![]() I appreciate everyone who has expressed concern for my health. TL DR: new energy drink hits me harder than that time I was prescribed methylphenidate. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to order more. I'm guessing it would either kill you or you would be able to see time. If it did this to an overweight male with a high caffeine tolerance, I can't imagine what it does to women, children, persons sensitive to caffeine, the elderly, pets, or any living creature that doesn't recklessly ingest synthetic chemicals on a regular basis. I don't know how much cocaine they put in it or why it's legal. In the end, it took over 24 hours to come down from this unassuming little can. If you have grasped my predilection for poor life decisions, you already know the answer to that question. I "slept" for maybe three hours and then got up and began my usual routine, with a pause for existential crisis upon opening the fridge and considering if I really wanted to do an energy drink today. Finally, around 11:30am, I entered a half-conscious trance like a Buddhist monk who's gone down a dark path in his life. I put my phone down again and lied awake past my alarm. I picked my phone back up at 7:30am and browsed r/energydrinks, then saw something I wanted and ordered it on Amazon because my intelligence is questionable. It seemed only appropriate to have Taco Bell like a good little junkie. By the time I felt capable of eating, I was ravenous. Didn't I just read that this new one is stronger than even the Extreme version? Side effects of caffeine overdose: trembling, anxiety, rapid heart beat. According to the Redline energy drink lawsuit, “persons who have consumed the Product have reported a range of adverse side effects, including, but not limited to, chills, excessive sweating, vomiting, convulsions, chest pains and rapid heartbeat.”" Wait, this lawsuit is from 2012. "Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Redline Energy Drink. At this point, the restraints are locked in and I'm on this ride until it ends. It wasn't on a completely empty stomach, but that tiny protein cookie was a white picket fence vs the Redline tsunami. Even better, the protein cookie I had alongside it was so dry that I basically slammed the entire thing in 20 minutes. It's less potent by volume than 5-hour energy, but there's more of it in a can so it ends up stronger overall. "Redline energy drinks are currently the second-most potent energy drinks available to consumers in the United States." I see. I try different brands all the time and drink a can a day so there's no way, right? "Redline Cognitive Candy is stronger than the original Redline and Redline Extreme." Sure, but they all say that. I endured over eight hours of queasy trembling, sweating, and flapping before a tiny thought started tickling the distant reaches of my brain: didn't I try a new drink today? I looked at the can and googled it. The trembling was severe and the nausea was so bad that I had nothing but water for several hours. I sat at the computer for hours flapping my hands every five minutes like a pathetic, flightless dinosaur bird with tiny wings, trying to dry my hands off. I tried to dry my hands and just kept sweating. I started trembling and broke out in a cold sweat. ![]() ![]() I wrote it off and had plain white rice with plenty of water for lunch. ![]() ![]() Within 30-60 minutes of finishing, I felt nauseous. The cookie was not good, but the energy drink was tasty. Both came from a monthly subscription box I enjoy for zero sugar energy drinks. This morning started out like any other, with a new drink from some brand I never heard of and a protein cookie. Since then, I've cut my habit to one (sugar free) energy drink in the morning with an occasional soda in the evening, but my caffeine tolerance is still considerable - I may finish the second half of my energy drink after a good nap, to give you an idea. This context matters for the rest of the story. I've mixed instant coffee into caffeinated water. I would have snorted it if I found that more effective, but no, it just kinda burns. My caffeine addiction began in high school with Mountain Dew, the gateway drug to the caffeine world. I like energy drinks and I'm no stranger to them. ![]()
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