I don't want to jinx myself...but I think I *might* have really done it this time. At the end of April, the husband was gone for a week to NC to take care of some things with my MIL, so I told myself that I was not going to purchase any creamer, and I would have no reason to make coffee because the husband wouldn't be here to drink it. It's now been almost a complete month since I've had any coffee--just plain, nothing-added green tea every morning. That's definitely the longest I've made it without caving and going back to coffee! Sometimes I vaguely miss coffee, but at the same time when I think of actually drinking it, my stomach turns a little.
I also mentioned the anxiety to my doctor a few weeks ago at my last visit and asked her advice re: perimenopause. We discussed several things, but we decided to start with the most very basic thing--adding a magnesium glycinate supplement. I don't like medications very much, and I want to feel better, so I'm probably just a super susceptible placebo candidate, but I've been taking it for a few weeks now, and have just gone through the period when my anxiety would typically be at its most high, and I've been fine. Like, this is a stressful time, and it's not like I haven't felt ANY anxiety or stress, but it felt more like it's "supposed to" feel. I'm not averse to dealing with difficult things, I just don't enjoy the feeling of an elephant on my chest with no way to throw him off, and I have NOT had that feeling. So, maybe the combination of no coffee and regular magnesium (just 100 mg a day) is the ticket! Like I said...I don't want to jinx myself, but I'm so happy to feel less anxious!