POIS Compass

Trigger factor

Caffeine

People say coffee, energy drinks and other caffeine make them shaky, panicky or more tired, or bring on wet dreams, and some improved a lot after quitting.

7 remarks

What people said7

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  • “And after cutting out caffeine, they completely disappeared.”
  • “I control it with ginger pills these days though and avoiding caffeine, spicy foods, sugar, etc.”
  • “When in POIS, I don’t get those positive effects and sometimes feel even more tired after a couple cups of coffee.”
  • “I've noticed that any kind of stimulation of my nervous system such as drinking coffee, getting jumpscared, or laughing really hard triggers shakiness and panic.”
  • “avoid anything with caffeine, alcohol or nicotine, these three things induce wet dreams”
  • “Avoid caffeine and sweets”
  • “caffeine actually induces wet dreams”