No-Doz Plus... shortening my lifespan? (1 Viewer)

[benji6667]

hey guys, just after a bit of caffeine advice

in the last 7 weeks of school, i've finsihed 2 and a half boxes of caffeine pills (60 x 100mg of caffeine)

in that time ive built up a tolerance to caffeine, and not having any has impaired by studying greatly (i trialed a week without caffeine, i feel asleep @ random times of the day :S)

so my question is, is my caffeine consumption shortening my life expectancy?

 

[katie_tully]

Prolonged exposure to high amounts of caff won't do wonders for your long term health. I wouldn't be worried too much about shortening your life expectancy, I'd be more worried about the sweet withdrawl symptoms you're going to have now that you've built up both a tolerance and a dependency.

 

[Mattamz]

from what i know the caffeine content of a no-doz pill is the same as a cup of coffee.

 

[cuppas]

it wouldnt decrease life expectancy, but arent you having trouble concentrating? because no-doz doesnt really improve alertness or whatever... i just found myself not falling asleep until the caffeine wore off =/

 

[Muz4PM]

What are the adverse affects of No Doz?

 

[katie_tully]

What are the adverse affects of No Doz?

Not sleeping.

 

[Wooz]

The shakes, collapse, headaches, sleep deprivation, diahorrea, vomiting, loss of concentration, lack of aletness, drowsyness, tierdness, etc.

One chick on the stuff collapsed and was taken to hospital.

 

[CieL]

no-doz doesnt really improve alertness or whatever... i just found myself not falling asleep until the caffeine wore off =/

You can't really say that because different people have a different level of caffine sensitivity..

When I took my first no-doz, I was so alert and pumped up my hands were shaking.. and that's just one pill for someone that doesn't take caffine usually.. and yeah, I was so high I wanted to do other things besides study.. like jump around n shit.. maybe because I took it with a bottle of red bull..

Second time I took them I took it with a non-caffinated drink.. it worked a bloody charm.. I studied my ass off for 9hrs straight, popped 1 pill every 3hrs.. plus one before the exam [so I didnt get that fatigued feeling like the first time].. never studied so hard in my life I actually learnt an entire psychology unit in 9hrs.. which is literally over 1000 slides long

Withdrawal symptoms were bad for the rest of that day though.. my head felt like it was going to explode.. but wore off after a night's sleep..

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

You can't really say that because different people have a different level of caffine sensitivity..

When I took my first no-doz, I was so alert and pumped up my hands were shaking.. and that's just one pill for someone that doesn't take caffine usually.. and yeah, I was so high I wanted to do other things besides study.. like jump around n shit.. maybe because I took it with a bottle of red bull..

Second time I took them I took it with a non-caffinated drink.. it worked a bloody charm.. I studied my ass off for 9hrs straight, popped 1 pill every 3hrs.. plus one before the exam [so I didnt get that fatigued feeling like the first time].. never studied so hard in my life I actually learnt an entire psychology unit in 9hrs.. which is literally over 1000 slides long

Withdrawal symptoms were bad for the rest of that day though.. my head felt like it was going to explode.. but wore off after a night's sleep..

yeah it depends on the individual. i drink coffee and V almost on a daily basis but i still felt really bizarre when i first tried no-doz. like, i was wide awake but i couldnt concentrate on anything and ended up scribbling in my notepad and watching bad late-night tv till about 4am and then i went to school and slept through most of my classes.

an old fashioned cup of coffee or some red bull or whatever works better imho.

 

[Che08]

Yeah im with Cosmic Doris on this one.. im a big coffee drinker and NO-Doz does nothing for me a cup of coffee couldnt do. In saying that ill take NO-Doz when i need a caffiene hit QUICK because its easier than drinking a coffee. (sometimes i do both tho.. )

 

[CieL]

ended up scribbling in my notepad and watching bad late-night tv till about 4am and then i went to school and slept through most of my classes.

How good is the sleep after no-doz wears off?!

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

How good is the sleep after no-doz wears off?!

hahaha i reckon. i was dead to the world. it was awesome.

 

[yosemite sam]

Coffee and red bull dont usually really hit me or have any major effect on my ability to stay awake, especially since ive got chronic fatigue syndrome but i took a no-doz and was able to stay awake for like 30 hours. i think i had 2 hours sleep in there and then i was up again for another 10 hours.

and then i slept a normal nights sleep (about 11-12 hours for me) and i was back to normal.
ive been thinking no-doz is some sort of wonder cure.

but my friend takes about 3 at a time and she shakes a lot.

 

[wootwt]

Higher blood pressure
fast pulse

Long term effects:

heart disesase/ irregular heartbeat
weight gain
diabetes
stomach ulcers

 

[katie_tully]

you need 400mg roughly 3 times a day to develop a resistance to caffeine.

 

[withoutaface]

yeah it depends on the individual. i drink coffee and V almost on a daily basis but i still felt really bizarre when i first tried no-doz. like, i was wide awake but i couldnt concentrate on anything and ended up scribbling in my notepad and watching bad late-night tv till about 4am and then i went to school and slept through most of my classes.

an old fashioned cup of coffee or some red bull or whatever works better imho.

This is exactly the problem with caffeine, in any form. It keeps you awake, but it scatters you. If you think you can concentrate better that's a placebo effect.

 

[katie_tully]

the other misconception is that caffeine 'keeps you awake'. caffeine doesn't supress your need to sleep, it merely masks the feeling of being tired and it will only do that up until a certain point. nobody has ever stayed awake for 3 days straight because they were on a coffee high. meth yes, coffee no.

if you think you do better when you're hyped up on coffee, i challenge you to read something you've written when you're more composed. it's probably a rambling pile of crap.

 

[withoutaface]

Meh. Caffeine doesn't work on me. Since I've got ADHD, the increase in dopamine uptake makes me calm and drowsy. Similar to how speed (amphetamines) is used as the primary drug to treat ADHD now.

Things which shorten your life expectancy: prolonged poor sleep habbits (also greatly increases risk of type 2 diabetes), prolonged malnutrition, prolonged lack of exercise. If caffeine causes any of these, then yes, it may well shorten life expectancy.

Just means you have to take more of it. I've gone on dexie binges and been up for days before...

 

[withoutaface]

I've tried it, didn't feel much different.

 

[BamBam90]

Caffeine doesn't do anything for me. I can have a bottle of V or Red Bull and fall asleep straight afterwards. I tried a no-doz one and didn't feel different at all.