Same level 3 user here. I only have it for about 1 week straight strechs about once a month. Why? In short I'm a light user of weed( once or twice a month) but it effect me more similarly to chronic users which even I find strange. I don't drink coffee so I can keep the good feelings going until I decide which is usually around the 2-3 weeks after when the feeling starts to subside
@@parkerc3 I'm in the same boat as you. I can't get addicted to caffeine because it doesn't do anything to my body. It sucks that I have to deal with low energy for the rest of the day while everyone else can get a shot of caffeine and feel energized.
I've come to realize that life is about managing tolerance. You got to make sure you don't drink too much coffee, but you also got to make sure that you drink some. You have to socialize with that one coworker, but you also have to make sure you don't kill them.
@@--TOM-- I think he meant caffeine or other things in general. Just like I'm sure he meant "in general" about the coworker (but there are some you put in duffle bags and dump later)
You're addicted to coffee. No life is not about managing tolerance. If you were literally talking about any drug other than coffee, everyone would call you a crack head.
I worked with a girl who actually overdosed on coffee. Just to understand she went from level 1 to 7 in the span of a week but she was beyond level 7. Multiple espresso shots in an extra large coffee kind of person. She ended up in the hospital because of it
I had an uncle who got to level 7, he got bored living in a nursing home after a stroke. He was drinking double strength or more coffee like water, all on cheap coffe powder, at the worst he was going through about 1kg of it a week and sadly he died a few years back
@mattcook6868 my thoughts exactly personally I have at least a reliance on Tylenol to the point that I take between 3-5000mg a day now I wouldn't say it's an addiction because it's due to pain from an accident and I can use other pain meds they just fall off faster than Tylenol arthritis with a slow 8 hour release causing me to take more but I am kinda worried about my stomach lining and kidneys not sure what else to do though I don't think it's healthy or good but it's labeled as a good drug since it's over the counter
I was probably level 7 in freshman year of college. I decided to go cold turkey for Lent and went into clinical withdrawal as a consequence. It was a miserable few weeks that I mostly could never recall even recently after it happened; my grades dropped, I had constant headaches, tremors in my hands, I was irritable and angry. I was mostly recovered by the time Easter rolled around, a positive was that for a while after that Lent caffeine hit extra hard. I've never quite gotten to that level of dependence since but I'm probably a 4-6 stage of addiction, where if I don't have any I'll probably have a headache for a day but I'm mostly normal after that.
I've been to level 8: The hospital. A year or two ago I had to be hospitalised due to some nasty heart symptoms caused most probably by caffeine. I thought that that's it, "I'm dying here and now" I thought to myself. They ran oh so many tests and came up with nothing. Gave me some saline and discharged me with a holter. From that day I never had even a full coffee, no energy drinks, just occasionally a few sips of Cola. Since then I've experienced these heart symptoms less and less. I'm glad I did it - quit caffeine. I'm a better person now. Edit after a year: Now I know the problem is extrasystole arrhytmia. It feels like your heart skips a beat or two. Usually caused by caffeine, nicotine and stress. After a long time of being completely caffeine sober, I needed to take some for a few days to make a dead-line. Mostly dark chocolate and only in the morning. It ruined my sleep anyways. It made me tremble and sweat. But I was a bit more productive. I can't imagine how bad it felt like back then when I consumed 2 energy drinks worth of caffeine in a day. Also what I noticed with these two mentioned drugs, you build up resistance in less than a week. Then you need it just to keep yourself on the base line. My advice? Never consume any addictive substance for more than a few days in a row. If you need more, you're doing something wrong. Fix your life. Be a better person. Peace.
I'm glad you've quit it, bro. A year ago I also went to the hospital due to energy drinks... I was having Monster or RedBull almost everyday, If I wanted to workout, I couldn't do it without energy drink, If I wanted to write, I coulnd't do it without energy drink, even playing videogame was something I needed Energy drink to do it. This one day, I drank like 3 cans of Monster and I couldn't sleep, I started feeling fever, vomiting and I couldn't stand up without the feeling of fainting. When I went to the hospital they just said I was too dehydrated and I had to stay in the hospital the whole day. Today, after a year later of this incident, I bought Monster just to stay awake and fix my sleeping schedule, and this video popped out on my YT reccomendations and I saw ur comment which reminded me of what I've been through when addicted, the ammount of money and the way I was dependent on all that bs. Im throwing that energy drink on the trash can rn.
Me with Monster, I’ll have coffee once in a blue moon, soda casually with meals a couple times a week, and will occasionally go to other energy drinks like C4, Bang, or 0 sugar monsters due to their lack of excess calories but for whatever reason nothing hits me with constant cravings and satisfaction afterwards like regular monster, it’s gotten to the point it relaxes me on my first sip following opening the can, I’m only 21 and I don’t even wanna know the multiple 4 figures I’ve spent on monster over my lifetime
Feels like you are stuck between space and time, accompanied by the overwhelming feeling you will die at any moment. Didn't know it was possible until it happened. I wasn't right for days.
Yep. A healthy daily limit for my body composition is ~320mg. I never exceed this amount UNLESS I, God forbid, have to push a 24+ hour day. Rarely happens, but on the rare occasion...got to do what you got to do.
guys, you gotta realize that this is way harder for some people, it all depends on the person and situation. For me, even though I drink coffee regularly, I have not developed any addiction for it mentally. I do get a mild headache when I go many days drinking coffee and then forget to one day, but I have absolutely no trouble just not drinking coffee, I barely notice when I haven't and I only usually drink it when I want something sweet, like a treat. But the same cannot be said for other people. If you are afraid of getting addicted, it's best to never seek out caffeine. I think it is also important to go in with a mindset of never increasing how much you take daily, and to make sure you almost never take it for energy reasons, else you will grow in tolerance and then have to take more in order to get that evergy. Treat it as a treat, not a tool.
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I was a level 7 "dependent" on coffee so as an experiment i fasted from any caffeine for 4 months. The issue i had was i didnt feel any different in my day to day life and especially when i went back to consuming caffeine daily. Because of that i will never understand what a caffeine "addiction" really is
Two questions, because im curious Why would you decide to go back to your previous levels of consumption after 4 months of nothing? I feel like thats a great opportunity to moderate it afterwards, for health reasons yknow And second, if you didnt _feel_ any different, did you also not _act_ any different? That might be harder to judge for yourself honestly, did anyone around you notice any changes? Because if not, then maybe you werent necessarily struggling from an addiction in the first place, simply using a lot
@ensamvarg8504 I did notice a change in behavior such as when I would brew a coffee or buy an energy drink I would instead drink water, so I kept that habit going. I also moderated my caffeine to a morning cup of coffee and cut out energy drinks and pre work out entirely. I guess the main issue was I wasn't drinking nearly enough water to match my caffeine intake when I drank alot
Honestly same, I've been drinking coffee since I was like 8 thanks to my mom (/pos), so I got a headstart on tolerance. But at the age of 16 I started drinking coffee daily, made worse by the espresso machine I got for Christmas when I was 18. I'd regularly make red eyes with quad shots of espresso in the morning and then drink 1 or 2 more cups of regular ol coffee after that, and if I went out anywhere it was a necessity to also get coffee for the travel. But then as I was getting ready to move out and I was cutting unnecessary expenses and moved my espresso machine out of the house, I went a solid 3 or so weeks with no coffee and felt literally no change at all. And then I went down to level 3 for a couple months with absolutely no issues. I have no clue what caffeine addiction "feels" like, and I have no clue what withdrawal "feels" like, despite technically experiencing both multiple times 😂
This video isn't just about caffeine. This is how all chemical addictions start. When people say "I don't understand how someone gets addicted to drugs or can't just stop", they should be shown this video. Because it's relatable for most people who have ever gotten hooked on coffee, preworkout, or energy drinks.
But not getting addicted to say narcotics is also nothing more than to so say no during at the "if it's offered" level. This doesn't apply for those who are prescribed such drugs and/or are suffering from chronic pain ofc.
@@carolean4360 But why do people say yes at the "if it's offered" level if it's "nothing more than to say no"? I think this is a gross oversimplification of how people get into narcotics in the first place.
@@jackaufenhand5710 i think saying yes to a coffee, cigarette, or pre-workout is entirely different to saying yes to class-a drugs, and that's where the confusion starts. with the risks widely known, most people can't imagine ever trying hard narcotics and so don't get the addiction
@@aznicknac My friend, I think you might not have seen as much of the world as you think you have. People try "class-a" drugs way more often than you're saying they do. Maybe the part of the world you live in is super sheltered.
@Jack Aufenhand okay there's no need to try to patronise me lmao? I know people try class a drugs all the time. Especially as a student, I've been offered many times for free at parties. My point was that in general there's a difference in "just saying no" when offered substances like cigarettes and coffee which are also addictive compared to hard drugs. People who have said no in the past probably struggle with sympathy bc they "can't imagine saying yes" as in they think they would never get themselves in that situation. I mean unless you live in a place where people go for heroin as easily as they do preworkout then in that case you're totally right and I'll go back to my sheltered little life lol
The problem with addictions like caffeine and sugar is that theyre not normally recognized as addiction and seen as normal because when most people here addiction, they think smoking or drugs. So I think it's good that it's being recognized as something people should be more aware about.
Anything can be an addiction, but it's usually not recognized as such until it negatively impacts your life. Caffeine just takes a very long time to do so, and it's a substance that isn't considered harmful until you're already too deep in
@@stanleystove anything wrong with stating something that exists and a lot of kids tend to ruin their teeth with? sugar addiction absolutely exists how do you think people develop diabetes
It's crazy to me how people sip several cups of coffee a day and can still consider it healthy. I feel horrible after one cup. Not to mention the amount of bathroom visits they must make). If it was alcohol, everybody would be appalled, but drinking excessive amounts of coffee like it is water is even celebrated in society and media
I've been drinking coffee since I was about 5/6 years old, my mum used to let me have sips of hers and then eventually she got tired of me drinking all of her so she'd buy me one. I'd be allowed to make one for myself if I made her a cup, she'd let me drink some before school. In late elementary school throughout middle/high school I started having energy drinks and now I'm an adult with a hardcore caffeine addiction.
