Trigger factor
Caffeine, alcohol & drugs
People say caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, weed and other recreational substances bring symptoms on, leave them more tired or bring on wet dreams.
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What people said15
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- “I smoked weed not to long ago, before I smoked I was decently normal but the next day...my pois symptoms were very bad like worse than usual”
- “if anything it made everything much more worse. Long term use gave me chronic fatigue”
- “There are sleep fragmentation and deprivation, alcohol or drugs consumption, stress, previous surgery, etc.”
- “Alcohol makes my symptoms worse.”
- “My health decreased (long term use) from cannabis use this i'm sure off... daily use made everything worse”
- “avoid anything with caffeine, alcohol or nicotine, these three things induce wet dreams”
- “even small amounts of alcohol induce wet dreams”
- “Same with cannabis or other natural immunospressants.”
- “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”