Social Anxiety Support

polythene · 11-04-2009, 10:50 PM

So, I've acknowledged I have a problem. I've been drinking caffeine so frequently for the past 5+ years that I think my adrenal glands have crapped out. A lot of the time, coffee just makes me more tired, which leads to me guzzling energy drinks. I am currently working on my third Red Bull, thanks to midterm exams, and have four more in the fridge waiting to be ingested by me.

Who else is insanely addicted to caffeine? I need help.

I challenge you to a caffeine drink-off. Share your stories!

nothing to fear · 11-04-2009, 11:05 PM

four months sober

i'm kidding, i still drink caffeine every day. no ****ing way will i go off it completely. but i have cut down dramatically in the past several months. like you i used to chug a few energy drinks, and i would also drink coffee and sometimes caffeine pills every day. they would barely affect me which would make me to drink even more. i saw the doctor and she said i have mild arrhythmia and that i NEED to cut down. it was true though, at the time i would get pretty bad heart palpitations every day and it was worrisome. cutting down was absolutely brutal, i felt like a zombie and could barely function for a week. but i evened out. it also helped that i started taking Adderall for ADHD - it's a stimulant so my body seems hypersensitive to any and more than two cups of coffee or tea is too much, it affects me pretty badly and i just get way to many unpleasant effects. it definitely worsens my anxiety. so it has surprisingly scared me away from energy drinks from now on. i sure used to love them, though... :/

2Talkative · 11-04-2009, 11:06 PM

I have a energy drink everyday one of the 473ml ones I find it hard to function without it. I drank the bottle rockstars for a while to they have about 320 mg of caffiene.

I have switched to sugar free chemical ones to avoid the nasty sugar crash!! I feel like having one right now but it's 11pm

SandM1827 · 11-04-2009, 11:41 PM

I use to drink 3 pots of coffee by myself every day, have Monster Assault energy drink in the morning and a soda in the afternoon, then I was admitted to the hospital for dehydration and malnourishment (i wasn't eating at all because the coffee filled me up) and now I drink a pot of coffee a day and drink a 24 pack of soda a day so caffeine is pretty much my best friend. - thankfully once I move in to my apartment I wont be able to afford soda or much coffee so my problem will slowly deteriorate. But yeah caffeine doesn't wake me up anymore like it should.

strawberryjulius · 11-05-2009, 12:37 AM

i used to be addicted to coke zero, more so the artificial sweetener in it than the caffeine. but now i'm too scared of getting fat so i don't even touch it. i only drink water now.

94hours · 11-05-2009, 12:39 AM

I'm addicted to caffeine as well, usually go through a half monster a day to get through without feeling like a zombie. Now that I'm dealing with midterms, I'm slamming a ton of diet mtn dews along with the monster. Coffee flat out doesn't work for me, infact I feel worse if I drink coffee. I woke up the other day, had 2 cups of coffee and crashed within 15 minutes, so I slammed a monster, which made me feel just weird... I felt brain dead yet my body was absoutley wired, not a pleasant feeling.

11-04-2009, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
polythene Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 225	Caffeine Addicts Unite So, I've acknowledged I have a problem. I've been drinking caffeine so frequently for the past 5+ years that I think my adrenal glands have crapped out. A lot of the time, coffee just makes me more tired, which leads to me guzzling energy drinks. I am currently working on my third Red Bull, thanks to midterm exams, and have four more in the fridge waiting to be ingested by me. Who else is insanely addicted to caffeine? I need help. I challenge you to a caffeine drink-off. Share your stories!

11-04-2009, 11:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
nothing to fear Status: silence is sexy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 4,842	four months sober i'm kidding, i still drink caffeine every day. no ***ing way will i go off it completely. but i have cut down dramatically in the past several months. like you i used to chug a few energy drinks, and i would also drink coffee and sometimes caffeine pills every day. they would barely affect me which would make me to drink even more. i saw the doctor and she said i have mild arrhythmia and that i NEED to cut down. it was true though, at the time i would get pretty bad heart palpitations every day and it was worrisome. cutting down was absolutely brutal,* i felt like a zombie and could barely function for a week. but i evened out. it also helped that i started taking Adderall for ADHD - it's a stimulant so my body seems hypersensitive to any and more than two cups of coffee or tea is too much, it affects me pretty badly and i just get way to many unpleasant effects. it definitely worsens my anxiety. so it has surprisingly scared me away from energy drinks from now on. i sure used to love them, though... :/ __________________ everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt. ~ i really like music. and photography, though i'm nothing special.

11-04-2009, 11:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
2Talkative Status: MIA Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 509	I have a energy drink everyday one of the 473ml ones I find it hard to function without it. I drank the bottle rockstars for a while to they have about 320 mg of caffiene. I have switched to sugar free chemical ones to avoid the nasty sugar crash!! I feel like having one right now but it's 11pm __________________ "I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds." - Henry Rollins

11-04-2009, 11:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
SandM1827 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Washington Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 212	I use to drink 3 pots of coffee by myself every day, have Monster Assault energy drink in the morning and a soda in the afternoon, then I was admitted to the hospital for dehydration and malnourishment (i wasn't eating at all because the coffee filled me up) and now I drink a pot of coffee a day and drink a 24 pack of soda a day so caffeine is pretty much my best friend. - thankfully once I move in to my apartment I wont be able to afford soda or much coffee so my problem will slowly deteriorate. But yeah caffeine doesn't wake me up anymore like it should. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/SandM1827 http://www.myspace.com/sandm1928 http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/de...ayer=SandM2718

11-05-2009, 12:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
strawberryjulius Status: ^_^ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 1,572	i used to be addicted to coke zero, more so the artificial sweetener in it than the caffeine. but now i'm too scared of getting fat so i don't even touch it. i only drink water now. __________________ Last.fm▪Anime "And if you've been let down, it might not be the last time. Cheer up, it will hurt much less tomorrow. We're all tired of **ing up and that's not just being sorry. It means brush the dirt off, get up and try again." NaNoWriMo Word Count: 470/50,000**

11-05-2009, 12:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
94hours Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Michigan Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 49	I'm addicted to caffeine as well, usually go through a half monster a day to get through without feeling like a zombie. Now that I'm dealing with midterms, I'm slamming a ton of diet mtn dews along with the monster. Coffee flat out doesn't work for me, infact I feel worse if I drink coffee. I woke up the other day, had 2 cups of coffee and crashed within 15 minutes, so I slammed a monster, which made me feel just weird... I felt brain dead yet my body was absoutley wired, not a pleasant feeling.