Yeah as a Brit, my mom would make tea for me as a kid. So 5 year old me was sipping 80g of caffeine every day before school. Once i was a teen this escalated to energy drinks before there were restrictions placed on the drinking age. Then I just drank coffee as a replacement for water for a couple years until i started getting heart palpitations and bad anxiety. I've lowered it since, but it creeps back up every now and then.
I had caffeine from a young age but I kinda just liked the taste. I got addicted a bit because I have ADHD but now i’m on adderall and I can’t have coffee because it’s too much stimulants. It’s ok tho bc decaf! (also coffee doesn’t even have the same effect on me it doesn’t really do much sadly lol)
A lot of European countries have a coffee culture, where they may consume a cup with breakfast, as part of an afternoon snack, and then maybe one after dinner with some dessert. Indeed, some of Europe's great thinkers and artists had epic coffee habits. Voltaire famously drank sixty cups of coffee every day. Another famous coffee habit was that of composer Johann Sebastian Bach who went so far as to compose a short tribute to his favourite drink.
@@Foogi9000 Voltaire famously responded to being told that coffee was a slow poison that "It must be slow, because I have been drinking it for sixty years and am not dead yet."
Actually no. Here in Europe we do not drink cofee every morning like it's a pill we have to take. We first off drink much less caffeine when we do drink, and we only drink caffeine every other day or so, more so a hang out drink rather than a morning pick me up like Americans use it. Yes, many great minds had coffee addiction, that's not a good thing, and it attributed to their early deaths. Coffee is horrible, and the addiction it creates is worse.
@@tortellinifettuccine Maybe Europe is finally succumbing to Kelloggism, which is a shame, because Kelloggism, and the resulting efforts by the FDA, is most of the reason that Americans are so fat.
This is fascinating to me as someone who drinks caffeinated beverages frequently, i've never once used them to wake myself up or give myself an energy boost, but i know i still want the drinks 'cause they taste good LOL
It might also be that you’re especially enjoying caffeinated drinks more than you realize due to how caffeine also increases your body’s dopamine levels
saaame. i dont know how my brain works but i swap between loving tea and loving coffe like every six months, afer half a year i start hating coffe, i start drinking tea, then sometime later swap again. (as for energy drinks i just buy 1 monster if i see new taste in store i somehow build a hobby of collecting different cans
sometimes the day after if you abruptly stop you'll get a mild headache for a few hours, but that's literally it, I never drink enough coffee/caffine to feel it on the daily
@@OmarSlloum same, i drink vetween 0.5 and 1.5 liters of tea every day, but during holidays etc. I can go for weeks without it with no trace of withdrawal.
Well you were sick which will for the most part have the same symptoms as withdraw other than the fact caffeine withdraw causes a lack of blood flow to the brain
I used to be at level 6, most of my life I grew up drinking a cup of cafe bustelo every morning (which is espresso, so equivalent to like 5 shots). I recognized that this could give me heart problems and make my sleep even worse, so little by little I brewed with less and less grinds. Im back down to level 5 and while I am additcted to coffee, I also actively enjoy drinking it. I like the variety of flavors and fancy stuff cafes do with it. Its fun, and tastes good. I now limit myself to 1 cup of regular coffee a day, or 1 shot of espresso.
For anyone who's wanting to quit caffeine without withdrawal symptoms, what worked best for me was gradual reduction (and by gradual, I mean SUPER gradual, like drinking a tablespoon less of coffee each day over the course of a couple weeks to a month.) I know that sounds kind of dumb, but it worked really well for me, and it was way more comfortable than quitting cold turkey.
Been there. I got some cheap instant coffee and started with 2 spoons, then 1 and 3/4 and so on until i was down to none. And the fact that its instant coffee and tastes like shit compared to brewed gives me another reason to stay off it since its the most recent memory associated with it
Agree. I also used a "wave method". Like one day I would reduce drastically the amount of caffeine, but the next day I would allow myself to have what I'm used to. It's like muscling up your brain, so the next time you try to reduce you'll have some experience, and it will be easier to reduce permanently
@@joyboy-zx wave method is the best because it mirrors how your body maintains homeostasis. this is why withdrawals aren't linear. some days are better than others.
I feel like caffeine is used vastly differently by people with ADHD, less so to wake you up and more so to regulate your brain function. Almost like trying to make your physical speed match your brains, which essentially brings them both down to the same level.
I've had a few energy drinks this past year to see if they'd help me wake up for some early classes at uni and to be fair I still have no idea if they're doing anything to me. Guess those are the quirks of having adhd/audhd.
Absolutely. I don't drink coffee immediately upon waking up unless I have a job that requires me to go in early. I can wake up from apple juice. Coffee and chocolate actually helps me stop pacing around and sit still through something. So yeah, I can't focus good unless I get my coffee.(I didn't realize chocolate had caffeine in it until I saw this vid)
5 years ago i fell into coffee addiction because of the stress my school was putting on us. in a month i went from 1 or 2 a day, up to 7 cups of coffee. it's was expensive, since the only source of coffee we had was a coffee machine, not exactly cheap enough for student to use it daily. i kept drinking at least 4 cups per day for two years. and when i reached the end of that terrible thing that college was, i stopped putting stress upon myself and started drinking less, simply by forcing myself into making it myself. and since i didn't drank poor quality coffee, i kinda fell in love with the taste and all the work and routine required to make a good coffee. i can't drink coffee since a few month ago, because of health issues, but when i make coffee for friends, i take good coffee beans in a shop, i grind them myself just before making the coffee, and they love it. even those that don't drink coffee started to like the smell.
7 cups god damn. Do you not just start to feel anxious and jittery after that much coffee? Not to mention the crash has to be horrible. 4 maybe 5 is my cap before I start to feel sick
@@OscarUnrated i never felt much side or bad effect because of coffee. I don't know why. 7 cups should clearly be enough for most people to havr shaking hands or whatever, same with sugar for some people, but i never had that. Maybe i was so tired at that time that coffee was perfectly compensating. I'm just happy it didn't ruined my kidneys
I tried to do coffee to help with the stress of a medical crisis and collage, but it just.... put me to sleep, at that point I'd already been drinking tea to help with migranes so it wasent like I was unfamiliar with caffine but then again that also puts me to sleep sometimes so who knows
Knew a kid that was so addicted to caffeine that he did nothing but talk about it, used caffeine patches, and had a tray covered with caffeinated food and beverages next to his gaming computer. It was insane.
I have gone through periods where I would alternate high caffeine consumption with abstinence to reset my body tolerance, just to feel the rush of that "first time" caffeine intake again, which I did, many times. Turned out I had undiagnosed ADD and was unconsciously self medicating*; I'm on meds now and I have very quickly dropped back to level 4, hopefully this will keep going down as I unlearn all the unhealthy productivity habits I picked up under caffeine jitters lmao (*edit: it was way more complex than that but it played a part)
Funny, for me it seems that caffeine makes alot harder for me to focus compared to when im not on caffeine, but in exchange my brain feels more accelerated and i start feeling more motivated.
ADHD here, without access to medication thru non-elementary school years, I made a habit of drinking a starbucks doubleshot in the morning on big test days, with another one in a metal bottle to discretely top up throughout the test. Otherwise, I just couldn't for the life of me manage to focus. Funnily enough, this also made me drink less caffeine day to day; I didn't want to risk building too high of a tolerance, so I'd rarely have more than one cup of tea or coffee. Kept it so I could depend on more caffeine to help. Honestly would rec the strategy for others who just can't get meds, but test beforehand to be sure you don't just cross into jittery anxiety territory.
@@hideyoshinagachika1186 Yeah there is definitely a sweet spot of getting just the right energizing. Feels like I'm able to "connect dots" at a much higher rate. Additionally I would recommend trying L-theanine (a compound from tea leaves) and seeing how that + caffeine can work. For me it turns coffee into a very even energy similar to green tea.
Keeping up with my toddler twins has forced me into level 7. I literally wake up with a caffeine withdrawal headache every day because I start the day with coffee and have at least 1 energy drink, another coffee, and several diet sodas throughout the day every day. I've been thinking that I should maybe cut down but seeing this video solidified that.
definitely would, not only the caffine but with that much soda (even if it's diet) can be really bad health wise, caffeine withdrawal seems similar to nicotine withdrawal so i know how much it sucks, good luck if you decide to cut down, it'll get better with time
If you manage to cut it out completely, you will actually have more energy than at the peak of consumption, and more reliable, too. It's not easy though and you might wanna taper rather than go cold turkey cause that's a pretty serious habit.
If you have to pick one I absolutely recommend starting with the soda. If you’re gonna use caffeine try using some nice coffee you like. Make it in the morning and focus on the positives of, like how healthy you can make it. I for example like a dark roast espresso with just some half and half, but sugar makes me feel gross so I just avoid it.
I've spent most of my life in Stage 3 or 4. When I started drinking tea I tried to treat caffeine like any other OTC: take in moderation to relieve specific symptoms. Then there was a time in high school when I didn't realize my parents had accidentally bought regular green tea bags instead of decaf; when I figured it out the detox was nasty. Nowadays I know better than to drink something without checking the caffeine content and make it a rule to never drink caffeine after noon.
I used to be at level 4 back in college, because I enjoyed the taste of coffee and chocolate and the burst of energy, but I'm currently sitting at a level -1 with a complete intolerance to caffeine because of my anxiety. I don't drink soda, coffee, or tea anymore and eat chocolate in moderation because the anxiety attacks that result from having even a pittance of caffeine cause me to become non-functional, sometimes for days at a time if I had way too much. It just isn't worth feeling like you're dying for the enjoyable tastes of the things caffeine is found in anymore. I'm healthier for it, but I do miss the bittersweet taste of a good warm latte coffee from time to time.
same, i just recently noticed i can only drink just a bit because of anxiety attacks. i still want to drink coffee or energy drinks and then i actually do but i get immediately anxious and shaky so i guess i really have to stop
I have the exact opposite problem, I absolutely hate the taste of caffeine (whether it's in coffee, energy drinks, or anything else) but I absolutely need it to function. I'm considering just injecting myself with caffeine at this point lol
The trick is to almost never drink coffee within an hour of waking up, that way you get the boost from caffeine but you don't crash later, so you don't have to keep drinking more.
