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Title: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by Cassandra on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 7:29pm

Can someone tell me, how it is possible that when i drink 5 energy drinks (2 rockstars, 2- 5hr energy, and 1 red bull) after 3 attacks.. i am still completely drained.. when i am not on a cycle.. i am bouncing off the wall.. Right now i could just crawl into bed and never think twice about all the caffeine i have had today..

weird

Title: Re: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by vietvet2tours on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 7:38pm

Cassandra wrote on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 7:29pm:

Oxygen is a better option.

Potter

Title: Re: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by seaworthy on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 7:55pm

Hope you can enjoy late night infommercials.

Title: Re: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 7:57pm

I'm sure it's like Ritalin....it would make most of us into ping pong balls but it'll mellow out an ADD Kid! ;D

Off cycle if I drink coffee after about 2:00 in the afternoon, I'm still staring at the ceiling wishing I could fall asleep at midnight! On cycle I can do a Red Bull at 6:00 at night and be sound asleep at 9:00!

But yeah.....oxygen......I still use the energy drinks as a one/two punch with the oxygen. Oxygen kills the attack in less then 10 minutes, energy drink keeps it from coming back for several hours. Do look into the oxygen.

Joe

Title: Re: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by monty on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 9:04pm

The term 'energy drink' is marketing hype. It has about half the caffeine of a large cup of coffee, taurine (which is actually relaxing) and some sugar. If you are a 15 year old kid who doesn't drink coffee, it will be stimulating. If your blood sugar is low, it will be refreshing (for a bit, with possible blood sugar drop once your insulin spikes). I personally wouldn't go over 2 cans of the stuff at a time, but the urban legends about these being 'liquid crack' aren't accurate.

Title: Re: 5 energy drinks later....
Post by bejeeber on Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 1:38am

This is just an off the cuff crackpot theory, but I wonder if that brain burning assault that a CH attack will do deadens for awhile the receptors or whatever in the brain that ordinarily respond to the "caffeine = I'm peppy!" message.