Thread: Tell me about you and caffeine

We've had a similar thread before, but it was about energy drinks and everybody jumped on the "it's overpriced, over sweetened, crystal meth in a can" bandwagon. This is just about you and caffeine in general. Every board I go onto has a caffeine thread of some sort.

So, how do you get your fix of mankind's favorite stimulant? Coffee, tea, soda, gum, intravenous injection, it doesn't matter. What's your favorite caffeinated drink? How often do you get your fix? Or do you use caffeine at all?

Myself, I gotta have my daily fix or it sets off some terrible migraines. It's the only drug that I consider myself addicted to, but society doesn't seem to care about caffeine addicts: it tries to make more of them.

I drink the cheapest drip coffee I can in the morning. Usually it's Maxwell House or an off brand. I used to drink the really shitty instant stuff, but my brother splurged and got a real coffee maker, so I brew my own. I drink it straight or with a packet of Truvia (a stevia-based sweetner) if the can is getting really old.

If I'm really tired in the day (which is kinda rare), I usually drink a bottle of green tea or a Coke. I'm trying to wean myself off of Coke since all it really does for me is make me put on weight.

I drink two cups of black coffee in the morning, and sometimes one or two in the afternoon. Some days I also drink a Pepsi max, and I don't say no thanks to a red bull if it's around.

Not much of a caffeine junkie. I don't do coffee, mainly because A) it tastes like ass (and I wonder if those who enjoy it have damaged taste buds or something), and B) I don't want to develop a debilitating dependency on it to where I simply can’t stay awake without it. I'm fine toughing it out with my sleep-deprivation the way God - or whomever else you may or may not believe in - intended it: power of will. No caffeine needed, baby.

However, at least I’m not as bad as Mormons, who refuse to drink even soda for fear of caffeine addiction. It's kind of funny...once I had a couple Mormon friends over for pizza and soda, and as one was gulping down a glass of soda, the other asks: "This is caffeine-free soda, right?"

"Nope."

*Mormon drinking the soda begins to choke and sputter*

Classic.

I voted for one or so monthly. I rarely have energy drinks just because of the mad amounts of sugar, but I'll have a cup of coffee or caffeinated tea every now and then. Most of the tea I drink is decaffeinated though, and I don't drink much soda as it is anyway, I'm a water person.

Originally Posted by Lëzen

However, at least I’m not as bad as Mormons, who refuse to drink even soda for fear of caffeine addiction. It's kind of funny...once I had a couple Mormon friends over for pizza and soda, and as one was gulping down a glass of soda, the other asks: "This is caffeine-free soda, right?"

"Nope."

*Mormon drinking the soda begins to choke and sputter*

Classic.

Lol.

Whenever I have caffeine, my heart races and I get chest pains. So I try to stay away from caffeine.

MMMmmmmmmMmm the touch the feeeeel of caffeine, the fuel of my life

Triple Iced tall americano, half splenda packet, drop of LF cream every morning

Diet coke maybe in the afternoon

.... I blame my Colombian mother

Most days I do 3-5 cups of good, locally roasted coffee, black. If I'm getting a late start, I might just do a shot of espresso, and if I'm staying up late I might have an energy drink (I like the orange Monster).

If I've lost all good sense, someone might talk me into Jaeger Bombs, but I'm liable to wake up in strange places.

I drink quite a bit of caffeine throughout the day. I usually have 5-6 Mt. Dews a day, but if I am at a LAN or something, I'll drink them like water....
I wouldn't say I'm addicted though. I only really drink Soda when it's around, and that isn't often. Then again, that's usually because it's gone the day I buy it

I try an stay away from it entirely.

Originally Posted by Seph

I drink quite a bit of caffeine throughout the day. I usually have 5-6 Mt. Dews a day, but if I am at a LAN or something, I'll drink them like water....
I wouldn't say I'm addicted though. I only really drink Soda when it's around, and that isn't often. Then again, that's usually because it's gone the day I buy it

Have fun pissin kidney stones.

I like to drink a cup of expresso almost every morning with a smoke session outside. It puts me in a good mood for the day.

I drink tea most mornings, but during summer I don't really do it as much because I have time to eat.

I drink about a tea a day, but it's not coffee...

I sometimes make turkish coffee at home. It's delicious, though I do sweeten it a bit.

I don't drink coffee often, but I have an iced tea almost every day.

i used to have at least 10 cups of nice dark black coffee a day. it helped me focus and i loved the taste of it yummmm. I also drank maybe 5-10 cans of diet coke a week. Then i went to the doctor and found out the reason it helped me focus, was because i had ADD, and stimulants help people with ADD focus better. So he put me on some ADD medication that was a stimulant, and i no longer had the desire to drink that much coffee a day. Maybe like 2-5 cups. And diet coke is just for the taste now. For some reason i like the taste of diet drinks better than regular ones. weird

I never was a fan of coffee really, neither taste or effect was appealing. When
I had a job in.. 2006 I think I started to drink very regularly for about 2 months
because everyone was just drinking coffee there - I realized that it didn't help
me be more energetic, the the contrary, I felt more exhausted. This in addition
to not actually liking it caused me to not drink it anymore, so over the course
of this entire year (09), I maybe had one coffee.. because I was invited or something.

As for Sodas, I sometimes drink them, sometimes I have a phase were it is
more regularly, but I'm much more drawn to juices, water and tea, tbh.
So not a caffeine junky at all.

have a cup in the morning if I'm real tired. I try to stay away from it though, gives me the jitters and makes me urinate a lot.

caffeine doesn't affect me so meh..

how do you slow down a fast metabolism

I rarely drink it. But when I do, it's purely for the taste (I like iced coffee). Cause I've tried drinking it when I'm tired/sleepy, dun help me at all lol.

Amazing how so much can change so quickly.

I now LOVE coffee. I feel in love with McDonalds McCafe's but $3.00 a pop was a bit much. So I bought myself my own coffee maker, some Hazelnut flavored brewing coffee, hazlenut creamer and I'm one happy camper.
But I've noticed something "strange".

When I was taking my anti-anxiety meds (Celexa and Strattera) my first large coffee of the day would make me jittery which I understand. Now that I'm taking a break from my meds, caffeine put me to sleep. What the heck?
I know this is TMI, but it also gives me diarrhea with or without meds.

How/why the heck does caffeine make me more sleepy?

Need I say a single word? (HINT: My avatar and sig should explain).

That shit has no effect on me. >