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Can Caffeine Tamper With The Results Of A EEG Test?

I have a EEG test tomorrow morning, and the doctor said DO NOT drink caffeine, well I was talking with friends and drank a 20oz soda, not even thinking of my test. I don't want it to effect my EEG! Help

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    Yes, caffeine does have an influence on the results of an EEG test. The reason behind this is that caffeine has a direct impact on the cells of the brain, and in an EEG test, the patient is given shocks through the head or the brain. It has been recently discovered that caffeine has few and modest effects on EEG in the theta and alpha bandwidths, but no effects in the delta and beta bandwidths.
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    Go_on 

    answered 1 year ago

      Did the doctor say no caffeine in the morning before the EEG or the night before or day before?
      Yes caffeine will affect the way the EEG will run the test. GO_on do seem as though he/she explains it well.
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      Babymai 

      answered 1 year ago

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