CAFFEINE INDUCED PSYCHOSIS

Psychosis is often described as a “loss of reality” or a “break from reality” because you experience
or believe things that aren’t real. It can change the way you think, act, feel, or sense things.
Psychosis can be very scary and confusing, and it can significantly disrupt your life.

Psychosis is a syndrome or group of symptoms. Psychosis itself isn’t a disease or disorder—it’s

usually a sign of a health problem.
Before an episode of psychosis begins, you will likely experience early warning signs. Warning signs
can include depression, anxiety, feeling “different” or feeling like your thoughts have sped up or
slowed down. These signs can be vague and hard to understand, especially in the first episode of
psychosis. Some people only experience a few warning signs while others can experience signs for
many months.
Phases of psychosis
Psychosis occurs in three phases:
Early
Acute
1. Recovery
Early Phase
There is no specific symptom presentation for early psychosis, and warning signs will look different
for each person in the early phase. According to Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth
Mental Health, common presentations could be a combination of any of the following:
Feeling as if your thoughts might not be your own
Feeling like you’re being watched
Being open and explicit about sexual matters
Feeling quiet and withdrawn
Thinking you could be someone else
having no interests in things
Thinking the radio or TV are referring to you
Being preoccupied with one or two things
Feeling as if you am being laughed at or talked about
• New ideas constantly coming to mind
Acute Phase
In this stage you are experiencing your highest peeks of psychosis. In this phase symptoms which
are most associated with psychosis are expressed:
#Thoughts feelings and perceptions are seriously affected
#Eperiences of hallucinations and delusions
#You may have experiences of agitated body movements
RECOVERY PHASE
To enter into the recovery phase of psychosis you must typically receive treatment for your
symptoms in the form of therapy and medication management. When you enter New Journeys
program, you are given the opportunity to receive both individual resiliency therapy, as well as
medication management, among other services to assist you in achieving recovery. While the pattern
of recovery varies from person to person, psychosis is treatable and recovery is expected
CAFFEINE

Caffeine is a bitter substance that occurs naturally in more than 60 plants

including:
•Coffee beans
•Tea leaves
•Kola nuts, which are used to flavor soft drink colas
•Cacao pods, which are used to make chocolate products
• There is also synthetic (man-made) caffeine, which is added to some
medicines, foods, and drinks. For example, some pain relievers, cold
medicines, and over-the-counter medicines for alertness contain
synthetic caffeine
• Caffeine is a drug that stimulates (increases the activity of) your brain
and nervous system.
• Up to 400 milligrams (mg) of caffeine a day appears to be safe for most
healthy adults. That’s roughly the amount of caffeine in four cups of
brewed coffee, 10 cans of cola or two “energy shot” drinks.
As a competitive adenosine antagonist, caffeine affects dopamine transmission and has been reported
to worsen psychosis in people with schizophrenia and to cause psychosis in otherwise healthy
people.

CASE STUDY
Chronic caffeine-induced psychosis characterized by delusions and paranoia has been reported in a
47-year-old man with high caffeine intake. The psychosis resolved within seven weeks after
lowering caffeine intake, without the use of anti-psychotic medication.
• Having too much or too little dopamine in some parts of the brain are linked to some mental
illnesses including depression, schizophrenia and psychosis. Caffeine's strongest effects are felt in
the first hour after consuming it, but some effects can last from 4 to 6 hours.
• Caffeine causes neural excitation in the brain, which the pituitary gland perceives as an emergency
and stimulates the adrenal glands to release adrenaline.
• An increase in the extracellular concentration of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is
believed to be one of the main mechanisms involved in the rewarding and motor-activating
properties of psychostimulants such as amphetamines and cocaine
• Caffeine has the capability to reduce brain serotonin synthesis by inhibiting tryptophan
hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme for central serotonin biosynthesis.
CONCLUSION
In a world where people joke about being addicted to caffeine, and many drink large cups of strong
coffee at home, at work, and in cafés, you should be aware that caffeine can induce some types of
mental illness.
• In the United States, 85 percent of adults consume at least one caffeinated beverage daily, with
coffee, tea, and soda as the primary sources (96%). Energy drinks and edible sources (e.g.,
chocolate, headache remedies, etc.) account for the remainder. Despite its common use, caffeine
carries certain risks, particularly when consumed in large amounts.
• Underscoring this fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued some guidance in April
2018 to warn manufacturers and the public about the risks associated with highly concentrated
caffeine contained in bulk packages of dietary supplements. The U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services considers 400 mg of daily caffeine intake to be the upper limit of healthy eating
patterns.
REFERENCES

1. https
://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine-induced_psychosis#:~:text=Caffeine%2Dinduced%20psych
osis%20is%20a,delusions%2C%20paranoia%2C%20and%20hallucinations
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2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19407709/
3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-mental-health/202006/can-caffeine-
induce-psychosis
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