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If I drink a full cup of good coffee before exercise I'll likely die of heart attack. My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffe

If I drink a full cup of good coffee before exercise I'll likely die of heart attack. My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffee and wait for 15 minutes. Other anti-oxidizing drinks like green tea do help a lot though. It really depends on the person. I was a former coffee addict and even though I mostly have quit coffee for full 10 years now I still can't get back to regularly consuming it. It's either half a cup once two weeks or a very shitty 2-3 days after.

Felger 6y ago
Did you have to stop coffee because of those heart like symptoms ?
- pdimitar 6y ago
  I have never seen a doctor about it. By the time I stopped coffee I already had some slight arrhythmia so I was quite scared and never pursued any more detailed info. But yes, I stopped and got better almost instantly.
  - jmmcd 6y ago
    I think a doctor would recommend to see a doctor, here.
    - pdimitar 6y ago
      What can I say? Life was hectic and hugely stressful. Stress and depression have the tendency to rob you of your self-preservation instincts. I finally started recouping, some 10-12 years after I started having health problems, but what can you do. Better late than never.
bserge 6y ago
Interesting. I had a similar experience, but recently I started taking levothyroxine and now coffee works exactly as it did 10-15 years ago. You should check your thyroid gland/thyroxine/TSH level sometime.
- pdimitar 6y ago
  Yep, one of my 5 thyroid hormones is having high values so I am definitely going to the doctors soon. Whether I am epically stupid for not having done it 10 years ago is... entirely another matter.
amelius 6y ago
> My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffee and wait for 15 minutes. Are you sure it isn't heartburn? It happens to a lot of people who drink coffee (and hasn't anything to do with the heart). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn
- pdimitar 6y ago
  I really am not. You might be correct. I'll ask the doctors when I get to them. I just get a first heart rate and shortness of breath when drinking real coffee, so indeed it might be a heartburn.

Felger 6y ago

Did you have to stop coffee because of those heart like symptoms ?

pdimitar 6y ago
I have never seen a doctor about it. By the time I stopped coffee I already had some slight arrhythmia so I was quite scared and never pursued any more detailed info. But yes, I stopped and got better almost instantly.
- jmmcd 6y ago
  I think a doctor would recommend to see a doctor, here.
  - pdimitar 6y ago
    What can I say? Life was hectic and hugely stressful. Stress and depression have the tendency to rob you of your self-preservation instincts. I finally started recouping, some 10-12 years after I started having health problems, but what can you do. Better late than never.

bserge 6y ago

Interesting. I had a similar experience, but recently I started taking levothyroxine and now coffee works exactly as it did 10-15 years ago. You should check your thyroid gland/thyroxine/TSH level sometime.

pdimitar 6y ago
Yep, one of my 5 thyroid hormones is having high values so I am definitely going to the doctors soon. Whether I am epically stupid for not having done it 10 years ago is... entirely another matter.

amelius 6y ago

> My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffee and wait for 15 minutes. Are you sure it isn't heartburn? It happens to a lot of people who drink coffee (and hasn't anything to do with the heart). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn

pdimitar 6y ago
I really am not. You might be correct. I'll ask the doctors when I get to them. I just get a first heart rate and shortness of breath when drinking real coffee, so indeed it might be a heartburn.