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  • Caffeine Can Cause Hallucinations?
    Some recent research has shown that high levels of caffeine consumption, especially in combination with stress, can increase the incidence of auditory pseudo-hallucinations. High-caffeine subjects were more likely to report hearing music in white noise than low-caffeine subjects.

References #
  1. Crowe SF, Barot J, Caldow S. et al. "The effect of caffeine and stress on auditory hallucinations in a non-clinical sample". Personality and Individual Differences. 2011;50(5):626-30.
  2. Rush CR, Sullivan JT, Griffiths RR. "Intravenous caffeine in stimulant drug abusers: subjective reports and physiological effects". J Pharmacol Exp Ther. Apr 1995;273(1):351-8.