Caffeine - Friend or Foe?

[Ryan Riverz]

It's funny how the physiological reaction has such a wide range, some people can have a cup of coffee and rearrange the entire house..and others need 3 cups and a redbull before they feel anything, tolerance also plays a role.

Lol @ the avante-garde video by a techno-freak student with adhd

 

[Erin]

^ Definitely, tolerance plays a BIG role.


Is caffeine like alcohol, where if you're a larger individual, you'll need more of it to feel the difference?

 

[tullepen]

A very bad enemy is caffeine! If I have just a tablespoon ,okay,cup,of chai,I go beserk with so much energy and cannot focus for several hours.But is a blessing ins disguise!

 

[chicandcool]

I'm a full scale Grade A coffee addict. I only drink properly brewed good quality coffee and ONLY take it black.

I could never take my coffee black. Too bitter for my taste.

 

[Erin]

^ Absolutely... coffee makes me feel sick, as it is... only drink it for the caffeine.

 

[MeInU]

caffeine gives me headache and sadly no energy.

 

[papa_levante]

Caffeine gives me the Big D. I can no longer love it.

 

[Erin]

^ Big D... is that what I think it is?

 

[Jenna-maria]

what is big D??

I am not addicted to coffee I am addicted to energy drinks (have been drinking them every day past 3 years or soemthing-....BAAAD) and they include lot´s of caffeine...
I am really trying to cut that out...

 

[Erin]

^ At my last job I drank coffee AND energy drinks... it's tough to get yourself off that...

I think that a lot of drink caffeine as a self-medicator.. I know at my last job I was stressed, and half the time I didn't care for the work I was doing. A little escape was caffeine.

 

[iluvjeisa]

I don't know...caffeine seems really weak to me. Don't notice a thing, except the physical effects on the digestive system.

 

[supermodel]

ahh well i'm a coffee addict straight through, but i felt like i have been living a lie when i found out last week that red bull is nothin special, it's just packed with caffeine i totally expected something a LITTLE more exciting... definitely did not live up to the hype

 

[ALAUU]

I can't drink Red Bull. I tried it once and nearly passed out, no idea why. But, coffee and tea =

 

[Gl4morous5un5et]

I am soooo sensitive to caffeine. It doesn't take much to wake me up. I usually get jittery every time i have coffee. It's not so bad with soda or energy drinks. I actually passed out one time because my dad made me coffee that was so strong. i've tried to stay away from it but somehow I end up drinking it again...

 

[Erin]

^ It's tough to stay away from.

 

[EXOskeleton]

i always have +/- 3 strong long blacks (black coffee) a day, so caffeine is definitely my friend.

 

[moirla]

Best friend!

 

[Belowen]

I used to drink 2 coffees a day, and could NOT go without my coffee in the morning (people would die if they looked at me the wrong way on those days) but I have seriously tried to cut back because I was getting major headaches on the weekends when I wouldn't have the caffeine. I have cut out coffee in the morning, and replaced it with freshly made raw juice with a shot of guarana and vitamin B. The natural sugars in the fruit mixed with the guarana and vit B are more than enough to get me through to lunch. I still have my afternoon coffee though

 

[Fashionturnip]

I know its bad for me, but i cant gert through the day without 2 large coffees.

 

[Jenna-maria]

I have been about 3 years addicted to energy drinks. seriously everyday 1-2 energy drinks...what a waste of money. now I have been without a while and I had little headache and felt little tiared (coffeine) but I have saved money wich is way better.