For Some, Caffeine Addiction Is Doubly Dangerous
You want to cut back on caffeine, but you can’t — even if your doctor says you have to.
Now, new research is saying that dependence on caffeine is not just a physical issue. As CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports, it could be affecting us psychologically.
Jessica Hayes starts her day with a jolt of java and often refuels throughout the day.
“I feel like it helps me be more productive,” she says.
The problem is Jessica has acid reflux, and her doctor has been telling her to cut back on caffeine. She knows it’s not good for her, but she can’t stop going back to her coffee.
“It’s definitely something that I fight with myself all the time,” she says.
A caffeine researcher, Professor Laura Juliano, says that may be because for some people the need for caffeine could be a psychological problem. It’s being called Caffeine Use Disorder.
The American Psychiatric Association is calling for more study on Caffeine Use Disorder in its latest diagnostic manual called the DSM. Dr. Charles O’Brien was on the DSM committee.
Read More: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/for-some-caffeine-addiction-is-doubly-dangerous/
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Giant slug, I am. 
In my case, giving up coffee encouraged me to do more. In the past 7 months, I've had chips once at a restaurant. No deserts, no snacks. When I stopped eating for taste, I realized how addicted we are to our taste buds.
You made quite a change, too. Bravo! 
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"If you're bored then you're boring." -Harvey Danger[/center][/font][hr]
It is amazing though how strong the cravings.... Even nearly two years later I occasionally have incredibly strong cravings for sweet junk food. Fortunately, they are diminished most of the time and I can generally get by with some fruit.
to your health
and don't dehydrate you. 
Wonder how long until there's a medication for that...
However, they do drop dead from energy drinks.
That someone wouldn't favor childproof caps on any particular variety of toxin is an odd question, really, and has nothing to do with ecigs in particular.
There are no children in my house and I prefer non-childproof caps in general, which is the way that OTC medicines went after finding that elderly people with arthritis couldn't open their aspirin. And then, what do people do:
However, whether any particular product needs a childproof cap doesn't have diddly to do with the FDA. That's a CPSC issue.
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/PPPA/
The PPPA allows the Commission to set rules requiring child-resistant packaging for specific types of products customarily used in or around the household if the Commission determines:
1. that those products present a risk of serious injury or serious illness to children under 5 who are able to open the packages of the products and drink, eat, or handle the contents, and
2. that technology exists or can be developed to produce child-resistant packaging for such products, that the packaging can be used with modern mass production and assembly techniques, and that the packaging will adequately protect the integrity of the product and not interfere with the product’s intended storage or use.
Do you really expect an argument on whether they should be in childproof containers?
All of the following items are sold and purchased separately, since people have different preferences on battery capacity, tank, etc..
Of the "things pnwmom wants the FDA to regulate" could you identify them:
1.
This is a battery. It contains a switch, some recharging circuitry, and a standard threaded head. They come in a variety of capacities, variable voltages, etc. It contains no nicotine. There are a variety of models made by different manufacturers.
Some of them have decorative designs. I understand you don't like the vinyl sticky wrap labels with colorful designs on them. In what way would you propose the FDA regulate the color, design, or sticky labels that can be applied to the battery?
2.
This is an atomizer. It is a tube which holds liquid and screws onto the battery. It contains a silica wick, a heating element and a mouthpiece. It contains no nicotine. In what way would you propose the FDA regulate it?
3.
This is a different atomizer. Like #2, it contains a silica wick, a heating element, and a mouthpiece. Also like #2, it can be screwed onto the battery shown in #1, and illustrates another of the various types of things which can be screwed onto the battery. I assume the black one is okay and the silver one might be okay. Am I correct in understanding the other colors should be banned?
I would like to understand which of these items, none of which necessitate the use of nicotine-containing liquid, you believe should be regulated by the FDA and in what way.
Gave up smokes over 20 years ago. NOT giving up my one or two cups a day. Nope. No way.
For the acid reflux.
