Does anybody else have this problem with energy drinks?

[Emu]

I don't drink them very often but when I do they always make me really fucking ill. I had one this morning and now I can't stop shaking and twitching, my joints are popping and I have a general feeling of tenseness. I think I might be allergic to guarana or taurine, since those two ingredients are common to pretty much every energy drink. Back in August I was hospitalized briefly after having a panic attack that I think was at least partially induced by Red Bull. :(

[Dr. Boogie]

Aren't those symptoms of too much caffeine/sugar, because they have a lot of those, too?

[Mockery]

I just miss the days back in the early 90's when the only thing you needed was a can or two of Jolt Cola.

[Tadao]

I get sick from real fruit drinks, I'm allergic to alot of fruits :(
Some will give me super duper headaches.

[DuFresne]

I've never had a bad experience with energy drinks myself, but I have friends who have. I'm sure you've probably reached this conclusion by yourself by now, but it you think energy drinks are the cause, it's time to stop drinking them.

[Spetsnaz]

The only thing i dislike about energy drinks is that they're all fucking expensive.

I'd rather put straight sugar into a syringe instead of payin fuckin four bucks for a 12 ounce can of prefab shit.

Also, Red Bull tastes like pee.

[terrva]

I pretty much stopped drinking energy drinks and soft drinks some time ago because they gave me super bad zits (especially colas). Another reason that keeps me from drinking them is that they dry my skin up and give me dandruff. Energy drinks have never made me as ill as you, though, Emu.

Now i mostly drink juices and water when i want to wet my whistle, and one cup of coffee a day to wake me up.

[argonath]

Look for energy drinks that use Vitamin B-12 as their main stimulant. They work well, and probably won't give you the shakes.

[MarioRPG]

I don't get any issues, I depend on them for my overnight shifts (11PM - 7AM) which I get twice a month or so.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

The only time I ever drink energy drinks is the day after a bender. Or if I want to feel UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

[Mintrude]

Anyone ever try Relentless? It's this stuff which comes in a huge can with bizarre slogans all over it. The best part is it's bright green, which lends it an almost cosmic feel.

[Madman914]

I kinda get the same feelings when I drink certain energy drinks. Jolt was the best , but now they re-released it in a weird can-like monstrosity that puts fear into the elderly and the dutch.

[sspadowsky]

This is all you need right here:

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/04/28/Chaser_5-Hour_Energy_Drink-resized200.gif

[Emu]

Chaser? Don't they make those pills that prevent hangovers?

[sspadowsky]

Yes. They also make the energy drink that helps overcome the lethargy which follows a night of binge drinking.

[Tadao]

And day after anti-aids pills.

[Sacks]

Anyone ever try Relentless? It's this stuff which comes in a huge can with bizarre slogans all over it. The best part is it's bright green, which lends it an almost cosmic feel.


THIS SOUNDS INSANELY GREAT!

[Esuohlim]

I looked at the back of one of those 5-hour energy drinks and it totaled up to something like 10,000% DV recommendation of Vitamin B.

I know Vitamin B is water-soluable and therefore probably safe in huge quantities, but it's still fucking ridiculous.

[Yohfay]

I get a similar reaction when I drink too much, too fast with energy drinks. The jitters, for me at least, can be avoided by drinking the drink more slowly so you don't get all the caffeine/sugar at once. Although, you still have to deal with the crash afterwards.

[Geggy]

i would feel ill if i drink energy drinks that are chocked with sugar or carbs every day so i usually drink them sugar free or low carb. too much of it can result serious crash, at least for me anyway. i would recommend rockstar blueberry sugar free but i think they may have been discontinued. so lately i've been drinking montser lo-carb.

[Chojin]

aspartame is a tool of big brother, geggy

[Ninjavenom]

I don't drink energy drinks. The concept of a manufacturer being able to package and sell intangible things like "energy" is insulting and weird to me. I don't trust them. Plus they taste hideous.

[Geggy]

My only complaint with energy drinks is that theyre fucking exspensive.

aspartame is a tool of big brother, geggy

damn, and all this time i thought aspartame in diet sodas were equivalent to nicotine in cigerettes in part of a marketing scam to get people hooked

[MarioRPG]

A lot of people on my school drink bawls and some can that sort of fogs out when you open it.

[Chojin]

i love the bawls ;<

[Zomboid]

A lot of people on my school drink bawls and some can that sort of fogs out when you open it.
Pretty sure that's NoS or something, and it's disgusting. Stuff that comes in big metal cylinders = gross.

