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Are caffiene pills the answer?
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you need to speak to the doctor, they're ok in small moderations but not long term.
Hope you get it sorted
a better idea would be to tackle the cause. i'd nip to the doctor and explain your predicament. sometimes a short course of sleeping pills is enough to break the insomniac cycle and sort you out.
caffeine pills never made me hyper. they made me sick and weak and gave me judy finnegan style shakes, which isn't at all fun. and i didn't sleep properly for days.
before that happend i was pretty hooked on the old pro plus. however all they really did in retrospect was make me awake so it was harder to get to sleep at night so i got more tired and had to take more and it was a whole down-wards spiral.
i wouldnt take them if i were you, as kaff said, if you're really worried about not sleeping etc go to the doctors
See now reading that it seems quite obvious,
people think it'll give them more engergy but in the long run it'll just drain it all..
Going for long periods without natural sleep and using pro plus or any other caffine pill can be quite dangerous
If your set on using them.. use them in moderation, even if it says on the box you can take more only take a few, personally I'm keeping away from them now only when I need to use them Bad cases of need energy quick,
Like Kaff n PaperB said.. Go to doctors.. otherwise the problem won't go away..
K x
Pro-plus only contain 50mg each, a large latte from StarBucks contains about 10 times that much.
If you're looking for something to take I would recomend guaranna, its a caffine like stimulant which is fair gentler on the body, lasts longer and has a slight euphoric feel too.
It can be bought from health food stores, make sure you get the pure root NOT the extract.
:yes: Boots do a very good one, i took them for about a month and they really helped.
Like Kimono said a lot of the time it can be stress and depression which cause this. We don't realise sometimes how badly things affect us healthwise. When i'm stressed i don't mentally feel the strain as i deal with problems then they go but it really does take it out on my body and makes me shattered. Basically you need to take some time out, keep busy and make some you time.
Friendly advice though, cut the coffee out and settle for proper breakfast and juice/water.