Anyone else continue to drink caffeine in the face of adverse side effects?

[wheresmybacon]

Caffeine messes me up. It causes me stomach pains, gives me anxiety, and at worst gives me heart palpitations if I drink too much. But I keep on drinking it. I guess the "up" it gives me is worth the chance of having one of my several reactions once in a while. I quit for several months, but since my GF moved in and brought her Starbucks habit with her, I've started up again.

Anyone else get pwned by caffeine? I didn't use to when I was younger, but at 35 I seem to be getting pwned by more and more stuff these days.

 

[hanoverphist]

i used to drink about a gallon a day, literally. it didnt make me jittery or give any health probs that i was aware of. i still slept at night and all. now i may or may not drink a cup in the morning, and that lack of caffiene doesnt make me jones. not sure why.

 

[mb]

Caffeine is my drug of choice, but I don't have any of those problems. It just makes me pee more often.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Well it is a addictive, but you really should be quitting if you're getting heart palpitations and severe reactions from it. In fact you should be going to a doctor to see if there is anything seriously wrong with you.

 

[rudeguy]

Same here. I gave up my Diet Pepsi for CF Diet Pepsi. But when I stop at a gas station, I still grab the caffeinated stuff. So I tried decaf coffee and guess what? I just bought a whole thing of regular coffee.

Oh well. Find a doc who doesn't mind giving RX's for benzos and you are all set.

 

[PepePeru]

if i drink too much caffeine, my feet feel like they're glued to the floor when sitting down.
it makes me kind of tense / anxious / nervous.

but that takes about 4-5 cups of coffee.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

it affects me very strongly, so i drink it is moderation
1 or 2 cups of tea, or a soda is about my daily intake

 

[BoomerD]

I rarely drink caffeinated soda, but I drink a 5 gallon bucket of coffee daily.

 

[CRXican]

I'm upset because I spilled half of my coffee on my desk and need more caffine

 

[D1gger]

No. I had a problem with gastric ulcers a few years ago, so I quit drinking coffee. I will still make a cup with our espresso machine about once a month on a Sunday morning, but I don't drink the swill we make in the office each morning.

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
i used to drink about a gallon a day, literally. it didnt make me jittery or give any health probs that i was aware of. i still slept at night and all. now i may or may not drink a cup in the morning, and that lack of caffiene doesnt make me jones. not sure why.

A gallon of caffeine. :shocked:

 

[0roo0roo]

errr....you just don't know how it works i guess.

you do not try to overdose on coffee. unlike other drugs the effects do not get more enjoyable as you over consume, go over board and you get cautious/sick and jittery quite quickly. just learn not to be a coffee glutton and you'll be fine.

its why its such a safe drug pretty much self correcting..or it should be

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: CRXican
I'm upset because I spilled half of my coffee on my desk and need more caffine

Way to go chief.

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I rarely drink caffeinated soda, but I drink a 5 gallon bucket of coffee daily.

5 gallons of caffeine. :Q:Q:Q

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
i used to drink about a gallon a day, literally. it didnt make me jittery or give any health probs that i was aware of. i still slept at night and all. now i may or may not drink a cup in the morning, and that lack of caffiene doesnt make me jones. not sure why.

A gallon of caffeine. :shocked:

i have a 64 oz thermal mug that i would fill at 5am, hit work and refill it at 10am on "lunch" then work the rest of the day. sometimes id fill it a third time, before switching to mt dew at about 2pm. i worked in a silk screen shop, so i was always active. i cannt drink like that anymore, that was about 100lbs and a decade and a half ago. im lucky to get thru a 20 oz cup of coffee and 32oz of iced tea a day, usually the coffee is only 3 days a week or so. i dont drink anything but water, milk and juice on weekends as well.

 

[effowe]

Switch to crack.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
Same here. I gave up my Diet Pepsi for CF Diet Pepsi. But when I stop at a gas station, I still grab the caffeinated stuff. So I tried decaf coffee and guess what? I just bought a whole thing of regular coffee.

