Preworkout giving me anxiety!

Stop taking it then!

Why do you think you need a pre-workout anyway?

Stop taking them, you don't need them. If you need to 'wake up' some just have some coffee or tea before your workout, Not directly before, but maybe an hour or 30 minutes before.

Yep - completely unnecessary. I too thought I needed a jolt. I bought that Cellucor C4 fruit punch. My tongue and mouth felt slightly numb. I tried it again the next day - same thing happened...that was the last of my pre workout drink. Its crap.

stef0692 wrote: »

I get shaky and super anxious once it kicks in.

I'm certain it's the caffeine content (or maybe another stimulant). Same thing happens to me when I have a cup of coffee, that's why I don't take pre-workouts.

I've been leary about taking many supplements but I recently started using Amino Energy by Optimum Nutrition and really like it. I was noticing that I was losing steam halfway through my workouts, so I just started drinking it during my workout...only about 1.5 - 2 scoops. It's just enough to give me a boost and no anxiousness whatsoever.

If you need waking up, have a cup of tea or coffee. If you need something else i.e. energy to get you through the workout, have a banana, apple, small amount of dried fruit/nuts.

If you can't get through your workout, you need to reduce the time/difficulty until you are fitter - pushing too far beyond what you can do is counter-productive. You need to know you've worked out, not be needing oxygen!

Caffeine will do that....I stopped drinking it because of my Anxeity

I use a pre workout every day i go to the gym. Its mental for me. If I don't use it my workout is very short of anything steller...but to each their own. Once I started on the slope I have never gotten out of it, but im okay with it "as is" .

That said not sure what PWO you are using so hard to suggest an alternate. Tell me what you tried. Some are very stim heavy. some not so much and of course depenidng on whats in them can have different affect on different people.. If your only half scooping and getting kitters you likely picked on too strong or your very stim sensitive. ..

Also just as an FYI PWO are not all "completely crap" many do have some decent useful ingredients for stamina, pump, and recovery in them. Necessary...No. Useful...to some Yes. Often they will show "proprietary blend" and that should alarm you somewhat since to me you have no real idea of how much of any one item is in there which could be a way to "protect" their formulation or simply be due to lack of quality control to guarantee that each ingredient is accurate on each container ...even than you have to shake it up pre scooping. Is it a waste of money..you pay for convenience. You could buy most of the ingredients in bulk and build you own PWO (I have done this before). It is time consuming but can be worthwhile as you'll know what is in each dose and it is a lot less expensive over the long. You can tweak the components to your liking.

When I first started working out more strenuously, I tried Amino Energy at half the recommended strength because the flavor was too much for me. Even at half, I experienced the same feelings the OP describes. Shaky, jittery. I thought it was bc I work out on an empty stomach, tried using less powder, more water and eventually realized that it wasn't really impacting my workout and gave it up entirely.

Skip it. They don't agree with me, either, so I cut them out. Same with eating before a workout. Everyone says you "have" to do it, but it makes me nauseous. I feel better and perform better in a fasted state. There comes a point where we have to listen to our bodies and do what feels best for us.