drinking coffee for years made my anxiety levels increase significantly. i started to notice this whenever i get into scenarios where i'm most uncomfortable. it

drinking coffee for years made my anxiety levels increase significantly. i started to notice this whenever i get into scenarios where i'm most uncomfortable. it used to be more mild that when i'm nervous, my heart is just pounding but no sweating and i can still hide the fact. now, with my coffee addiction, i get more noticeably anxious, where i have involuntary muscle twitching on my face/hands, more sweating, and it makes it more obvious that i'm nervous. to combat this, i started researching and led me to matcha tea. i just drink a lot of matcha tea now and i found it helps with my anxiety and i'm generally more calm. it still has caffeine at lower doses so it still gives that caffeine feeling so what i'm feeling might be a placebo but definitely helps. i did not quit coffee 100% though, i still drink it from time to time but not as often. it used to be > 4 cups of coffee per day (sometimes espresso shots) and now to 1-2 cups every 5-7 days. i have to say my coffee journey was fun though, for the last 10 years i started from starbucks, to roasting my own beans, to aeropress and drip, to a full fledge espresso machine.