Thread 719068392

400mg of caffeine makes me enjoy video games more

>>719068392 (OP)
Caffeine is a fucking meme, I never notice any difference and drinking too much of it is apparently quite unhealthy.

>>719068392 (OP)
Why is starbucks coffee specified? What about regular coffee?

I take 200 mg caffeine pills with caffeine-free diet soda
>WHAT DOES THE REDDIT FROG HAVE TO DO WITH THAT?
Absolutely nothing. I just needed something to do while waiting for the 120 second post timer, so I googled “Pepe the frog stares at you” and downloaded the image

>>719068790
do it again, pepeposter

>>719068790
>X
>X
>X
Not very reddit frog.

>>719068536
In my 20s a caffeine/sugar high felt amazing, now I can't even feel these gay energy drinks. It does NOTHING.

Stop taking caffeine for 24 hours and see if you get a headache.

>>719068779
because youre too stupid to know that there is no such thing as a "regular coffee". Whoever made it didnt want to misinform thousands of retards that might come across the data.
Go make yourself a "regular coffee" in your kitchen, and measure out the exact weight of "coffee" in whatever form you add. Then consult the table of ingredients for this coffee material to calculate how much caffeine is in your "regular coffee".

>>719068392 (OP)
If I don't have at least 5 double espressos throughout the day, I am low energy and feel like a piece of shit.

>>719068790
go back to sucking dicks on reddit

>>719069097
Happens when you're addicted to it. Goes away after a day or two and is easily treated with ibuprofen.

>>719068779
Starbucks is actually among the weaker caffeinated coffee chains. Some are double/triple that. Not sure if you have a Costa chain in America but thats triple the caffeine than a Starbucks.

>>719069208
I'll add that its down to the type of bean used by the chain. Robusta coffee beans have more caffeine content.

>>719069151
>measures the Starbucks coffee in 8oz increments
>too stupid to just take the nutricional information on the in and extrapolate it into 8oz portions
I really hope something mildly irritating happens to you today you silly billy.

>>719069097
I dont, now what

>>719069189
You dont treat addiction with something else to get addicted to.
You just bear through the pain of readjustment to normal, then resolve to maintain that normal.

>>719068790
Stopped reading this thread at this post. It won't get any better than this.

>>719069097
>gets headache that persists for half a day
>no longer addicted
caffeine addiction is a meme. Medically its not even considered an addiction at all, merely a dependency. Anyone who's ever gone camping or something and gone a few days without coffee knows full well its not particularly addictive the way other drugs are.

I read the OP
>>719068392 (OP)
Then the frog
>>719068790
Then this
>>719069303

Just FYI.

>>719069267
No one gets addicted to ibuprofen, anon. Just because you're some midwit who doesn't understand how addiction works and shits himself in terror as soon as you hear the word doesn't make you an authority on biochemistry.

>>719069251
>the tin
>that one tin of coffee everyone uses
>starbucks must use that tin too
>that regular tin
>you know the one
>regular coffee tin
Youre that mildly irritating thing, anon. Seek rope.

>>719069443
>I can quit anytime

I've never had an energy drink in my life. That whole fad just skipped right by me. Just thought you'd all like to know. Thanks for asking and reading.

>>719069580
Like.

Any other blogs? I'll read them and like.

>>719069580
You missed out then you're also a faggot for having any pride in it

>>719069505
>ibuprofen
Yes. Literally.

If I don't have a headache, the very last thing on my mind is ibuprofen. Unless you're talking about caffeine? As someone who actually *has* experience with drinking/drug addiction, I can safely assure you that anyone who thinks their "addiction" to caffeine is debilitating is a fucking idiot.

>>719068536
Coffee just makes me sleepy, somehow

There are some incredibly unfunny fucks on this board

>>719069453
>this coffee is 85mg of caffeine a cup
>this one is 86mg
>shit however will I make sense of all these variables
Fuck sakes man. Now explain to me the real world consequences of someone being "misinformed" by this graphic
>hello poison control the little meme graphic I saw on /v/ said 3 cups of coffee is only 400mg of caffeine, but I'm afraid I may have accidentally taken 405 mg. What should I do now?
Like are you actually stupid? So when the coffee machine at your Starbucks pours put its coffee does it stop dripping instantly or does a few extra mL come out. It can be critical at a time like this. Fucking pedantic cunt. Go step on some Legos.

>espresso
>shots
can we fucking not give swine fine products like these? Anyone who "shots" an espresso needs to be shot, and deserves americano

>>719069724
Like.

