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Caffiene and ghost hunting

A daily caffeine fix may help you through the afternoon slump - but it may also cause you to see ghosts. Coffee may cause hallucinations, research by the University of Durham suggests. Research suggests people who drink more than seven cups of instant coffee a day have an increased tendency to hallucinate.

High caffeine users may even think they sense non-existent people, according to researchers from the University of Durham. They studied 200 students who were asked about their typical intake of caffeine products.

Those who had a high caffeine intake were three times more likely to have the heard voice of someone non-existent than "low" users who consumed less than one cup of instant coffee or its equivalent.
Seeing things that were not there, hearing voices and sensing the presence of dead people were among the experiences reported.

Besides coffee, caffeine can be obtained from sources such as tea, chocolate, "pep" pills and energy drinks.

However, the hallucinations are not necessarily a sign of mental illness. Around 3% of people regularly hear voices, the research said. The ability of caffeine to exacerbate the effects of stress may be behind the study's findings, scientists believe.

When under stress the body releases the hormone cortisol which is produced in greater quantities after consuming caffeine, possibly leading to hallucinations.

Dr Charles Fernyhough, the co-author of the study, pointed out that the research only showed an association between caffeine intake and hallucination proneness, not a causal link. "One interpretation may be that those students who were more prone to hallucinations used caffeine to help cope with their experiences," he said.

(Article from a British newspaper, sorry I don't know which one but all credit is due to the author whoever they are)

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Very interesting , I drink more coffee than that per day, but don,t think I am prone to " hallucinations ".
In fact I know I,m not .....Bx emoticon

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From what I have read elsewhere everyone agrees with you, including me. I am sure the article is true to an extent but perhaps an extreme of what can happen rather then what happens on a frequent basis. I often load up with red bull and cups of tea before a long invest but despite my wishes I very rarely experience anything that could be classed as paranormal.

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