I noticed that in the last few weeks I've been pretty anxious. More so than my normal background level of anxiety. I realised that I've been drinking a lot more heavily caffeinated iced coffees and pepsi max recently. What's more, I was thinking back to a period earlier in the year when I was less anxious and remembered that it coincided with a health kick where Mrs R and I cut back a lot on Pepsi/fizzy drinks. I put two and two together and started thinking that caffeine is probably exacerbating my anxiety. This led me to try experimenting with coffee, walking and anxiety.
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