@@fossil98 caffeine stops the flow of andesine (which is basically what makes you tired). If andesine is still going when you drink caffeine, it’ll start flowing again when the caffeine wears off. If you wait, the andesine will go away naturally and won’t be an issue when the caffeine wears off because it won’t be present to bring going again. This is a very sleep deprived (I know ironic) explanation of it, but that’s the gist.
I have ADHD and autism, so coffee/caffeine worked a little differently for me. I’m not really addicted to it because I drink decaf as often as I do caffeinated but we often use it as a self-medication because it can be used as a stimulant to help us focus rather than making us hyper.
I have undiagnosed adhd. I still usually only take it before the gym, but sometimes I’ll take it before Big tests or assignments because the focus is so nice.
As someone who was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive version), I can’t relate at all to caffeine making you hyper or even giving you an energy boost to even stay awake. At most, it just helps me stay focused and relaxes me. Having said that, the only time that I’ve felt something similar to a little energy boost was when I drank 3 BANG energy drinks, which I believe is like 900mg of caffeine. I can’t say I’ll do that again but I’ll probably stick with 1 or 2 of those. Definitely not 3 lol.
@@SCP--jo8hb you're honestly probably right. that's one of the reasons why I won't do it again. I was curious what would happen if I did take 3 which is why I ended up doing it.
I personally don’t really like drinking warm beverages like that in the morning, so if I need to stay awake to cram for an essay, or I’m just pulling an all nighter for fun, I just have a 17 oz water bottle with a couple scoops of GG to keep myself awake. If I’m on the road, I usually can deal with being tired, but if I just can’t stay cognitive I grab a monster or a doubleshot.
400 mg? Those are rookie numbers. Im a closing pizza delivery driver who chugs NOS to keep a pep in my step till 1 or 2 am when i can go home and crash for several hours just to wake up and do it again. Side note: kids, enjoy your youth. I know it seems like adults have all the freedom sometimes, but in reality we are usually trapped in a cycle of "wake up, get ready for work, work, go home, crash, repeat." And when we get a day off, we usually need to take that time to deal with our other responsibilities, like going to the doctor/dentist, going to therapy (which I recommend for pretty much everybody, its helpful to have some who will listen to you complain and then help you figure out how to fix the issue), go grocery shopping, etc. And if we as adults have kids of our own, you can say goodbye to much of the free time you have left.
i have chronic fatigue so unfortunately, i’ve turned to caffeine just to try and get through the day. i wish i had realized it’s something you can build up a tolerance to and have an actual addiction to before i started, because now my fatigue is even worse without it and it’s getting expensive
I have chronic fatigue and adhd so caffeine unfortunately does nothing for me (there’s some link between adhd and reacting to stimulants like caffeine with increased calmness/sleepiness as opposed to energy, although this doesn’t seem to affect every person with adhd). The pro is that I can’t get addicted to a substance if it just tastes like disappointing bean water. My dexamphetamine does help a little bit with fatigue sometimes but it’s always hard to tell if it’s just coincidentally a good day making me more energetic as opposed to the medication. Sending spoons, keep on keeping on :)
@@avawetzel3408 look on Amazon, there’s tons of different pills. Just choose the cheapest ones as they are all the same. I’ve recently got 500 of 200mg pills for 20 bucks. That is the equivalent of over a thousand cans of 250ml Red Bull.
Yeh there's alot of ways to beat the expensive part. Are you currently buying energy drinks or takeaway coffee? Big packs of instant coffee or ground coffee beans for a coffee machine come out to like 10 cents a serve maximum.
Very accurate. I tasted level 7 in college (a normal day was 4-5 cups of coffee, a monster or 2, a 5 hour energy or 2, each after the last round wore off) I realized it, and I cold turkeyed the next day. Had a throbbing migraine for a couple days and haven’t gone back since, only dabbling in small amounts I frequently. Powerless feeling when it seems all your energy comes from the stuff. It’s been real nice being natural again.
I sit comfortably at level 5. I like the taste of coffee, and it's nice to drink something warm in the morning. Even though I've built a tolerance, I don't feel the need to drink more coffee a day, it's just enough to feel normal.
I make a pot of coffee when i get to my office where I and another engineer share it until a little after lunch when we run out and that's it for the day.
@@thatguynar I'm a level 5 now and have been for almost a decade. I brew a coffee one hr after waking - difference is I make a conscious effort to not consume any more caffeine throughout the day. It's a rule I've set so things don't spiral - if I feel extra tired one day, I just get through that day tired.
I personally didnt struggle with this but have been (and probably still am tbh) addicted to alcohol. When i went to rehab, nearly everyone there was drinking liters of coffee every day to cope with their various other substances they arent taking anymore, which just made things so much worse. You would be craving being drunk, drink like 10 cups of coffee (because obviously it takes a lot more caffeine to feel anything remotely similar to what alcohol does), and in the end just suffer withdrawal from both. Not only that, but caffeine withdrawal symptoms are some of the absolute worst there are (in terms of physical withdrawal, mental withdrawal is much less of an issue here). I dont envy anyone at levels like 5 and above
A large issue with caffeine, and really anything that can be addictive - society isn't really made to help you stop an addiction. It's very easy to say "I can't stop drinking coffee right now because I have to be present for work" or school or literally any other day to day task. The constant expectations on everyone forces us to live with the addiction to caffeine
My major problem is that Monster is addictive. Not so much the caffeine in it but the flavor. I’ve said it time and time again but I want Monster to make something with the same flavor but without any caffeine. Yes, it defeats the purpose of an energy drink all together, but I don’t always want that ultra sunrise for the energy it gives me, because I’m just fine without it, I just want the flavor.
They had it at one point back in the early 2010s I used to get it all the time from stores. It was called Monster “Unleaded” it came in a gray can. Kinda snuck up on the scene. Same as the M-100 ghost flavor. They discontinued it around 2016 so it’s not around anymore. But they did exist, guess it was low sales. It tasted like monster with a sour bite of grape.
I never cared for energy drinks outside of the ones mountain dew used to make. Redbull could best be described as "metallic piss". My problem is that I drink way too much zero sugar coke, I can't wake up without some.
I agree, I drink a monster before the gym almost every day, not because I want the boost, I take Pre-workout for that, but because I think it tastes good. And now it’s a routine.
I started ADHD medication around a year ago and found out pretty quick that mixing Adderall with caffeine doesn’t always go too well. Had to cut back on caffeine and went from 3-5 cups of coffee every day to 1 maybe 2. Caffeine addiction is no joke though. The cravings I have for coffee are seriously awful and I can’t stop drinking my 1-2 cups even though I know that when combined with Adderall it makes my heart go nuts (frequently skipping every other beat and racing like crazy). Update on the caffeine addiction: after about 1 week of caffeine withdrawal and still ongoing cravings for coffee or anything with caffeine, I have quit caffeine!
I've experienced the same as well and it feels like a heart attack. This is because ADHD medication is a stimulant just like caffeine but way stronger. Best to wait for the medication to be in your system for a couple of hours before intaking anything caffeinated. That's what I do at least.
Same here i tack 54mg of concerta and if i drink anything whit caffine i get a really fast heart rate and feel sick so i try and avoide any caffine until my medcin is out of my body
@@vioninjadogdb8428 totally!! Unfortunately waiting till the adderall is in my system for a while first doesn’t help me much, but I find that putting really hot coffee in an insulated bottle works well for me because it forces me to drink it more slowly during the day, minimizing the side effects. :)
One time i went 3 months without any caffeine. I didnt really feel any severe withdrawls but when i had my first cup after 3 months... it was absolutely euphoric. Literally the best high i ever felt
I finally quit daily caffeine use and rarely use it on occasion now. It was painful and it sucked. I turned into a fire breathing demon dragon flying all over the house raining brimstone and exhaling flames on my poor family. Never again.
@@tornadodee148 caffeine is a very mild stimulant, so your brain can slowly become dependent on it but not necessarily “addicted” like you might become with ecstasy or cocaine.
@@darkwinggaming4709 yes "very mild stimulant" that made perfectly healthy people end up in hospitals or dead at very high doses lol you are killing me💀💀💀
I keep fluctuating between levels 4-6 depending on the week. Occasionally I avoid it, but I’m hooked on Monster and Death Wish coffee. My gf is level 7, she has an unnaturally high tolerance to caffeine, and will stress drink it. At work she once told me in a 10-hour shift, she once drank 6 24oz(750ml) Monsters. For me I can’t take more than 300mg in a day without getting anxiety
I range from 3-7 depending on how good and how much I sleep and if I'm craving it, or if I want to stay awake longer than normal to finish some kind of assignment or keep going on a game because I enjoy it. There's some caffeine drinks I legit enjoy, for example, G-Fuel, but G-Fuel gave me bad side effects, so I'm just drinking toning it down to maybe a 2 for now, drinking Vitamin Water and sleepy tea for now. (Sleepy tea to help me sleep)
jeeeeeesus christ, i hope she really has that "high tolerance" or stops doing that, man i wouldnt be surprised if doing cocaine was more healthy than drinking 6 monsters in one day
I don't know exactly how much time pass since i missed my morning coffee, but i'd say more than 3 years, bc i literally drink a coffee and smoke 1-2 cigarettes every morning everyday since i entered highschool, and that was 5 years ago, now i'm 19
I used to drink like 3-5 energy drinks a week, until eventually I drunk 2 in one sitting trying to stay awake for a test day in school. I felt horrible all day and felt like throwing up, but never did. I haven’t touched an energy drink since
I'm caffeine intolerant, but I can drink a cup of soda without problems, my favourite is mtn dew. I once chugged a liter of it and couldn't sleep for 3 days, along with a week long headache. Haven't drank any since.
