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What are the side affects to caffeine?
im a lover of coffee and caffeine. One day I tried to consume as much caffeine as possible so that I would have energy that day. I had one energy bar, a cream soda, and two cups of coffee to get a lot of caffeine. After all that, I was really energized for a while, but that I felt like crashing and was talking sluggish and walking funny. After that, I ended up having some emotional problems. Got irritated and started crying for no reason. I know this happens when consuming so much caffeine, but I was just curious to know what the caffeine did to me to cause me to be an emotional wreck. I looked on the Internet to try to find answers, but all I could find was that it can leave you with anxiety. Anyone know the answer?
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Temporary highs are caused by the raised caffeine and probably sugar from energy bars and soda. They're always in this form, a spike and then a dip because your body equalises levels. Has various ways of doing this. A lot of caffeine or sugar may cause you to want a pee for instance, to get the excess 'flushed out' of your body. Such acute downers (tearful, sluggish and bad headaches, crashing) tend to afflict people who suddenly stop. For example, one may over tiime get used to drinking far too many cups of coffee every day, decide one day it's not a great idea and cut down drastically or completely give it up. These side effects make them realise how hooked on it they've become. Bad headaches, craving for the stuff and a feeling that someone has pulled your power plug out! Yep...I have been there, but it's not unique to me by any means. It happens all reformed coffee-hogs!! You get over it and back to normal if you stick it out and stay away from coffee. Your reaction does seem a bit acute for two shots of coffee. I'd say try again (at a time when it's not going to be a problem to you) and if you get such a big spike and fall I'd assume you're very intolerant of too much caffeine and elect not to be a coffee drinker. Isolate it from the sugary stuff when you try, 'sugar-rushes' have similar effects and the caffeine will greatly amplify them. You want to identify whether it's too much coffee, too much sugar or just the combination of both so you know which to cut out or cut down. I'd avoid some of the fashionable energy drinks completely. A can may have the same caffeine as eight coffees and the equivalent of 12 (or more!) spoonfuls of sugar. No kidding! You might be bouncing off the walls if you drink this stuff! If you love coffee then decaff might be the only solution. You get the taste but not the buzz.
ps I think I played the cross-adiction card and for the last fifteen years or so I've drunk prolific amounts of tea. You don't get the caffeine buzz and subsequent dips with tea so I'm OK about being a tea-addict.
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Caffeine can lead to:
•A fast heart rate
•Anxiety
•Depression
•Difficulty sleeping
•Nausea
•Restlessness
•Tremors
•Urinating more often
•Vomiting
Stopping caffeine suddenly may cause withdrawal symptoms. These may include:
•Drowsiness
•Headaches
•Irritability
•Nausea
•Vomiting.
I highly suggest you do not take that much of a caffeine intake again, or it could cause serious problems like bone thinning, etcetera. Your body has an energy tank, things like fruits can even make it go up a little, but caffeine and high intakes of sugar can spike up your energy tank, and then drop back down suddenly, which will make you feel like a zombie, and frankly, isn't always best for your body.
Hope this helps~
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