Can Green Tea cause anxiety?

[livelife1018]

ever since I've been taking green tea I've been noticing I've been getting anxious a lot.

[James0]

Yes, it's called conditioning aka where you associate two things together which leads to need outcome.

Example I have a strange amount of luck today (-^-^-)/ I found 50 dollars on the ground. Next I get a free coffe and then I remember I just brought this key chain. I begin to think this key chain lucky. Next day everything just seem so perfect which I then belive the Keychain is lucky.

[martyfellow]

Whaaa? Green tea is calming and soothing! If you're anxious, it's in SPITE of green tea, not BECAUSE of it!!!

[PiscesEyes]

Taking? And not drinking green tea? Its probably another ingredient in whatever it is your taking.

Green tea has lots of relaxing benefits. And i personally dont even notice the caffine in green tea. So unless you have a stomach condition or a allergy/sensitivity to it, it must be something else.

[sailorjupiter]

tea have caffeine, just like coffee. if you feel that way, that's mean, your body kinda not quite tolerant with the caffeine in take, so i suggesting you to take it slow... increase the intake throughout time if you want to take it as your daily diet

[livelife1018]

Ok thank you ! :)

[sailorjupiter]

you're welcome ;)

[NatashaJ]

Maybe the caffeine? are you sure it's the green tea not anything else in your diet or you took something? or you just thinking its anxiety when it's not.

[Darkfairie17]

Some green teas have caffeine in them, so that might make your anxiety worse. It's best to check on the box to see if it has caffeine in it. If it does, you may want to limit drinking green tea.

[BellePepper]

It's actually supposed to have the opposite effect but if it's bothering you just stop drinking it and switch to something else.

[BlueEyedHipsta]

Should really be having the opposite effect, you sure you haven't been having anything else new?

[livelife1018]

No it was just green tea, I'm trying to drink it more often

[BlueEyedHipsta]

Green tea only has a fraction of the caffeine in it as coffee. Coffee being about 250mg-300mg and green tea being 25mg-40mg a cup

[BlueEyedHipsta]

Okay so make sure that 1. You are making it correctly (steeping in water at 75-80°C -you can achieve this by adding a quarter cup of cold water to your mug before adding boiling water and your tea)
2. Only steep it for 2 min
3. You're not drinking too much of it too fast in a day..
If that doesn't work try steeping one tea bag in twice the amount of water and halfing it to have the rest at another time.

[livelife1018]

Ok thank you I will try that! I think I am just over doing it so I probably should take it down a notch

[Azgeda]

Sounds like you have a bit of a caffeine sensitivity issue. Once your body get used to it , it'll pass.

[Xfitchick]

All tea contains cafeïne to some degree. If you are very sensitive to it, yes it can.

[Curlybeauty17]

Buy some decaf green tea, it probably won't do that to you.

[Anonymous]

Green tea contains caffeine. If you are sensitive to stimulants it could cause a reaction.

[COCOCHANEL]

it's the high levels of caffeine

[AriadneSky]

it does for me bc im sensitive to caffeine.

[BackAgain]

Yes it's possible try decaffeinated green tea

[TripleAce]

Its the caffeine most likely

[starryeyedkitten]

No.. it just causes bad bacteria in your mouth :(

[LesbianBusinessWoman]

Not at all, it does the opposite

[SoFeckinAddicted]

Anything that has caffeine can cause anxiety.

[meatballs21]

Caffiene maybe?

[Afrochick]

Not for me..

[CancerianMan81]

no but coffee can