It was during summer programming camp, we had 35 celcius heat and 7 hour long contests. There was a deal in a supermarket - 250ml for 2zł/$0.4. The only time I really binged energy drinks for longer than 3 days and I felt so fucking exhausted by the end of each day.
I rarely drink caffeine anymore. I had a scary moment in 11th grade where I had missed my pick me up and fell asleep in the middle of writing notes without even realizing. I woke up thinking the lecture was still going on even though the classroom was mostly empty at that point. There was a little squiggle on my paper where my pen trailed off. I was mid word. It was kind of a scary wake up moment for me. I knew I had a caffeine problem but I didn't realize how dependent on it I was. From 10th-12th grade, I was basically pulling 4 am to 12 am or longer on the regular. I lived off of 2-4 hours of sleep for months. Wake up early for carpool, attend 8 periods of class, go to dual enrollment courses, go to rehearsal, rinse and repeat. I would have 4-6 shots of espresso in the morning (between 5 and 7 am), need a pick me up red bull or coffee by 12 pm, need another pick me up by 4 pm, and then finish off the day with tea to get me through my homework until I could shut my eyes somewhere in the am. And people wonder why teenagers are struggling with record amounts of mental illness and suicidal ideation. This experience of mine was before TikTok was big, can you imagine adding TikTok to the mix of my high school shit show?
Fuck dude reading this made me realize why I was always feeling so tired in class... same thing would happen to me. EVEN TODAY WHEN I'M DRIVING HOME. Even though its all hypothetical, I thank you for making me realize this LOL. Be safe.
You do realize drinking a lot of caffeine wasn't your problem, but the extreme sleep deprivation you put yourself through? You just used caffeine to mask your physical symptoms. Getting less than 6h of sleep even semi regularly results in minor but accumulating brain damage, what you were doing to yourself was quite serious.
@@Poke52380 With the amount of caffeine I was drinking, I feel like it was a combination that fucked me up. But yeah. Wouldn't recommend my high school experience to anyone.
I’m at the point where I’m like a level 6 but like every day I DON’T have coffee I’m still completely fine But like my issue is I never started drinking it because I needed it- I started because compared to the once a month Starbucks I was getting, this really crazy hometown cafe made me understand coffee was like an artform. It’s beautiful and I love coffee because it’s a social gathering become art become near necessity for many. I like coffee because there’s a joy in the idea of it rather than just the consumption and energy benefit. Sadly however this has led me to have that resistance I believe.
I feel like this could also be used to help people understand what "actual" drug addiction is and how the habit may be hard to break. Whether its nicotine and coffee or meth and heroin, addiction is addiction
I'm quite confidently a level 7, and even though i have a tolerance, I'll drink my monster and I'll feel like everything has fixed. I don't feel as 'energized', but i feel like my body has just been repaired
In reality you have just done the exact opposite, with that amount of caffeine there is no way you are getting proper amounts of good sleep, so no repairing for you. Please reconsider your intake, it might actually kill you at this rate. And there is no chance you can do this indefinitely, one day the crash will come.
So, I was at level 5-6 in the Fall of last year and this was mainly due to school and ADHD. I think people past 5 have some disorder or issue they need to fix and are just self-medicating on caffeine instead of using it for utility or enjoyment. It's also why I've switched to stronger stims(legally) since they last way longer and don't require more as my mind can actually focus now. Very important that you recognize when you're struggling imo.
Not only should no one care about this blog post, people should also recognize that going from socially acceptable mild drugs to legally regulated substances with long term health consequences is not a good thing. Of course, cocaine cures toothaches and housewives need opium drops....
Oh yeah 100% I have adhd and have been diagnosed, im pretty sure the only reason i didnt drink a LOT more energy drinks before i was on meds is because i wss a broke teen and monster os expensove, and it was about a 50/50 on whether theyd make me focus or give me a panic attack, haha
*Tip:* reduce caffine consumption by substituting it with another healthier beverage such as water _slowly but surely,_ allowing those extra adenosine receptors in your brain to dwindle down day by day to the point you only drink caffine ONLY when needed. Suddenly, 80 mg in a cup of coffee will give you the boost that 300 mg in an energy drink did when you were tolerant!
@@nolesy34 Great question and why I emphasized the "slowly but surely" aspect. The idea is to decrease caffeine consumption at a rate where the headaches are tolerable but still on track (after all, the headaches are a sign of progress). For instance, say you're at a 300 mg average, drop to 250 mg for the next week if that is tolerable, and so on until satisified. Also, there are many different remedies online, find the one best for you. Hope this helps a bit!
A short while ago I was feeling tired all day and found it hard to focus and function, to compensate I would try to fight it with caffeinated drinks. Most times it didn't really do much to wake me up and even though I rarely went over the 400mg recommended limit it would often make me feel kinda sick or jittery. I thought it was the caffeine itself that was screwing with me and I was caught in a vicious cycle but it turned out the reason I felt so tired and foggy all the time was because I had Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). After a few days of sleeping with a CPAP my energy levels soared and my mind was as sharp as ever. I still feel myself pulled towards Monster (my go to source of caffeine) so the caffeine addiction is real but I've found it easier to limit my daily caffeine intake since I'm much less tired and I don't need it to perk up. So while I don't think caffeine is all that bad for you as long as it's not excessive and there's no underlying conditions that make it a problem, I think it's a good idea to look into why you're pumping yourself with coffee and red bull just to make it through a normal day and work with a physician or nutrition expert to find out if there's some reason for it. TLDR: Medical conditions may be partially responsible for caffeine addiction/dependency so check it out with a doctor.
@@parkerc3 same, for the most part caffeine doesn't have that big of an effect on me, the only moment when i can really notice is when i drink a cup after lunch when i have an important class. After lunching i feel really tired, but i get back to normal if i drink a cup, i don't feel super energized, but since i would normaly be falling asleep the difference it's noticeable
@@parkerc3 its an antagonist (limits the production) of adenosine which is a neurotransmitter that is commonly associated with "sleepiness" or "drowsiness" . Caffeine is also a dopaminergic excitator, dopamine is a neurotransmitter which is the precursor (breaks down to) norepinephrine: norepinephrine is commonly called "adrenaline", this is what keeps us wired and alert while the inhibitory mechanism of adenosine is what keeps us awake. The reason you may not feel caffeine maybe due to something called "hyposensitivity", simply speaking you were born with a gene which makes it so you don't respond to caffeine, some studies have estimated that upto 10% of the population may have this gene. Another reason is that you may have a neurochemical imbalance within your brain, people who are hypodopaminergic (for example those with ADHD) don't produce enough dopamine naturally, therefore a stimulant will not make the amount of neurochemicals go overboard, but rather just normalize it, this is the reason why people without adhd feel so euphoric when taking Adderall but someone with adhd may feel like its just bringing them to a baseline level of function. Sorry for the rant, and I'm by no means an expert, so I may be mistaken in some aspects of my explanation.
I do this too after I found out it helps a whole lot more for me personally. And it has a pleasant energetic feeling so I can focus better. Some people get jitters but caffeine doesn't give me jitters unless I seriously overdo it.
As a coffee lover this hit home, I used to drink way too much coffee and was wired all the time. It affected my sleep patterns and was making it difficult to focus. I still drink coffee almost daily, the occasional couple days here and there I will take a break, but instead of drinking a whole pot throughout the day or making coffee at night I try to limit myself to 2 or 3 cups maximum a day. One thing I will do now is make some decaf coffee if I truly feel the need to have a cup later in the day, which still has caffeine but is lower to the point it doesn't keep me up all night.
I read this title and immediately said to myself "idk what the stages are but I know for a fact I'm level 8" In reality I'm like 6. One day I even drank two large cups of the Panera charged lemonades way back when they hospitalized people, on top of a 24oz red eye with a quad shot of espresso and another 12oz cup of coffee. All before 5pm. Probably the one and only time I've ever noticed a difference caused by caffeine. I started dissociating really hard and would occasionally fully blank out. I just felt like matter floating through air, and I had no appetite at all. Lasted about an hour and then I had the toughest time going to sleep. But that was it, no withdrawals despite not having caffeine for the next week straight. I can bounce back and forth between month-long streaks of alarmingly high intake and then no intake at all and feel neither addiction nor withdrawal. I always always ALWAYS scale my water intake to my caffeine intake though -- never have a cup of a caffeinated beverage without a cup of water. That could be why? Who knows.
I'm easily level 6. Got into coffee as a hobby so I'm willfully spending excess amounts of money to improve my home setup. I also started roasting my own beans at home so in a way, I am my own drug dealer. I weigh the beans in grams and everything. I typically start my day with a double shot of espresso then another sometime in the afternoon but it's become more of a routine/comfort drink and can be the best parts of my day. However, with moderation, I will keep count of how many i am having in the day so that I don't go above the daily 300mg caffeine limit.
I remember having a heavy dependency and I decided to cut it out of my life completely. For like a week all I did was sleep, wake up to eat a little or something then sleep some more. It was pretty rough. After I got past the withdrawal though, I felt pretty good and energized even if I didn't have any stimulant in me. That was during 2020 when I didn't have a whole lot to do though. I'm drinking caffeine again now that I'm working. The world demands we stay awake. 😩
I have adhd (mostly the hyperactive type but I also share some inattentive trait's as well its about 50/50 tbh) so drinking anything with caffeine doesnt make me anymore awake it just makes me more focused and alert but also calms me down and i guess another plus is i dont get caffeine headaches and i get to enjoy a coffee whenever i want because i know i could go to bed anytime afterwards.
The way the internet talks about caffeine is crazy to me. I'm sure it's all true, but even as a coffee lover I've never experienced that. I don't actively go looking for coffee, I can (and did)stopped anytime with no consequences and I'll also say it has no positive effect on me either, outside of the pleasure the beverage gives me
I managed to completely kick my caffeine addiction I've had since I was 14 and all it took was a little amphetamine! Now I can go and go and go and go without even thinking of having a coffee ☕
@_12k70 I spent a little time in the looney bin and came out with an ADHD diagnosis so like, it's not wrong 🤣 but no I haven't swapped coffee with street drugs. I wish I could still drink coffee but mixing my meds with coffee makes my heart rate to fast so I can't drink it anymore.