>>719069743
Moron. A shot just means 2oz. It even fucking says it

>>719069267
You're very wrong about how things work here.
Headaches after no longer drinking coffee is not a result of an addiction but merely a side effect of how caffeine interacts with the body.
It blocks receptors in the brain which leads to constriction of the blood vessels. So the body produces more receptors and when you stop drinking caffeine those receptors get floded and the blood vessels in the brain expand uncomfortably.

>>719068779
because each brand of coffee is going to have different doses of caffeine and not all of them are going to be available everywhere. better to have a multinational brand that everybody has consumed at least once to act as a baseline

>>719068392 (OP)
I stopped drinking coffee a while back and I haven't noticed anything different. Didn't even have any kind of withdrawals despite drinking it daily for a decade.

realisticaly how much do you have to spend on an espresso machine for it not to suck?

>>719070152
$5000

>>719070152
You should be able to get ok ones for <600$. Although a decent grinder matters a lot and those easily start at 200$.
Might be worth to look into used machines for the first time if there is a good discount.

>>719070152
just buy a $20 mika pot

>>719069841
You just described the physical portion of addiction. Your body cannot function normally when supplemented regularly with abnormal amounts of anything.
That includes ibuprofen, which stops your body from experiencing pain by binding to enzymes that would go on to become neurotransmitters that cause pain and inflammation, after binding with and converting the stuff that comes out of injuries.
And of course you can see the consequences here. That means your body no longer feels pain when it expects to. So over time with regular use it adjusts. So does your dosage to keep up with your changing body. And just so, the side effects of ibuprofen like stomach and liver failure get worse.
Eventually this unaddressed landslide of effects becomes a dependency, where the adjustments and altercations your body has undergone due to natural balance and side effects is so severe that a sudden stop in consumption of whatever you were doing can cause even worse problems upto and including death.

Good thing there are great healthy alternatives to coffee. Like sleeping at reasonable intervals and eating healthy foods. A great way to not overuse ibuprofen is to not fucking injure yourself all the time you fucking animals.
Take care of your mind and body.

>>719069723
Same here, it means you have ADHD.

honestly drinking water after a month long dehydration session gives me a better buzz

>>719071320
>dehydration session
Wtf is that

>>719071474
basically you allow a parasite to drain you of fluids for a whole month so that you're 80% dry mass, forcing your organs to go into systemic failure so that you force the weak cells to die off and give room for the stronger ones

filter black coffee
you don't need anything else

>>719068392 (OP)
I've been tapering down my caffeine intake. Down to just 1 monster a day. I want to quit for a few months to reset my sensitivity or see if going caffeine free has any benefits.

I started having heart trouble, went from 240 to 0 every day now I can't even drink more than the occasional half of a cup of a green tea before I start to feel weird.

>>719072350
Same guy here, I'm not going to lie, I've been fucking miserable. I keep thinking of having another monster just for that mood and energy boost. But I'm persisting. There are people who deny that this is an addiction.

>>719072350
I've been trying for 7 years, good luck, quitting is harder than nicotine and weed and beer.
the headaches will make you regret quitting and even if you manage to clean yourself all it takes is 1 sip of caffeine and you're hooked back in.
You're here forever.

>>719072350
>see if going caffeine free has any benefits.
Nothing you won't really notice from drinking under 400mg of caffeine, which is why it's the safe amount.
Maybe you'll find it easier getting to sleep at night, find the sun/exercise gives you more of an energy boost and find caffeine/sugar gives you a bigger rush but again just a maybe.
Honestly speaking, there is so much shit you consume with no control of your own that's bad for you which 'quitting' would provide infinite more benefits over caffeine.
A quick example, being outside around cars you'll consume pollution equivalent to about 180 cigarettes a year. Our way of life is simply not considered healthy, that's not me trying to say drink 1000mg of caffeine becuase cars suck it's just me saying you can't realistically minimise every unhealthy thing to a highly noticeable degree.
That said: don't drink 1000mg of caffeine.

>>719071270
Damn...................

>>719069343
>Medically
science is a meme, caffeine is just the most socially acceptable drug.
>Anyone who's ever gone camping or something and gone a few days without coffee
Because a camping trip is not ordinary life. You go to a camping trip to take a break from ordinary life, everything is different on purpose and you can tolerate it for the duration of the trip.
>gets headache that persists for half a day
>no longer addicted
The headache goes away, the depression and cravings don't. Try going off caffeine for 2 weeks while living your daily life. When you build your motivation on caffeine, coming off will be really hard. Apparently it can take 3-6 months to learn to live without it, and even then it's just not the same, because your life was built upon the assumption that you are on caffeine.
>"Why would I quit, it's not even addictive, I could easily quit any time, I just use it for concentration" etc.
Addict cope.

