With many people consuming coffee every day, it is easy to
become addicted to caffeine. It is now considered a disorder when someone goes
through withdrawals of caffeine. According to American Psychiatric Association's new Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, caffeine withdrawal is diagnosed as a
mental disorder. As Joseph
Franzetti, MD knows, new diagnosis are always being put out every year.
To be officially
diagnosed, three out of the following five symptoms must be present within a
day of quitting using caffeine: depressed mood, flulike symptoms, fatigue or
drowsiness, difficulty concentrating, and headache. And having these symptoms
must cause significant distress and affect your ability to function. It is
interesting to see what other diagnoses are made every year on every day things
that we consume.
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