@@IsaacMorgan98 Caffiene is nowhere near as bad as adderall or any other stimulant medication. Im sorry but if I was you I’d stick to the caffiene! Or try a supplement like kratom for energy. They’ll just keep uppin your dose until you’re basically cracked out.
@allthingscandles4053 Haven't adjusted my dose in nearly 3 years, I feel no need to and the never push it. I'll stick to taking health advice from trained professionals thanks.
The other day i went to the airport and was walking by a kiosk, this kiosk had something that caught my eye, this something was a can of C4 Pink Starburst preworkout, i immediately turned in the direction of that kiosk and without reading the rest of the can just saw ENERGY and STRAWBERRY STARBURST in a yellow pink can and got excited and quickly purchased it and consumed it with utmost satisfaction, now if you know anything about preworkout you’re not supposed to exactly just drink it and sit there, (keep in mind last time i drank caffeine was ab 3 months ago), now while im in the airport im waiting on a layover at my terminal already. All of a sudden my palms start itching, and i dont scratch bc my conscious said (these old people next to you will think youre a crackhead) so i just sat and then started feeling hot and cold pins and needles throughout my back feet and hands, i began sweating profusely and having a minor panic attack thinking i was going to have a seizure and then told myself to never drink c4 again😭… note to self read f*€£ing labes 😭
the tingling isn't from caffeine, it's from beta-alanine, a often underdosed substance in preworkouts. some people get it in the butt which is way worse...
Worst part is beta alanine is an ingredient that doesn't provide much of a boost, it literally is added to add an itching sensation which leads to a placebo effect of the pre working well.
Once, I drank 4 drinks at my job that I made, and they were all 2 double shots of espresso and some flavor syrup and milk, my heart literally almost popped, the doctor told me because my pulse was 140-145 and I took a trip to the ER, however I'm not addicted to coffee, as I maybe drink coffee once or twice a month, however that day I was addicted to the taste, not realizing just how strong espresso is. Anyway, moral of the story is that I'm an idiot and we should all be careful with caffeine
it never passed my mind but now that i see it i guess i am at level 4 thanks to this video i understand a bit more about addictions and how it goes from a 1 time thing to something thats part of a normal rutine and how you dont realise how far its gone before its to late so thank you
iv never let myself get above a level 4 at most, i work 4 day weeks so usually dent drink caffeine at all on my days off unless for some reason or another i couldnt sleep or cant wake up, and the moment i feel the caffeine withdrawl headaches at all i stop drinking any for the next month before returning to only in the mornings to help me wake up faster because im the type of person that i can be out of bed for 4 hours and still lay back down and go to sleep.
I was at level 7 last year, I wasn’t sleeping enough and it was to the point where I was packing an extra energy drink in my school lunch and drinking one before school and one after, the ones I was drinking had 200-300 milligrams per drink and I literally couldn’t get through the day without it. It doesn’t just happen either, it started when I was 11 and thought it was “quirky” or smth to like black coffee, then when I didn’t get enough sleep I would drink 2 coffees, then around 8th-9th grade it became routine to drink 2 coffees in the morning then one in the afternoon and also energy drinks when my friends slept over. Then the energy drinks got more and more frequent and I was getting caffeine wherever and whenever I possibly could. This happens over the course of years sometimes. Mental health can also effect it, sometimes you don’t care that ur chest hurts from too much caffeine bc dying isn’t rly scary anymore. I’m 16 now and starting to get off caffeine, but like the video said, it’s in everything. I honestly back at stage 1-2 rn. Sry for the rant lol Edit: 5 months later and I’m back to energy drinks and coffee and soda whenever. But on the bright side, it’s not this calculated system anymore where I need to have a certain amount at certain times, it’s just sometimes I’ll have 2 energy drinks in a day and sometimes I’ll only drink water for a few days, most days r somewhere in between tho. Idek why I’m writing abt this in a random comment thread on yt but maybe it’ll help someone else or smth idk. Im rly thankful for the support and genuine advice from others bc I was afraid it was gonna come across as silly or smth talking abt a caffeine addiction.
You got this. I started drinking them when I was 14, and started to drink regularly when I was 16-17. Only stopped now I'm 25 and I needed to rule it out for a medical condition. Energy drinks. It also sadly impedes the brain development at a young age. Caffeine addiction is like any other drug that you could be addicted to, just slowly decrease the dosage until you're at a level where you can cut it off. For whatever reasons if you carry on it's not worth it, trust me. You got this though 😁😁
@@SanicDeHeghog Ty for the support, same back to you. I’ve gotten down to a point where I’m only drinking a coffee/ soda every now and then. I’ve slipped up w an energy drink a couple time but yeah
@@All_thegoodnamesaretaken That's a lot better though. It's moderation that's key. A can or bottle of soda doesn't contain nearly as much caffeine as an energy drink. 4+ cups of coffee almost equates to one energy drink with 200mg of caffeine. You're doing great, just remember you're not alone 😁
I was the same at your age. Diet and exercise are an amazing method of keeping your energy levels up naturally. I love my morning (and sometimes nightly coffee) but eating good and cardio is what keeps me consistently awake nowadays. Give it a shot for a month and see!
I'm on lithium, one of a few meds that are less effective the more caffeine you have. It outcompetes it in your bloodstream. Because of that I'm limited to a small cup of coffee a day. And I feel pretty good. I try to keep it under 100mg, and a single shot of espresso is usually less than that. It's a nice way to wake up that doesn't shock me awake, and the fact that I can't have more means I'm never looking to increase my dose or depend on it to stay alert.
I drink a really huge dose of caffeine once every 3-6 weeks. My motivation to not drink more is because the tolerance reset combined with the occasional mood disorder manic phase creates an effect similar to cocaine. My fingers twitch uncontrollably, I get extremely hyper, crazy ideas come out of nowhere, and I speak at speeds so fast that people can’t understand me. It’s so fun, but drinking more often would just ruin it.
I'm 19 y/o and I've been drinking coffee pretty much everyday since I was about 8 years old. Just 100-200mg in the morning until I got to high school. In high school I consumed so much caffeine, I was definitely a level 6 until my senior year where I decided to resort back to 100mg in the morning brew and maybe 100mg later as a treat or if I really need something done. I've always managed my caffeine intake since I stopped being a level 6 and I try to stay under 300mg unless it's just a really bad day. If you are a level 6 in this video, do not go cold turkey if you want to quit. Wane off of it like I did. Go a few weeks with just 1 or 2 cups of coffee and only go over if something urgent happens. Btw I don't really recommend quitting, especially if you have constipation or trouble pooping on a regular basis. There are health benefits to coffee if consumed responsibly
@@IrvineTheHunter False, several recent studies have found significant reductions in rate of heart failure among healthy individuals drinking caffeine when compared to those not doing so.
@@gagestewart591 false, caffeine doesn't help with BMs and that was what was being referenced, in anyyyyy case tea and chocolate have health benefits too, you don't need caffeine for coffee particularly if you need it for BMs.
@@IrvineTheHunter Believe it or not, that is not what I was referencing. That was only ONE of the benefits that OP listed, and your reply that I in turn replied to only mentioned "Health benefits", in which case no, decaf does not have the SAME health benefits. And yes, tea and chocolate do also have health benefits; they are also caffeinated, which was discussed in the video. If the only health benefit you are concerned with is improved BMs, then you are correct. however, you did not state that in your initial reply, making it still a false claim. Thank you for your input.
Honestly I'm pretty miserable and have no energy with or without caffeine, I can either drink coffee 4 times a day or not drink it at all, I don't feel any different when consuming it, I drink it because I've gotten used to the taste and it helped with bowel movement (idc about that anymore). I used to drink tea like water, then I began to prefer coffee and now after couple of years, I'm getting used to drinking tea again, currently I might instinctively drink a cup in the morning without even realizing, but if I were to make a conscious decision - I don't feel like drinking coffee anymore I'm bored of it, my way of dealing with an addiction is to be bored of it. On that note I used to be on sleeping pills for around a year, couple months in I was getting afraid that I'd get addicted, few months later I got bored and felt I didn't need em anymore, I quit, didn't have problem sleeping without em. Moral of the story: life sucks and then you die.
K buddy, cry about it more, keep victimizing yourself until u build up the strength to do yourself a either make your life better or end it because no one is coming to save u. Especially if u r a guy.
@@THEINFERNOKID it's just a sarcastic comment sharing my experience that in sure not a lot of people can relate to, although I'm interested to see how people would view this experience as, I'm neither looking for sympathy nor advice. But good for you for caring about me sm 👍
My whole family has solidly hit level 5 & most people are at level 6. I've been to level 7. We're all coffee drinkers. I was drinking 4-8 cups of coffee a day at one point. It has a noticeably negative effect on your body, but you don't start to notice it until you're at that stage for awhile.
I am a finn. My culture revolves around coffee. There is a party? Coffee is involved. A relative comes to visit? Coffee time. Is it morning? A cup of coffee is normal with breakfast for most above 13. Even funerals have their own remeberance sessions where you drink coffee and talk about the loved one that passed. I have been a level 6 addict for multiple years now and I would not have it any other way.
I think I’m around level 5 - 6 😂 working at a factory (my job which I work 2nd shift), making costumes, and doing art all during the day needs some serious horse power to keep me going, without going over 400mg
Over the course of the past 10 years or so, I've gone from a level two to a level 6. Up until just a couple weeks ago i was still at level six , then the past week I've been able to go down to a solid 5, and i am currently somewhere between 5 and 4. I am hoping to decrease it to only a once in a while sort of thing. What you're going through in life plays a large roll (at least it did for me) on how much I consumed caffeine. I am now at a much more stable and enjoyable chapter of life than I have been in a long time, and that is allowing me to decrease my caffeine consumption in a non stressful manner.