>Caffeine addicted for 10 years
>Have a 5 shot black Americano last week with 2 Ibuprofen for an injury I'm managing
>Insane panic attack follows that day and end up in the ER that evening
>Top of abdomen still in relative pain 4 days later

Literally one of the most terrifying times of my life. Don't think I can touch coffee or energy drinks again after it. So fucking weird how it can hit you like that despite perceived tolerance.

>>719072529
>>719072640
Buy a bottle of your favorite drink and place it where you can see it.
Every time you see it, resist the urge to drink it.
This is how you overcome any addiction.

>>719072995
Thank you armchair expert, guess we don't need all those rehab facilities.

>>719068392 (OP)
for me?
its decaffeinato

I once had
>3 Americanos
>1 monster
>2 scoops of pre workout
>glass of pepsi
In a day and I got the worst heart palpitations of my life. Now I only drink the 3 Americanos a day

>>719073034
No, you don't, it's all a scam.

>>719073052
I knew it, thank you king.

>>719073109
No problem, champ. If you lack the will to overcome it yourself, no rehab will help.

>>719069097
I have been drinking coffee twice a day for the past 3 years now, i quitted two weeks ago and the only difference i noticed is that i can fall asleep before 7am

>>719068392 (OP)
Do people really drink coffee to wake themselves up?
I started drinking coffee just to feel less hungry between meals when I'm not doing anything interesting but I never felt like it's having any effect that makes me more awake.
I feel more sleepy rather awake after drinking it, especially in the middle of the day.

>>719069142
what kind of low quality literal shit do you snort? coke isn't supposed to make you anxious

>>719069097
I don't even need 24 hours
if I don't have caffeine with 4 hours of waking up, my head hurts
also have no intentions to change this because I am not lifting without caffeine

i literally can't handle caffeine anymore. it gives me panic attacks and fits of depression which i am not into.

didn't have any for like 2 to 3 months but the other day i drank a single coffee on 2 successive days each and the day after that i felt like i wanted to kill myself. dunno what happened but it gets my in an insanely bad mood now for some reason. the panic attacks aren't much better either and sometimes they kind of mix.

decaf is fine though

>>719073234
yeah, some people do drink coffee exclusively for keeping themselves awake. it doesn't make you less drowsy, it makes so you don't (or rather, can't) accidentally fall asleep
>I feel more sleepy rather awake after drinking it
that's completely normal and that's one of the reasons why I don't like the effects of coffee. I'd rather eat a fucking apple, take multivitamins and a cup of tea or caffeine tablets than drink some dogshit low quality coffee that tastes like dishwasher water. that's the thing about tea: even the most cheapshit brand of tea that comes in bags can taste decent, the same can't be said about cheapshit coffee.

>>719069505
you don't get addicted to cox inhibitors, retard-kun.

ibuprofen does rape your gastric lining, though, so you shouldn't use it for something as pathetic and insignificant as caffeine withdrawal

>>719068536
you're a rare non-responder to caffeine

>>719073373
I also use caffeine to lift, but I drink decaf on rest days. It helps lower my tolerance so I get the biggest effect during my workout. I also don't get headaches anymore, just slightly lower energy.

>>719069189
>Happens when you're addicted to i
addicted?
nigga you will get headache after one fucking day if you don't drink coffee
that's why coffee sucks ass, i don't get headaches after monsters, but normal coffee kills me

>>719070152
you just need good beans and a grinder and use an aeropress

>>719073782
it's rebound vasoconstriction from a1 upregulation. nothing to do with addiction which is caused by conditioned place preference.

caffeine can give me withdrawal symptoms after a single day of use if it's a significant amount. that's why i avoid all but the subperceptual amounts in tea.

>see this thread
>take a sip from my cup of joe with gusto
Simple pleasures

>>719072948
dont ever take painkillers dumbass

Real white tea or any quality chink tea(that they make for themselves and not for export) is just superior to coffee in my opinion the energy you get is less but you juyst cant feel tired/sleepy which is such a great feeling

>>719068536
At this point I just drink the sugar free ones because I am used to less-sweet drinks and it helps me with hunger while I lose weight.
Ghost iced tea is GOAT btw

I'm not convinced caffeine is actually bad for you at all.

