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01-04-2007, 01:13 PM
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|  Energy Drinks? How bad are they for you? I finally stopped drinking them... been doing 1-2 a day for a long time... long long time.... ive stopped before but always go back... they are like a drug... used to have the mindset well the energy drink is better than soda... but i have a feeling thats wrong... water it is for me! |
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03-31-2007, 09:24 AM
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 lol jk Well let me expand... Amp, No Fear, Monster, Full Throtle, anything you can find in the gas station | |
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03-31-2007, 09:33 AM
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03-31-2007, 10:19 AM
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Gender: | I'd stay away from those drinks. They're not only over priced but if you really start pounding the caffeine you will become dependant on it. I found that after taking those drinks, or even coffee, after an extended period of time I get really bad headaches in the morning if I don't have a coffee or something after I wake up. Plus they have tons of sugar...Basically they're bad for long term consumption...but great for a hangover  |
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03-31-2007, 10:32 AM
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Gender: | I will get headaches if I don't get my caffeine at the right time. Bad ones. And what sucks is that even when I do get the caffeine it doesn't help the headache. I will also get nauseous. I've tried to stop coffee many times but I've never been able to say off....I went up to a year and never felt like myself. People underestimate just how addictive it is. I've been drinking coffee since I was about 4 so that's a little ridiculous though... Funny thing is that if I drank one of those drinks I probably wouldn't feel a damn thing as far as energy wise. I need caffeine just to feel normal.  |
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03-31-2007, 11:35 AM
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Gender: | I'm in a similar boat, those headaches won't go away unless I try and sleep them off, but I can't alwasy stop to nap ya know. If I don't have a steady stream of coffee to sip on I am not the same person, I get irritated easily and I'm run down at odd times. My friends made up a poster as a joke. It has a picture of a monkey with the caption "me without coffee" and then a picture of Einstein and a caption "me with coffee". I have basically no mental capacity without coffee, which is bad since I'm a structural engineer  |
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