For an incredible long time, I was at 4 or 5. I decided I had enough and stopped all at once and got withdrawal symptoms but I pushed through it. I don’t recommend stopping all at once since it’s a terrible experience and instead lower your intake slowly, but I’m a dumbass. It worked out in the end though because I’ve been caffeine free for about one and a half weeks and my withdrawal symptoms are mostly gone except that I’m quite sleepy throughout the day. I’m also planning to make it a once in a while thing as well, like the occasional chocolate bar or coffee, but I’m not going back to level 4 or 5 again.
@@ramjotgrewal2580 If you can get the decaf version of your preferred beverage, drinking it whenever you feel the need to caffienate can exploit the placebo effect to give you the immediate good effects without really affecting your bedtime
I started drinking coffee around age of 18 or so. We would go and get some sweet creamy lattes with my friends from time to time. Then, after entering the university I started consuming more coffee. But it still was just around one cup of milky latte with syrup, which didn't hurt. I don't remember if I drank coffee everyday, but probably not, maybe 3-5 times a week, but I still could have a decent day w/o coffee. Then, after turning 23 I moved to another country where they didn't have much of a syrup options, plus I started getting coffee on a daily basis and was worrying about consuming too much sugar, so I decided to switch to a unsweetened lattes. I first realized I had a caffeine addiction last year when I started having headaches almost every week, when usually I would only get them like once a month or so. So I was trying to find the reason and that's when I realized that all days I had a headache were busy days when I didn't drink coffee. Since I realized it and started drinking coffee everyday, I stopped having headaches. I still usually drink only one cup of latte per day, sometimes two and trying not to cross this line. But yeah, now caffeine isn't my choice, it's more of a my MUST hahaha
the headaches are most likely temporary if you quit cold turkey, and the natural energy afterwards can feel like a blessing, but of course gradual withdrawal is the safest option, I believe you can quit if you wanted to
getting caffeine withdraws from only a cup a day is wild but I guess everybody is different. If that gives you bad withdraws I strongly suggest you don't get into any stronger drugs
For anyone who wants to quit or reduce your caffeine intake, I recommend Grinds coffee pouches, you use it like a Snus and it essentially turns your spit into coffee, and lets you finely control your caffeine intake
I remember when I started keto and accidentally stopped drinking coffee/ having almost any caffeine, cold turkey. I was a student and I would drink 2-3 lattes, 1-2 monster drinks and ungodly amounts of tea (like 2-3l) PER DAY. So I stopped all of that once I went on a diet because I literally forgot to have it, except the tea in moderation and oh god. I think I had a withdrawal. I was shaking, I was cold, I felt like fainting anytime I stood up, I was weak, I felt nauseous and I had the BIGGEST migraine ever. And I thought that might be keto flu although I never had it this bad but the moment I sipped on some monster drink, like a few minutes after that it all stopped, the headache went away gradually. I was fine by the time I finished the drink. And then I realised I am addicted to coffee, which is funny cause I never felt any benefit from drinking it, I just did it because it tastes nice. And I drank coffee in moderation and I am careful about how much I drink it now. I still might get a headache if I drank too much for few days and then stopped for a day, so I will have a small coffee and that's it. I don't want to be controlled by something that is not improving my life haha
Those are rookie numbers. 257mg before I even get out of bed. If I don't just slam an entire Redline before getting out of bed to turn the alarm clock off. My work day is counted by how many pots of coffee are downed.
I’m currently somewhere between level 6 and 7, not at the point of taking more than the 400mg a day, but very close. I’ve had multiple times in my life where I was at stage 6 but that usually only lasted a couple of weeks or months, I’d withdraw and go back to normal amounts (Lv 2-3). But this time it’s different, I’m a medical student now and the caffein is basically my Ritalin, I feel like (or I know) I can’t study the +12h a day need to pass my exams, so I’m taking more and more hoping I can withdraw soon before I have to take more than 400mg. I’ve actually switched from energy drinks to straight up caffein pills from the pharmacy cause I can control my intake better, as in “not overdosing by accident”. It’s a scary addiction to me at the moment, though I joke about it a lot. I just hope I can take a study break to withdraw soon.
In high school I got a job and so I was at school for the first 8 hours of my day then work for the next 6 hours. Every day at about lunchtime at work I would hit the point where I'm dozing off standing up and then after work I still have to drive home without falling asleep at the wheel. Because of that, I was drinking loads of red bulls. I'd have four at work lunch, then another two to get me home, then I would obviously have a horrible time falling asleep the night. Anyway, the place I was working for ended up going bankrupt so I was out of the job (thank the Lord) and after my last day, I immediately stopped drinking red bull. I had zero withdrawals whatsoever. It was a really weird experience, but it led me to discover that I just don't get addicted to things, or rather, I can just go cold turkey on an addiction and I face neither cravings nor withdrawals.
I remember the time where I was going from phase 6 to phase 7 (a time where I suffered from depression) and I used caffeine to help take the bad thoughts away. Now, a year later, I'm happy to say that I'm at phase 3. Don't let your demons get the better of you, keep going
I was drinking 2 energy drinks for 5+ years. I thought i wouldn't be able to survive without it as I'm an introvert and have anxiety. I stopped 6 months ago and I can't believe how much I was addicted to it. Feel much better now without it.
I usually mock my parents cause they wake up grumpy and sleepy in the morning and need to get coffee to start their day, and I would go grocery shopping or do some workout during that time. I never depended on coffee in these 21 years of my life. Drinking every now and then actually.
Im definitely addicted, but I never remember feeling much from it, I drink coffee because I think it tastes good, usually once a day but sometimes twice. Been this way for years with no plan on stopping.
I've always felt like I'm missing out when it comes to caffeine. I'm not ignorant enough to think it doesn't affect me but I certainly don't notice any effects. I don't feel tired or lethargic if I go a few weeks without caffeine and don't feel energetic or alert even after several cups of strong coffee.
Your first mistake is assuming darker roast means more caffeine. You can enjoy your bitter dark roast but be aware it does not have any more caffeine than a medium roast or even light roast.
@@illegalcumtrader56 the roast of the coffee does not correlate with the amount of caffeine coffee has. In my experience when people say they have "strong coffee" what they mean is it's an extra dark roast.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. The only thing I notice is that my feet and legs don't hurt quite so bad after 10 hours standing on concrete after I pop a Reign.
@@petelee2477 some people think that espresso is strong because of strong flavor, but it actually has less caffeine than something like chemex or french press, yet those coffee drinks are much milder in terms of flavor, as far as I know, it depends how much caffeine is in your coffee drink is how long coffee grains had been in contact with water, and espresso basically shits out coffee fast lol
I didn't think I would be a level 7 watching this but that's def where I'm at. For better or worse I moderate it really well but that just means I'm so used to not going without caffeine that I'll do anything to justify having it.
I was a level 7 for around 5 years, multiple Reign energy drinks, Dr. Peppers, and dark roast black coffees a day. Just got tired of feeling the way caffeine made me feel and I quit cold turkey on January 24th and haven’t had a single side effect. No withdrawls, no cravings, nothing. I have no desire to go back, I felt awful and just a couple days after quitting I felt like a whole new man. I also lost 20 pounds in the process from just not drinking all that crap anymore!
I drink it out of need, I have to get up really early. I can go without it while on holidays. it's either that or I'll fall asleep right after lunch or I'll just feel miserable for the rest of the day
Huh, its funny because it usually takes about around 2 weeks give or take to not have caffeine withdraw symptoms, one study even suggests up to 21 days.
I take the amount of caffeine as you say is in level 6 and haven't experienced being tired or dependent on it if I don't take it for a few days (which is very rare). I take things for the taste and they all just happen to have caffeine in them. I genuinely have never experienced what an addiction is like so it's hard for me to understand others POV on topics of addiction.
I'm definitely level 7, have been for years now. If I don't have coffee for a day, which only happens if I'm off of work for the day and I forgot to stock up on energy drinks and coffee, my whole body shuts down. I'll have the worst headaches imaginable and I will be so lethargic I can't get out of bed. I definitely wouldn't recommend, but I already know it's too late for me lol
The withdrawal symptoms last a maximum of nine days and then you'll be okay again. I've been without coffee or tea for two and a half years now. It's nice not feeling as anxious as I was when I was having caffeine in my system. It was horrible getting through the withdrawals but once I did, it was awesome having that addiction shackle metaphorically broken off. If you want to give up an addiction, focus on what you can control and be very present in the moment. Your will power is stronger than the addiction and with God on your side, anything is possible. Good luck if you're trying to quit!
Why do you people have to inject your ancient mythology into literally everything? Do you honestly mean to tell you the omnipotent master of all reality cared enough to magically strengthen your willpower to help you quit caffiene, while he let's millions of children starve to death every year, and let's women get r@ped, and children beat to death and does nothing? Do you have any idea how f*cking ridiculous that is?
This is very true my friend! I was addicted to smoking cigarettes as well as abusing alcohol and other prescription drugs since the end of the Highschool. 5 years later and with God at my side, I broke free of those chains and defeated my addictions. Praise God!
@@michaelhenry4149I mean, i personally wouldnt say having God at ones side is necessary (since you know, different world views and stuff are obviously a thing), but i do feel like having a belief with something like religion is not only valid but also more than just a small aid when overcoming hardships. Live and let live, no need to judge others (even if its meant as a joke)
I was a level 6 in college, but I noticed that I was getting migraines more often. Now I've cut back to 1 monster a day, 5 days a week (at work). Most days I won't finish the 1 and some days I may get a coffee too, but generally I only drink the 1 monster. It's significantly reduced the migraines and keeps me going. I've been told that cutting them out completely would get rid of the migraines and fatigue, but that isn't true for me. I've had migraines since I was a kid and started self medicating with soda even I realized that caffeine helps. I also suffered from low energy levels, no matter how well I slept. Yes, I should probably see a doctor about these issues, but I can't afford the medical bills at the moment. So for now... Monster is my friend 😌
I am also at One Monster A Day level! (rarely with extra coffee but sometimes) It's the limit I've imposed on myself and stick to. If I dont have monster I have two coffees. And if I dont have any caffeine, I get a headache in the afternoon, oops.
first time i had caffeine, i didn’t realize how excessive the amount was and i ended up staying up for 40 hours. second time, i was equally clueless and spent 3 hours lying on my bed convinced i was dying. now it powers me through my day and helps me do twice the work i would normally do while simultaneously probably shortening my lifespan by many years. i’ll be dead by 40 but at least it was a productive few decades on earth!