[Chojin]

nos is just a grapefruit energy drink. haven't seen one that fogs up, though :o

There's a fruity version of full throttle that's awesome and a fruity version of Rockstar (purple can) that's absolute trash.

And one time I chugged a Monster and couldn't stop shaking and got really scared :<

[sloth]

we got a whole shitload of promo rockstar drinks at work. i was amazed at how fucking BIG they are - the only time i ever usually see cans that big is for holding tramp's beer. i guess rockstar are just catering for another type of vulnerability.

in-between the shitty sugar-free ones i found some half-juice ones, i don't know if they're the same as what you're talking about (they've got reddy/orange cans) but i need one every morning now to get into gear. manipulative fuckers.

[MarioRPG]

I like the red can Full Throttle, it tastes probably the best out of them I think. Monster is something that has everyone taste the same...

EDIT: I'll find what drink I was talking about the next time I hit up 7-11

[Sacks]

Rockstar used to have Rockstar Cola and it was pretty bomb.


EDIT: Also I'm the only person in this town that drinks Steven Segal's Lightning Bolt (Asian Experience only, Cherry Charge is for pussies and pretenders). Has anyone else tried this?

[Mockery]

EDIT: Also I'm the only person in this town that drinks Steven Segal's Lightning Bolt (Asian Experience only, Cherry Charge is for pussies and pretenders). Has anyone else tried this?
You bet your ass we have.

http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/../minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt/11.gifhttp://www.i-mockery.com/forum/../minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt/15.gifhttp://www.i-mockery.com/forum/../minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt/17.gif (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt)
EXTREME BEVERAGE TESTERS vs. STEVEN SEAGAL'S "LIGHTNING BOLT" (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt)

[Zomboid]

nos is just a grapefruit energy drink. haven't seen one that fogs up, though :o


It's JOLT, and it's disgusting. http://www.screamingenergy.com/energy_drink_129.php

Personally, I like "blue demon" full throttles and monster isn't bad sometimes either. One of my friends got me into some half juice "no fear" drink a while ago that was pretty good too.

[MattJack]

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I drink one of those before I workout. They seem to give me killer energy. It feels like I ate an adderal or something for about 45 minutes.

Keep in mind I don't drink sodas or energy drinks, ever. If I had to choose on taste alone, I'd pick energy drinks over sodas any day of the week. I guess I'm weird.

[Dr. Boogie]

Aren't you just adding on a lot of extra calories by drinking one of those before you work out?

[MattJack]

Yes :(, bout 220 (only drink bout half of the one of the left)

But I work out longer and harder it seems.

I MAKE UP FOR IT DR. BOOGIE, I MAKE UP FOR IT! GO RUIN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE

[Sacks]

You bet your ass we have.


EXTREME BEVERAGE TESTERS vs. STEVEN SEAGAL'S "LIGHTNING BOLT" (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/seagal-lightningbolt)

BUT DO YOU DRINK IT REGULARLY. BY CHOICE.

[MarioRPG]

It's JOLT, and it's disgusting. http://www.screamingenergy.com/energy_drink_129.php
You are correct sir! Thanks for finding that out.

[Geggy]

it makes more sense to drink energy drinks after working out

[Mockery]

BUT DO YOU DRINK IT REGULARLY. BY CHOICE.
No because a) It's not easy to find around here b) It tastes like ass c) I don't like energy drinks in general.

[Sacks]

You are no man.

[JediScum]

I've tried Red Bull once in the form of a Jaeger Bomb. The combo wasn't bad as far as taste. But 4 hours later, when I was actually trying to sleep, I had the feeling that my heart was trying to jump out of my chest. So now I drink my Jaegermeister straight, thanks.

I also drank a Chaser once. I felt like I was on bathtub crank gone wrong for 2-3 hours. I turned beet red also from all the damn niacin. Don't get me wrong... B vitamins are damn good after a bender but not THAT many. Jesus.


The energy drink I swear by is a pot of room temperature BLACK coffee. Then slam it.

[Pub Lover]

I once drank a can of an energy drink called Red Rooster. I had soon jumped off a roof causing permanent damage to my spine, run halfway across the city, & was arrested for trying to sleep on a very busy roundabout. I don't remember any of it.

I once drank a can of Red Bull. I had soon affectionately squeezed Tropical's knee. I remember it clearly. Red Bull makes you gay.

[MarioRPG]

I think there's one called beaver or something that is way to high on the caffiene scale.

Leave it to beaver.

