a lot of people. Especially soda. Especially on an empty stomach.

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  • pbyspbys __BANNED USERS new member
    edited November 2010
    I have had the same problem in the past. Different people have different tolerances to caffiene, if it makes you sick feeling, then I would avoid. Good luck.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You could also test the *other* way, by taking just caffeine. Take a caffeine pill and see if it has the same effects on you. If not, it's not the caffeine. If so, it's caffeine. The pills are pure so you'd be testing the single ingredient.

    I did this with milk when I thought I was lactose intolerant. I figured I could spend a lot of money and time going to a GI doctor, or I could drink a big glass of milk one day, and a big glass of Lactaid milk the next. Sure enough, the normal milk gave me an upset stomach while the lactaid milk was fine.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Or try caffeine free soda.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    He did that; he said it made him "less ill." Black coffee would also work (as the opposite)

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hmm. I wonder if it's "I'm drinking a soda in the morning and it makes me feel queasy" rather than "Something in soda is making me queasy"

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