The Panic Attack Juice in a Can

My mental health is very important to me. Especially as a mom of two little children. I usually like to try and walk around wearing my anxiety with a lot of courage. I have struggled my whole life dealing with anxiety. I know it's ruined my life in some ways. Sometimes I just cringe over moments where my anxiety took control of a situation and got the better of me. But that is how life can be like when you struggle with severe anxiety and depression. As a mom, I feel like I have constantly chugged coffee for the last almost four years of my life. Hey, raising kids is no joke, it takes a lot of energy to run around after kids all day. The biggest thing I noticed with my caffeine intake was my anxiety.

Energy drinks have become like anxiety juice in a can for me. Literally a liquid panic attack in a can. I can usually begin to tell when I have had too much caffeine now because of how much my can anxiety spill out all over the place. Not even allowing myself to get into writing about all the harsh chemicals inside the drinks, they just suck for people with anxiety disorders. I don't want to take the risk of drinking one and having to end up taking my lorazepam to calm myself down after a panic attack anymore, that's why I have made the choice to step away from consistently consuming them on a regular basis, just for the sake of my own mental health.

I'd much prefer my coffee even though I know that can trigger my panic and anxiety as well. I just enjoy the taste of the sugary sweet beverage too much to have completely cut them out. Switching to sparkling water instead of the panic attack juice was the smartest, yet sweetest choice I have made for my health. I know I said I would not get into the harsh chemicals and sugars but I will just a bit. Chronic energy drink consumption can affect your heart in a seriously negative way, because of the amount of caffeine you're ingesting. It can cause increased blood pressure which in the long run can seriously impact your cardiovascular health. It's really not good for your heart to drink energy drinks at high volumes. The high levels of taurine and other chemicals in the drinks can also negatively impact your brain, especially if you are an adolescent. Ingesting that much caffeine and all of that sugar in one beverage is really not good for anyone's health.

I had such a severe panic attack so many months ago after consuming three energy drinks in one whole day. I know, that was a big whopping mistake. My whole body couldn't handle the amount of anxiety I was experiencing. I was out of my medication at the time and I wound up spending four hours in sheer panic before I managed to calm myself down. That was a horrible experience for me and I learned a major lesson in a big way with my anxiety. I wound up getting better mental health help after that day. It is now important to me that I never run low on my medication after that experience. I have now been starting to function better with my chronic anxiety because I now can notice the way that energy drinks will affect my anxiety in a negative light. That is why I have made the choice to stop consuming them consistently, for the sake of my mental health and overall physical wellbeing.

Chloe Rose Violet

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