[JediScum]

Red Bull makes you gay.

That's not good marketing but, probably accurate

Red Bull gives you wings = Red Bull makes you a "Fairy" = Red Bull made me stick that stranger's dick into my mouth against his will in that McDonald's bathroom, Your Honor.

Stay in school. Red Bull ain't cool.

(He did give me five bucks tho.)

[Dr. Boogie]

It's not rape if he manages to keep his erection.

[executioneer]

i liked jolt a lot better before they put it in the weird metal bottles and added like guarana and w/e :(

although it was also good in cans so idk i guess that's similar

[eggyolk]

man you just gotta chill out with a nice bowl and some good tunes or somethin to balance it all out

[executioneer]

a nice bowl of what

[Sacks]

Dank nugs, bromide.

[george]

sobe essential energy, berry pommegranet (i cant spell this word) is really good. no shakes or speedy feeling, just good old fake energy.

[Seven Force]

nothing beats crushing up a NoDoz and snorting it for that EXTRA awake feeling

[Slick Willy]

I don't drink them very often but when I do they always make me really fucking ill. I had one this morning and now I can't stop shaking and twitching, my joints are popping and I have a general feeling of tenseness. I think I might be allergic to guarana or taurine, since those two ingredients are common to pretty much every energy drink. Back in August I was hospitalized briefly after having a panic attack that I think was at least partially induced by Red Bull. :(

It could be a number of things. Most likely, you're allergic to something. But, if you tend to be a really hyper person, or naturally high strung, etc., then the extra boost can wreck your shit up. For me, it used to be bad for me. I had a whole monster at work because i was falling asleep, and falling asleep when you are single handedly keeping a tae kwon do summer kids camp running is a bad idea. I literally spent the next three hours running around playing with the children trying to rid myself of this extra energy, it was terrible. I was pounding on the table and practically yelling.
But I digress. You should probably stay away from energy drinks. If you must drink them, though, I would try working your way up. Like you can sometimes find cans of energy drinks that are maybe a third the regular size, especially at conventions and whatnot when companies and movies will take those mini cans of red bull and slap their own label on them. So you can work your way up, getting more used to the effect as you go. But eventually energy drinks will have no effect on you, if you drink them a lot. They can also be very addictive.
*BREATH.*

[Slick Willy]

OH! Try wheat grass shots, too. You can usually get them at jamba juice and places like that. It's really healthy for you, helps clean out your system (NOT giving you explosive diarrhea. At least not to anyone i know.) an d is full of antioxidants. Whenever i have one, it gets me more energetic quick. All natural, too.

[Tadao]

Why he still has sig privileges is beyond me.

[Sacks]

Holy shit that's out of control.

Edit: Milhouse backwards is the everyday man's mod.

[dirtyxblondexdame]

I just miss the days back in the early 90's when the only thing you needed was a can or two of Jolt Cola.

Ahh, so many late nights driving around, packed into multiple cars, hopped up on Jolt and nicotine..................

wait, 2 cans?!?!?!? my heart would have exploded.

[dirtyxblondexdame]

man you just gotta chill out with a nice bowl and some good tunes or somethin to balance it all out

a nice bowl of what

a bowl of cereal, right? *smirk*

someone pass me my lighter.

[MarioRPG]

I just had an overnight shift and hand a tropical Full Throttle, it was damn good and did not mess me up in any way.

[Dr. Octogonopus]

Have you tired those pomegranate rockstars? Those are really good.

[Chojin]

I agree :o

[SLEEPER]

The most effective energy drink I've tried by far is Guarana powder. It may taste not so great but will help keep energy levels up for for about 4 hours. Too much though will makeyou jittery. Guarana powder can be mixed with anything. I usually mix it with fruit juice or boiling water and sweeten it with honey.

[MetalMilitia]

OH! Try wheat grass shots, too. You can usually get them at jamba juice and places like that. It's really healthy for you, helps clean out your system (NOT giving you explosive diarrhea. At least not to anyone i know.) an d is full of antioxidants. Whenever i have one, it gets me more energetic quick. All natural, too.


Nah it's bollocks.

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/04/wheatgrass_madn.html

[MarioRPG]

I don't know if I wanna even bother with trying the powders / whatever, when I need energy I don't like waiting to measure 1 part to 2 parts water.

[23_]

I've had a Red Bull and a Nos before, and they seemed to have no effect on me at all. :\

[Wild Wallace]

.

Also, Red Bull tastes like pee.

This couldn't be more true.