Oh well. Find a doc who doesn't mind giving RX's for benzos and you are all set.

I have an RX for xanax and propanolol (beta blocker). I don't use either currently, but they're there if I need em.

 

[wheresmybacon]

One guy who works upstairs from me, I saw him at starbucks the other day. His drink: A venti 5-shot americano. Says he drinks 3 a day. I'm thinking crack or maybe a longer lasting solution like methamphetamine would be cheaper.

 

[KeithTalent]

I drink a triple Americano in the morning, then about 3 cups of drip during the day, then a double Americano around quitting time. That's only on work days, on weekends I usually just have one, admittedly very large, cup of drip each day.

KT

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Caffeine messes me up. It causes me stomach pains, gives me anxiety, and at worst gives me heart palpitations if I drink too much. But I keep on drinking it. I guess the "up" it gives me is worth the chance of having one of my several reactions once in a while. I quit for several months, but since my GF moved in and brought her Starbucks habit with her, I've started up again.

Anyone else get pwned by caffeine? I didn't use to when I was younger, but at 35 I seem to be getting pwned by more and more stuff these days.

is it just the caffeine in coffee that bothers you? i can drink caffeinated soda with no issues, but in coffee it can make my heart race too.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Caffeine messes me up. It causes me stomach pains, gives me anxiety, and at worst gives me heart palpitations if I drink too much. But I keep on drinking it. I guess the "up" it gives me is worth the chance of having one of my several reactions once in a while. I quit for several months, but since my GF moved in and brought her Starbucks habit with her, I've started up again.

Anyone else get pwned by caffeine? I didn't use to when I was younger, but at 35 I seem to be getting pwned by more and more stuff these days.

is it just the caffeine in coffee that bothers you? i can drink caffeinated soda with no issues, but in coffee it can make my heart race too.

It actually is. Soda doesn't seem to have the same effect. And lately it's not so much actual heart palpitations, it's more of just the racing heart. Strange.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: hungfarover

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Caffeine messes me up. It causes me stomach pains, gives me anxiety, and at worst gives me heart palpitations if I drink too much. But I keep on drinking it. I guess the "up" it gives me is worth the chance of having one of my several reactions once in a while. I quit for several months, but since my GF moved in and brought her Starbucks habit with her, I've started up again.

Anyone else get pwned by caffeine? I didn't use to when I was younger, but at 35 I seem to be getting pwned by more and more stuff these days.

is it just the caffeine in coffee that bothers you? i can drink caffeinated soda with no issues, but in coffee it can make my heart race too.

It actually is. Soda doesn't seem to have the same effect. And lately it's not so much actual heart palpitations, it's more of just the racing heart. Strange.

so we have that in common.
i just don't drink coffee. although i do love the smell of it.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hungfarover

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Caffeine messes me up. It causes me stomach pains, gives me anxiety, and at worst gives me heart palpitations if I drink too much. But I keep on drinking it. I guess the "up" it gives me is worth the chance of having one of my several reactions once in a while. I quit for several months, but since my GF moved in and brought her Starbucks habit with her, I've started up again.

Anyone else get pwned by caffeine? I didn't use to when I was younger, but at 35 I seem to be getting pwned by more and more stuff these days.

is it just the caffeine in coffee that bothers you? i can drink caffeinated soda with no issues, but in coffee it can make my heart race too.

It actually is. Soda doesn't seem to have the same effect. And lately it's not so much actual heart palpitations, it's more of just the racing heart. Strange.

so we have that in common.
i just don't drink coffee. although i do love the smell of it.

I'm going to quit coffee soon. Tomorrow. Yeah right... *smirk*

 

[CRXican]

coffee has much more caffine than soda

 

[sandorski]

I drink 1 coffee in the morning to get me going. The only adverse affect I have is when I run out of coffee for a few days and feel tired the whole time.