I smoked for years and caffeine is much more difficult to quit. Withdrawals last for literal months. Sure you get over the immediate kind by oversleeping for a few days, but the long-term shit lasts for fucking ever.

free coffee for everyone!

>>719068536
The trick is to not drink any sugar or caffeined stuff atleast for a week.

>>719069723
ive heard that its from lack vitamin B i think

I have now finished my cup. you may proceed

>this thread still up
alright fuck you jannies, reposting this.

>Go to gym last year
>Weights are all organized
>Empty in the mornings
>People give lots of space because it's all old people doing the machines
>Go to the gym this year
>lmfao weights are all over the place, wouldn't be surprised if there's no 25lbs or 45lbs on the squat rack.
>JEETS FUCKING EVERYWHERE EVEN IN THE MORNINGS. SHIT FEELS LIKE IM WORKING DURING LUNCH TIME
>JEETS ALWAYS WORKING BESIDE the squat rack or using the squat rack for curls or stretches
>JEETS always taking weights off your bench/squat rack midlift.
jesus fucking christ I might actually find a new gym because of this. seriously where the fuck did they all come from and why is it an influx? Before I start looking is this a common problem everywhere?

>>719068536
>hurrrr im an alien durrrr chemistry doesn't work for me hurrdurrrrr the chemical reaction that works the same way everywhere on the planet doesn't work that way in my body hurpadurppaadaw

>>719068392 (OP)
>For most adults, the FDA has cited 400 milligrams a day as an amount not generally associated with negative effects.

Damn, didn't realize the FDA wants me to drink a can of Monster with my breakfast, lunch and dinner. As a patriot, I must.

>>719074436
>going to public gyms ever
I had a home gym for a few years with a squat rack and all and it was bliss
had to give a lot of equipment up when I moved into an apartment but I still lift at home with what I can
much more preferable to sharing equipment

I really hate coffee culture. I hate the way people act about it, how extremely inconvenient of a beverage it is, I hate that it has a machine that takes up counter space, I hate how everyone pretends it's good but then add tons of crap to it, I hate that it's a hot beverage that people still drink in the summer, and I hate how accepted it is for someone to be miserable or late because they haven't had it yet.
There's no other consumable product in the world that I don't partake in that has more of a negative effect on my life than coffee. It gets in the way of so much and creates so many lame excuses for poor behavior.

My kidneys hurt...

>>719071042
The fuck are you on about?
First of all that isn't an addiction, it lacks the compulsive habit forimg factor. Having a headache doesn't suffice for that criteria, there is a reason why people don't have issues with decreasing their coffee intake. By the same metric feeling flabby and weak after stopping to exercise would be the sign of an addiction.
And while I didn't bring up ibuprofen, you're still wrong about it.
Developing a tolerance for NSAIDs is pretty rare and hard, people are more likely to suffer from their inherent side effects before that becomes a thing.

>>719073957
Good
>In conclusion, this study suggests that the moderate consumption of coffee, particularly caffeinated coffee (range 1–6.5 cups per day), is associated with a lower all-cause and cancer mortality after a long follow-up period. These findings are consistent with previous studies, although they add new evidence from a Mediterranean adult population.

>>719074669
nigga just use instant coffee if you're autistic

>>719069051
Same. This is why I wish there was like, a non-energy drink version of Monster, I love the taste but it does nothing for me.

Mi amore,
Mi amore,
Espresso macchiato, macchiato, macchiato,
Por favore,
Por favore,
Espresso macchiato corneooooooo

>>719074669
>>719074758
Take the Stevepill

>>719074902
>I wish there was like, a non-energy drink version of Monster
>I love the taste but it does nothing for me
if it does nothing then why wouldn't you simply drink the monster

>>719074941
This, feeling nothing from high dose is classic addiction

>>719074669
tsarvke

>>719068779
OP is some breed of mutt, that's what 'coffee' means for them.

I have a cup of tea in the morning. Maybe the occasional fridge cigarette. But not more than once a week or longer. I like aussie lemonade but that's getting discontinued? Pacific Punch is also really fucking tasty.

>drink espresso
>feel absolutely nothing
on the other hand, i've always been absolutely anal about getting at least 6.5 hours of sleep at the absolute minimum, averaging more like 7.5 tho.
never had trouble waking up either

>>719075925
two remarkably unrelated statements

>>719075952
i figured most people take coffee to wake up properly in the morning.
i also think most people are wishy-washy about sleeping enough, leading to waking up feeling like shit, which leads them to taking caffeine to counteract this.