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I'm not a huge tea drinker, but have been looking for a way to cut down on my nausea in the morning so I bought a box of Ginger Aid tea by Traditional Medicinials. This morning was the first morning that I tried it and it worked great keeping down the icky nausea feeling.

I brewed one cup at 5:30am and brewed another cup that I drank in class around 7:30am. Between cups, I had some Puffins (original) cereal from Barbara's Bakery, which I have every morning and normally do not give me a problem.

Unfortunately around 8:30am, I started getting the rumblings of an attack. I had 15 mins left of class and had already talked to my teacher about attacks, but didn't want to miss anything and barely got out of there and to the bathroom in time.

I've never had a full-blown attack during class (thankfully), so I'm wondering if it was an ingredient in the tea? I have trouble determining which tea leaves have caffine in them so was hoping someone can help me with this. Here are the ingredients in the Ginger Aid:

Ginger rhizome 1180 mg. Proprietary blend: blackberry leaf, organic stevia leaf, organic lemon myrtle leaf (Backhousia citriodora).

I'm thinking maybe the stevia, but artificial sugar doesn't usually bother me. I'm stumped with this one.

Thanks in advance!

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- Jennifer

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