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Me and some friends decided we wanted to go out and party last night. So anyways, they came over to my place, we had some pizza and drank some vodka and then headed out. Nothing wrong with that.
BUT, I wasn't really using my head and I think I gave myself a caffeine overdose. I was working on papers earlier in the day and had consumed a coffee in the morning, and a 5 hour energy shot around 2:00. I then had a rev cooler (which have a lot of caffeine in them) around 7:00, and another 5 hour energy around 9:00 just before we were leaving. When we got to the bar we had a jagerbomb to start the night - which is redbull and a shot of jag... more caffeine.
I was perfectly fine, had a nice comfortable buzzz going on, and we were just waiting for the dance floor to pick up a bit and then were ready to party. BUT, I tend to smoke when I drink and decided to have a cigarette. Was feeling just fine and dandy before the smoke, and then out of nowhere threw up everything in my stomach... then felt fine again - until I tried to move. I felt nauseous so I went to the bathroom, but as soon as I was sitting still I would feel fine. But then the shaking started. I never threw up anymore the rest of the night but kept feeling like I was going to.
I was having trouble breathing, I was getting really sketched out and nervous, I was shaking like crazy and I was all around scared as f*ck because none of us had a clue what was going on. We knew I wasn't drugged for two reasons - never left my drink unattended at all, and whatever was going on I sure as hell wasn't passing out or even close!
Anyways, my friends took me home and calmed me down and helped me get to sleep (eventually I slept...)
I woke up this morning and went through everything I had consumed trying to figure out what had happened, because I had not drank nearly the amount of alcohol that would make me throw up, plus all the other effects were downright weird.
Looked it up online just now and - yep... caffeine OD - all the symptoms are there:
Breathing trouble
Changes in alertness
Confusion
Convulsions
Dizziness
Increased thirst
Irregular heartbeat
Muscle twitching
Rapid heartbeat
Sleeping trouble
Urination - increased
Vomiting
I am an idiot!! I can't believe I actually consumed enough caffeine to cause an overdose! And ruined a perfectly good night in the process - for me AND for my friends....
:S
BUT, I wasn't really using my head and I think I gave myself a caffeine overdose. I was working on papers earlier in the day and had consumed a coffee in the morning, and a 5 hour energy shot around 2:00. I then had a rev cooler (which have a lot of caffeine in them) around 7:00, and another 5 hour energy around 9:00 just before we were leaving. When we got to the bar we had a jagerbomb to start the night - which is redbull and a shot of jag... more caffeine.
I was perfectly fine, had a nice comfortable buzzz going on, and we were just waiting for the dance floor to pick up a bit and then were ready to party. BUT, I tend to smoke when I drink and decided to have a cigarette. Was feeling just fine and dandy before the smoke, and then out of nowhere threw up everything in my stomach... then felt fine again - until I tried to move. I felt nauseous so I went to the bathroom, but as soon as I was sitting still I would feel fine. But then the shaking started. I never threw up anymore the rest of the night but kept feeling like I was going to.
I was having trouble breathing, I was getting really sketched out and nervous, I was shaking like crazy and I was all around scared as f*ck because none of us had a clue what was going on. We knew I wasn't drugged for two reasons - never left my drink unattended at all, and whatever was going on I sure as hell wasn't passing out or even close!
Anyways, my friends took me home and calmed me down and helped me get to sleep (eventually I slept...)
I woke up this morning and went through everything I had consumed trying to figure out what had happened, because I had not drank nearly the amount of alcohol that would make me throw up, plus all the other effects were downright weird.
Looked it up online just now and - yep... caffeine OD - all the symptoms are there:
Breathing trouble
Changes in alertness
Confusion
Convulsions
Dizziness
Increased thirst
Irregular heartbeat
Muscle twitching
Rapid heartbeat
Sleeping trouble
Urination - increased
Vomiting
I am an idiot!! I can't believe I actually consumed enough caffeine to cause an overdose! And ruined a perfectly good night in the process - for me AND for my friends....
:S
but much much much better than last night.....
I didn't even know you could OD on caffeine.... well I mean of course you can because it is a drug an all... but yeah ... I had neverheard of anyone ODing on it before
I've never heard of Caffeine OD either. But I guess too much of anything is bad for you so it makes sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
too much of anything can kill you.