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Caffine?
BillieTheBot
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How many of you can actualy cope without caffine, because I was thinking I'd like to cut down the amount I use.
I have three mugs of strong coffee in the morning, then 4 or 5 800mg guarana tablets in the afternoon plus a cup of tea later, the problem is that it can make my energy levels really up and down.
I have three mugs of strong coffee in the morning, then 4 or 5 800mg guarana tablets in the afternoon plus a cup of tea later, the problem is that it can make my energy levels really up and down.
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Its less jittery and lasts longer, you can get it at Holland and Barratt.
I normaly take 4 tablets two at a time an hour apart.
aT FIRST YOU WILL EXPERIENCE TIREDNESS...THEN YOU WILL BE FREE!! I did it once and it was great
I couldn't live without caffine.
Actually I could live, but eventually i'd run out of food within reaching distance, so I'd starve before too long, unless some-one came along and fed me.
If they fed me speed i could then go and get my own food (and more caffine!!) so i don't take too much to kick start.
All I know is that I agree with this because I also can not live without my caffiene.
I have to have some sort of caffiene, whether it would be through coffee, soda, tea, caffiene pills, or whatever, but I just have to have my caffiene.
I know that when I was doing my volunteer job, during the year of 2001, that, if I stayed up all night, that I drank about 2 20oz mugs full of coffee, just to keep myself awake, pluse a tall coffee, from a gas station/store, of coffee, just to keep me awake until throughout the day, until my programs were over for the night.
I just know that I really must need my caffiene just to keep me funtioning throughout each day or else I get really cranky and really bad caffiene withdrawal headaches, if I don't get my caffiene, at all, for a long period of time.
That's just my humble opinion, on the matter, and I am sorry, in advance if I have upset or offended anyone with what I have said up above.
MySuffice21
My first post... (I write this as a nutritionalist working with stimulant drug users at a local drugs project)
One of the things stimulants do (be it caffeine, speed, coke or whatever) is interact with blood sugar control, (the body needs glucose – it is they only source of energy it can use but the level of circulating glucose must be maintained within in tight limits). The body always works to maintain homeostasis (balance), therefore if something is causing an imbalance the body will attempt to correct it. Stimulants can trigger an adrenalin response. At a basic level adrenalin exists to protect us – flight or fight etc. Through various neuro + bio chemical reactions adrenalin causes blood sugar to rise – you need the power to either leg it or beat the crap out of someone/thing. High blood sugar can cause glucose poisoning (death) if left unchecked, enter insulin that removes circulating glucose. High level of glucose will trigger a high level of insulin. With high circulating insulin blood sugar levels drop quick and you can feel all sorts of symptoms, lethargy, poor cognition, sudden, drowsy and so on. With very low blood sugar one would eventually fall unconscious, so another hormone (glucagon) is released which kind of reverses process and the see-saw process goes on until it balances out and stabilises. Until the next shot… (btw – nicotine does the same thing…). Some people are better than other (due to many different factors) at keeping blood glucose balanced, therefore one person can get a real buzz out of coffee, another person won’t even feel effected and another could actually feel less alert. Perhaps this explains some of the different reactions to caffeine.
As an aside DLPA is an amino acid (makes proteins) protein is an essential requirement for good blood sugar modulator. DLPA can also work as a mood modulator (In the body, phenylalanine is converted into another amino acid called tyrosine. Tyrosine in turn is converted into L-dopa, norepinephrine, and epinephrine, three key neurotransmitters (chemicals that transmit signals between nerve cells).
I hope this hasn’t been too boring a post and look forward to any comments or questions people may have.
cheers
hobbs
The fight or flight response also in some cases makes your body use up its fat reserves if I'm not mistaken, your glucose levels drop and it looks around for something to use. I got prperly thin when I was tweeking even though I was eating quite a lot, but it really wasnt very healthy.