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Article: Caffeine anaphylaxis-stage II: obsessive-compulsive disorder.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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With toxicity progressing, simultaneously or after manifesting as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ongoing caffeine anaphylaxis continues poisoning the brain and generates the repetitive, obsessive behavior noted in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Obsessive-compulsive disorder commonly affects persons diagnosed with ADHD.
Several factors are involved with OCD. First, caffeine anaphylaxis poisons the prefrontal cortex. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is due to dysfunction of the prefrontal area. (1-3)
Caffeine, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), generates an increase of catecholamine (noradrenaline, adrenaline, and ...