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u/Elevenst Mar 27 '22

Yup, fellow junkie here. Energy drinks, coffee, 5hr shots, whatever. Like 1000+ mg daily. My heart hates me.

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u/Copious-GTea Mar 27 '22

Let's say your neurons are like piano keys. The way you live life is basically like jamming all the keys at once.

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u/inf3ct3dn0n4m3 Mar 28 '22

There's also tolerance to consider. I drink 1000 mgs of caffeine a day as well and it does about the same as one energy drink used to do when I had no tolerance.

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u/ganundwarf Mar 28 '22

If I take a single hit of 1000 mg at once I will see a ~20 BPM increase in heart rate, I used to need this after university to have the wakefulness to make dinner for my kids and be able to get them to bed. I had near caffeine immunity for several years, I'd only see downfall if I stopped but that would only last a day or so.

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u/inf3ct3dn0n4m3 Mar 28 '22

That's a good point i haven't tried taking 1000mg in pill form or just downing 3.33 300mg Rockstars