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> Try to stay away from stimulants, like caffeine Something of an aside, but I've actually found caffeine (400mg/day + variable amount in drinks) _helps_ with
by stordoff 7y ago
> Try to stay away from stimulants, like caffeine
Something of an aside, but I've actually found caffeine (400mg/day + variable amount in drinks) _helps_ with OCD-induced panic attacks. If I do have an attack, it seems somewhat worse, but it makes it _significantly_ easier to shift my attention away from obsessive thoughts, thus avoiding triggering the attack in the first place.
I was pointed towards it by this paper - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19573497 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19573497 It's a pretty weak basis for making treatment decisions (n=24, caffeine was used as the control against d-amphetamine, both showed some effect), but my doctor and I reasoned that there was fairly limited risk in trying it. Other studies seem to have shown similar results - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559101/