If you take caffeine in the morning in anyway i think it's a terrible idea. Your body hasn't gotten up and moving yet which is why I would walk to school and wait for later in the day to drink like my energy drink or coffee. This video is really enjoyable though and I definitely learned something today.
I’ll drink anywhere from 500mg-800mg a day, then take 3 days off and it’s been working pretty well for me - no withdrawal, caffeine is spaced out throughout the day.
Only on level 3, phew. Although I always have less coffee in my ice coffees since I love the taste more than the effects. Caffeine gets me tired, even on low doses and randomly. Not very actively seeking it out, but I do recognize the moments where a boost could potentially help and where I can take a risk of potentially turning sleepy. Hope it stays this way or lowers. I tried 2 once throughout an extremely tiring day and it literally simply made it worse, so never trying that again.
Same level 3 user here. I only have it for about 1 week straight strechs about once a month. Why? In short I'm a light user of weed( once or twice a month) but it effect me more similarly to chronic users which even I find strange. I don't drink coffee so I can keep the good feelings going until I decide which is usually around the 2-3 weeks after when the feeling starts to subside. Yeah this leads to headaches when I stop which is when I smoke up again but I drink tea while high to minimize it
What's funny is I only drink coffee and tea but I sometimes make a coffee every morning. I absolutely love coffee but I actually don't need it I just love the taste, I would go weeks without coffee just because I was either too lazy to make it or I just forgot and I would be fine. I have noticed that sometimes I would feel a little rush of happiness that lasts all day but I don't crash or anything. It's just my mood is even more bubbly than usual. I don't need coffee I just like the flavour which is why a lot of the times I will just get decaf
I guess the best way to cope with it is knowing your limits and drawing a line somewhere. I just went 8 months without coffee (yes, not caffeine all together) and when i started drinking it again, i would drink like 2 cups a day, or not drink at all if i felt like it. I never had the need to drink it all the time.
Must not have enough tolerance. It doesn't mean you become strong against caffiene elemental attacks, it just means that when you're tired there is no solution, no remedy, no pick me up, and no hope. It sings Master of Puppets to you all day and you obey. I have to carry emergency coffee grounds in my combat purse just to be safe. It sucks. Turn back before you get here...or pick up some vanilla Coffee Mate on the way.
I've been on all ends of the spectrum, I went from drinking a coffee every half an hour to drinking no coffee once I'd started to get heart palpitations. Now Im back to drinking maybe 3-4 cups a day at half strength [1 tea spoon of granulated coffee].
I don't suffer from caffeine addiction, i enjoy every minute of it.
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I envy you, I can’t get anything from caffeine even at high doses of 400-500 mg and I almost never have it so it’s not a tolerance problem
@@parkerc3 Genetics, some people's bodies actually metabolize caffeine at different rates, which it could be the case that you metabolize it fast.
Same level 3 user here. I only have it for about 1 week straight strechs about once a month. Why? In short I'm a light user of weed( once or twice a month) but it effect me more similarly to chronic users which even I find strange. I don't drink coffee so I can keep the good feelings going until I decide which is usually around the 2-3 weeks after when the feeling starts to subside
@@parkerc3 I'm in the same boat as you. I can't get addicted to caffeine because it doesn't do anything to my body. It sucks that I have to deal with low energy for the rest of the day while everyone else can get a shot of caffeine and feel energized.
My sole motivation to get out of bed is immediately brewing a double shot and sipping it in the shower
indeed
how you sip in the shower?
@@geralt8394 man's on another level, we just have to accept it
@@bitten1406 I wish to learn such powers
Okay wait now I have the urge to drink coffee in the shower-
I've come to realize that life is about managing tolerance. You got to make sure you don't drink too much coffee, but you also got to make sure that you drink some. You have to socialize with that one coworker, but you also have to make sure you don't kill them.
Coffee isn't necessary unless you have an addiction
@@--TOM-- I think he meant caffeine or other things in general. Just like I'm sure he meant "in general" about the coworker (but there are some you put in duffle bags and dump later)
You're addicted to coffee. No life is not about managing tolerance. If you were literally talking about any drug other than coffee, everyone would call you a crack head.
As a heroine addict i very much comply
Life is about nuances bro, you do everything until the nuance of it is over
I worked with a girl who actually overdosed on coffee. Just to understand she went from level 1 to 7 in the span of a week but she was beyond level 7. Multiple espresso shots in an extra large coffee kind of person. She ended up in the hospital because of it
In the words of Jontron “But why…? …Why did you do that…? Why’d you wanna do that!?”
I had an uncle who got to level 7, he got bored living in a nursing home after a stroke. He was drinking double strength or more coffee like water, all on cheap coffe powder, at the worst he was going through about 1kg of it a week and sadly he died a few years back
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I don't suffer from caffeine addiction, it's the global supply of caffeine that suffers from my caffeine addiction.
LMAOOOOOOOOO
sure
No no, they are not suffering they're thankful.
There are 7 levels of caffeine addiction:
Level 1 - I didnt realise it had caffeine
Level 7 - I didnt realise it had caffeine
That’s good 😂
Lmao
XD
This coffee has caffeine?
@@trmullins2 dude, of course it has!
Reminds me of the 5 stages of drug addiction I learned in a textbook
1. Experimentation
2. Regular use
3. Tolerance
4. Reliance
5. Addiction
This is a great way to map out addiction to someone.
Well caffeine is a drug so it tracks…. It’s just a good drug 😉
That's just the 5 stages of basic addiction.
@@mattcook6868 "a good drug" ? Because the government doesn't forbids it ? 🧐
@mattcook6868 my thoughts exactly personally I have at least a reliance on Tylenol to the point that I take between 3-5000mg a day now I wouldn't say it's an addiction because it's due to pain from an accident and I can use other pain meds they just fall off faster than Tylenol arthritis with a slow 8 hour release causing me to take more but I am kinda worried about my stomach lining and kidneys not sure what else to do though I don't think it's healthy or good but it's labeled as a good drug since it's over the counter
I was probably level 7 in freshman year of college. I decided to go cold turkey for Lent and went into clinical withdrawal as a consequence. It was a miserable few weeks that I mostly could never recall even recently after it happened; my grades dropped, I had constant headaches, tremors in my hands, I was irritable and angry. I was mostly recovered by the time Easter rolled around, a positive was that for a while after that Lent caffeine hit extra hard. I've never quite gotten to that level of dependence since but I'm probably a 4-6 stage of addiction, where if I don't have any I'll probably have a headache for a day but I'm mostly normal after that.
sounds like a seven /j just be careful homie
I quite caffeine in freshman year too moved to decaf + cannabis to calm me down like caffeine used to.
How many mg a day at the time
So you almost died but went back to your addiction? HARAM!!!
@@Yung_Jesus That's not even close. I was really cranky for a few days.
I've been to level 8: The hospital. A year or two ago I had to be hospitalised due to some nasty heart symptoms caused most probably by caffeine. I thought that that's it, "I'm dying here and now" I thought to myself. They ran oh so many tests and came up with nothing. Gave me some saline and discharged me with a holter. From that day I never had even a full coffee, no energy drinks, just occasionally a few sips of Cola. Since then I've experienced these heart symptoms less and less. I'm glad I did it - quit caffeine. I'm a better person now.
Edit after a year:
Now I know the problem is extrasystole arrhytmia. It feels like your heart skips a beat or two. Usually caused by caffeine, nicotine and stress.
After a long time of being completely caffeine sober, I needed to take some for a few days to make a dead-line. Mostly dark chocolate and only in the morning. It ruined my sleep anyways. It made me tremble and sweat. But I was a bit more productive. I can't imagine how bad it felt like back then when I consumed 2 energy drinks worth of caffeine in a day.
Also what I noticed with these two mentioned drugs, you build up resistance in less than a week. Then you need it just to keep yourself on the base line.
My advice? Never consume any addictive substance for more than a few days in a row. If you need more, you're doing something wrong. Fix your life. Be a better person. Peace.
I'm glad you've quit it, bro. A year ago I also went to the hospital due to energy drinks... I was having Monster or RedBull almost everyday, If I wanted to workout, I couldn't do it without energy drink, If I wanted to write, I coulnd't do it without energy drink, even playing videogame was something I needed Energy drink to do it. This one day, I drank like 3 cans of Monster and I couldn't sleep, I started feeling fever, vomiting and I couldn't stand up without the feeling of fainting. When I went to the hospital they just said I was too dehydrated and I had to stay in the hospital the whole day.
Today, after a year later of this incident, I bought Monster just to stay awake and fix my sleeping schedule, and this video popped out on my YT reccomendations and I saw ur comment which reminded me of what I've been through when addicted, the ammount of money and the way I was dependent on all that bs. Im throwing that energy drink on the trash can rn.
At level 9 you get featured in a ChubbyEmu video.
Me with Monster, I’ll have coffee once in a blue moon, soda casually with meals a couple times a week, and will occasionally go to other energy drinks like C4, Bang, or 0 sugar monsters due to their lack of excess calories but for whatever reason nothing hits me with constant cravings and satisfaction afterwards like regular monster, it’s gotten to the point it relaxes me on my first sip following opening the can, I’m only 21 and I don’t even wanna know the multiple 4 figures I’ve spent on monster over my lifetime
Feels like you are stuck between space and time, accompanied by the overwhelming feeling you will die at any moment. Didn't know it was possible until it happened. I wasn't right for days.
