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On November 07 2009 11:34 Physician wrote:either your 12 years old giant or you're heading straight for a Darwin award..
I would be pretty impressed with myself if I managed to kill myself from caffeine overdosing. I remember reading that you need some seriously crazy doses to come close to having life-threatening problems from caffeine.
Caffeinated gum sounds like a good idea. My friend is in the military and he gave me some of the caffeinated cinnamon gum they use there once, it's completely revolting and the aftertaste stays in your mouth no matter how much you try to wash it out. I'm sure there are some civilian versions that have acceptable taste, though. Maybe I'll try out that Jolt gum.
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Id just stop being a pussy and move up to a really addicting thing like coke if i was you.
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ohh and about head aches- for christ sake stop being a baby and just take a freaking anti-inflammatory and get over it. I drink espresso all of the time- and when i don't i get the 'headaches' but come on now- there is no way you can even think of comparing this to withdrawal lol
Just take ibuprofen 2 pills 4 times a day. And if you need to get to sleep take something with pesudophedrine (anti-histamine) in it. It will help you get to sleep, and you should be good. Stop being a baby.
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Just stop drinking, the headaches will go away in a week or two. I've been through it a couple times and now I don't even drink pop anymore.
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On November 07 2009 11:44 Hawk wrote:
Id just stop being a pussy and move up to a really addicting thing like coke if i was you.
Word. It'll help you lose weight too.
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On November 07 2009 11:44 Misrah wrote:
ohh and about head aches- for christ sake stop being a baby and just take a freaking anti-inflammatory and get over it. I drink espresso all of the time- and when i don't i get the 'headaches' but come on now- there is no way you can even think of comparing this to withdrawal lol
Just take ibuprofen 2 pills 4 times a day. And if you need to get to sleep take something with pesudophedrine (anti-histamine) in it. It will help you get to sleep, and you should be good. Stop being a baby.
Alright, so 'withdrawal' was too strong a word, but when you're swamped by midterms in hard classes and working part-time, it's still a bitch to have a throbbing headache all day.
I guess I'll just try caffeinated gum for now, and try just stopping entirely once Thanksgiving break arrives.
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wait so your are taking caffeinated gum, and throwing a kid who is in nurse anesthetist schools advice out the window lol..........
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On November 07 2009 11:51 Misrah wrote:
wait so your are taking caffeinated gum, and throwing a kid who is in nurse anesthetist schools advice out the window lol..........
Relax, I'll take your advice and just ride out the headaches over Thanksgiving break. I appreciate the advice, no need to jump down my throat.
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tea or dark chocolate
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win
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i take caffeine pills sometimes, to do homework or study longer. it's far less of an addiction than drinking a cup of coffee every morning, and far less scary than ritalin. also some crazy percent of north americans have caffeine dependancies anway.
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On November 07 2009 11:39 Misrah wrote:
OK well- medical person here so this is what i have to say-
1. Milk will help to sooth the stomach, and taking them with milk can be a good thing. However milk is not something you should be drinking when you are trying to lose weight, unless it's skim. And no i don't think that milk would have any contraindications with caffeine pills.
2. Caffeine does not cause physical dependence, in fact it's just mental so the 'withdrawal' is really very minor and it would be far easier on you and your body to just cold turkey caffeine.
3. if you don't want to cold turkey- then i would simply suggest buying a 75% and up dark chocolate bar, and eat a bit here and there when your head aches begin. Chocolate that has a high % of coca beans is good for you, and contains caffeine. Also Tea would be a great choice! Eating caffeine pills is not going to wean you off the stuff, i would suggest doing something like the above.
any questions?
And the worst medical advice goes to:
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On November 07 2009 11:52 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2009 11:39 Misrah wrote:
OK well- medical person here so this is what i have to say-
1. Milk will help to sooth the stomach, and taking them with milk can be a good thing. However milk is not something you should be drinking when you are trying to lose weight, unless it's skim. And no i don't think that milk would have any contraindications with caffeine pills.
2. Caffeine does not cause physical dependence, in fact it's just mental so the 'withdrawal' is really very minor and it would be far easier on you and your body to just cold turkey caffeine.
3. if you don't want to cold turkey- then i would simply suggest buying a 75% and up dark chocolate bar, and eat a bit here and there when your head aches begin. Chocolate that has a high % of coca beans is good for you, and contains caffeine. Also Tea would be a great choice! Eating caffeine pills is not going to wean you off the stuff, i would suggest doing something like the above.
any questions?
And the worst medical advice goes to:
hmm lets see- that's about spot on? and what do you do?
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Do you hold an M.D.? I sure as hell hope not.
On a side note, this thread licks major dode. Mods close this ASAP.
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no i don't have an md. do you? are you even in any health care field?
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Haven't read the whole thread, but i'm a caffeine addict as well...
I would like to cut down on my sugar / ect intake before too long, as such, I've been considering ordering/buying just either liquid or powder forms of pure caffiene, and applying it to my water/milk/juice/ect
Just an idea i'm throwing out there
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On November 07 2009 11:44 Hawk wrote:
Id just stop being a pussy and move up to a really addicting thing like coke if i was you.
Well that explains a lot charl.... Oh wait.
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Why not just drink diet soda? Most diet soda still has caffeine in it, so you can get your caffeine without getting fat.
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On November 07 2009 11:39 Misrah wrote:
2. Caffeine does not cause physical dependence
any questions?
Yeah; why do you post stupid shit like that?
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However, try to take away someone's coffee abruptly and chances are they will experience withdrawal symptoms (2). The body develops a dependence on caffeine which is very obvious; stop drinking coffee for a day after being a regular drinker and get a headache, then drink coffee and it goes away.
good job
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