New fear unlocked 😳
Remember folks, the key to enjoying caffeine without severe addiction is moderation.
and here is an example of the 1st stage of grief
It really isn’t hard to come down to a daily average of 50-100 mg if you really try
Yep. A healthy daily limit for my body composition is ~320mg. I never exceed this amount UNLESS I, God forbid, have to push a 24+ hour day. Rarely happens, but on the rare occasion...got to do what you got to do.
guys, you gotta realize that this is way harder for some people, it all depends on the person and situation. For me, even though I drink coffee regularly, I have not developed any addiction for it mentally. I do get a mild headache when I go many days drinking coffee and then forget to one day, but I have absolutely no trouble just not drinking coffee, I barely notice when I haven't and I only usually drink it when I want something sweet, like a treat. But the same cannot be said for other people. If you are afraid of getting addicted, it's best to never seek out caffeine. I think it is also important to go in with a mindset of never increasing how much you take daily, and to make sure you almost never take it for energy reasons, else you will grow in tolerance and then have to take more in order to get that evergy. Treat it as a treat, not a tool.
Everything in moderation, especially moderation.
we currently in the romantic era of stick figure youtube videos
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Very impressive observation
It's strange. Stick figure RUclips videos started out classical, however about four years ago, skipped straight to 20th Century. And only now are progressing into their romantic era.
@@ibbybibby GradeAUnderA was baroque and sam o nella and casually explained were classical
@@plootyluvsturtle9843 ooh and cgp grey too
I was a level 7 "dependent" on coffee so as an experiment i fasted from any caffeine for 4 months. The issue i had was i didnt feel any different in my day to day life and especially when i went back to consuming caffeine daily. Because of that i will never understand what a caffeine "addiction" really is
Two questions, because im curious
Why would you decide to go back to your previous levels of consumption after 4 months of nothing? I feel like thats a great opportunity to moderate it afterwards, for health reasons yknow
And second, if you didnt _feel_ any different, did you also not _act_ any different? That might be harder to judge for yourself honestly, did anyone around you notice any changes? Because if not, then maybe you werent necessarily struggling from an addiction in the first place, simply using a lot
@ensamvarg8504 I did notice a change in behavior such as when I would brew a coffee or buy an energy drink I would instead drink water, so I kept that habit going. I also moderated my caffeine to a morning cup of coffee and cut out energy drinks and pre work out entirely. I guess the main issue was I wasn't drinking nearly enough water to match my caffeine intake when I drank alot
You were probably consuming things that still had caffeine. That's my guess
Well the fact that you relapsed alone should be proof enough that caffeine addiction is real 😂
Honestly same, I've been drinking coffee since I was like 8 thanks to my mom (/pos), so I got a headstart on tolerance. But at the age of 16 I started drinking coffee daily, made worse by the espresso machine I got for Christmas when I was 18. I'd regularly make red eyes with quad shots of espresso in the morning and then drink 1 or 2 more cups of regular ol coffee after that, and if I went out anywhere it was a necessity to also get coffee for the travel. But then as I was getting ready to move out and I was cutting unnecessary expenses and moved my espresso machine out of the house, I went a solid 3 or so weeks with no coffee and felt literally no change at all. And then I went down to level 3 for a couple months with absolutely no issues. I have no clue what caffeine addiction "feels" like, and I have no clue what withdrawal "feels" like, despite technically experiencing both multiple times 😂
This video isn't just about caffeine. This is how all chemical addictions start. When people say "I don't understand how someone gets addicted to drugs or can't just stop", they should be shown this video. Because it's relatable for most people who have ever gotten hooked on coffee, preworkout, or energy drinks.
But not getting addicted to say narcotics is also nothing more than to so say no during at the "if it's offered" level. This doesn't apply for those who are prescribed such drugs and/or are suffering from chronic pain ofc.
@@carolean4360 But why do people say yes at the "if it's offered" level if it's "nothing more than to say no"? I think this is a gross oversimplification of how people get into narcotics in the first place.
@@jackaufenhand5710 i think saying yes to a coffee, cigarette, or pre-workout is entirely different to saying yes to class-a drugs, and that's where the confusion starts. with the risks widely known, most people can't imagine ever trying hard narcotics and so don't get the addiction
@@aznicknac My friend, I think you might not have seen as much of the world as you think you have. People try "class-a" drugs way more often than you're saying they do. Maybe the part of the world you live in is super sheltered.
@Jack Aufenhand okay there's no need to try to patronise me lmao? I know people try class a drugs all the time. Especially as a student, I've been offered many times for free at parties. My point was that in general there's a difference in "just saying no" when offered substances like cigarettes and coffee which are also addictive compared to hard drugs. People who have said no in the past probably struggle with sympathy bc they "can't imagine saying yes" as in they think they would never get themselves in that situation.
I mean unless you live in a place where people go for heroin as easily as they do preworkout then in that case you're totally right and I'll go back to my sheltered little life lol
The problem with addictions like caffeine and sugar is that theyre not normally recognized as addiction and seen as normal because when most people here addiction, they think smoking or drugs. So I think it's good that it's being recognized as something people should be more aware about.
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Anything can be an addiction, but it's usually not recognized as such until it negatively impacts your life. Caffeine just takes a very long time to do so, and it's a substance that isn't considered harmful until you're already too deep in
Bro said "sugar addiction" bruhhh
@@stanleystove anything wrong with stating something that exists and a lot of kids tend to ruin their teeth with? sugar addiction absolutely exists how do you think people develop diabetes
It's crazy to me how people sip several cups of coffee a day and can still consider it healthy. I feel horrible after one cup. Not to mention the amount of bathroom visits they must make). If it was alcohol, everybody would be appalled, but drinking excessive amounts of coffee like it is water is even celebrated in society and media
I've been drinking coffee since I was about 5/6 years old, my mum used to let me have sips of hers and then eventually she got tired of me drinking all of her so she'd buy me one. I'd be allowed to make one for myself if I made her a cup, she'd let me drink some before school. In late elementary school throughout middle/high school I started having energy drinks and now I'm an adult with a hardcore caffeine addiction.
Yeah as a Brit, my mom would make tea for me as a kid.
So 5 year old me was sipping 80g of caffeine every day before school.
Once i was a teen this escalated to energy drinks before there were restrictions placed on the drinking age.
Then I just drank coffee as a replacement for water for a couple years until i started getting heart palpitations and bad anxiety.
I've lowered it since, but it creeps back up every now and then.
I had caffeine from a young age but I kinda just liked the taste. I got addicted a bit because I have ADHD but now i’m on adderall and I can’t have coffee because it’s too much stimulants. It’s ok tho bc decaf! (also coffee doesn’t even have the same effect on me it doesn’t really do much sadly lol)
@@rasmachris94 80 GRAMS?!?!
Well, I'm Brazilian, we produce coffe like bunnys produce childs, so I was pretty much too deep in from the time I was born
@@rayi512x 80gs would kill a 5yo in no time
He probably is referring to mgs
Watching this with my daily morning Coffee in my hand ☕️
A lot of European countries have a coffee culture, where they may consume a cup with breakfast, as part of an afternoon snack, and then maybe one after dinner with some dessert. Indeed, some of Europe's great thinkers and artists had epic coffee habits. Voltaire famously drank sixty cups of coffee every day. Another famous coffee habit was that of composer Johann Sebastian Bach who went so far as to compose a short tribute to his favourite drink.
Sixty??? Holy shit that's a *lot*
@@Foogi9000 Voltaire famously responded to being told that coffee was a slow poison that "It must be slow, because I have been drinking it for sixty years and am not dead yet."
@@ladymacbethofmtensk896 Lmao what an absolutely savage response.
Actually no. Here in Europe we do not drink cofee every morning like it's a pill we have to take. We first off drink much less caffeine when we do drink, and we only drink caffeine every other day or so, more so a hang out drink rather than a morning pick me up like Americans use it. Yes, many great minds had coffee addiction, that's not a good thing, and it attributed to their early deaths. Coffee is horrible, and the addiction it creates is worse.
@@tortellinifettuccine Maybe Europe is finally succumbing to Kelloggism, which is a shame, because Kelloggism, and the resulting efforts by the FDA, is most of the reason that Americans are so fat.
This is fascinating to me as someone who drinks caffeinated beverages frequently, i've never once used them to wake myself up or give myself an energy boost, but i know i still want the drinks 'cause they taste good LOL
Samee I only drink energy drinks for the taste rather than the effects but caffeine doesn’t even effect me
@@melissaboykin8781 i'm not a huge fan of energy drinks 'cause they're way too flavored most of the time but i totally get that LOL
It might also be that you’re especially enjoying caffeinated drinks more than you realize due to how caffeine also increases your body’s dopamine levels
@@liamd8918 that makes sense!! And also very likely
saaame. i dont know how my brain works but i swap between loving tea and loving coffe like every six months, afer half a year i start hating coffe, i start drinking tea, then sometime later swap again. (as for energy drinks i just buy 1 monster if i see new taste in store i somehow build a hobby of collecting different cans
I thought I had a caffeine addiction for a long time but then I got sick and didn’t have coffee or any caffeine for a week and I felt exactly the same
Same, I took a break from coffee and I didn't feel any different
sometimes the day after if you abruptly stop you'll get a mild headache for a few hours, but that's literally it, I never drink enough coffee/caffine to feel it on the daily
I literally drink more tea than you can imagine daily and I often go days or even weeks without caffeine when I'm on vacation. No withdrawal effects
@@OmarSlloum same, i drink vetween 0.5 and 1.5 liters of tea every day, but during holidays etc. I can go for weeks without it with no trace of withdrawal.
Well you were sick which will for the most part have the same symptoms as withdraw other than the fact caffeine withdraw causes a lack of blood flow to the brain
I used to be at level 6, most of my life I grew up drinking a cup of cafe bustelo every morning (which is espresso, so equivalent to like 5 shots). I recognized that this could give me heart problems and make my sleep even worse, so little by little I brewed with less and less grinds.
Im back down to level 5 and while I am additcted to coffee, I also actively enjoy drinking it. I like the variety of flavors and fancy stuff cafes do with it. Its fun, and tastes good. I now limit myself to 1 cup of regular coffee a day, or 1 shot of espresso.
For anyone who's wanting to quit caffeine without withdrawal symptoms, what worked best for me was gradual reduction (and by gradual, I mean SUPER gradual, like drinking a tablespoon less of coffee each day over the course of a couple weeks to a month.) I know that sounds kind of dumb, but it worked really well for me, and it was way more comfortable than quitting cold turkey.
Been there. I got some cheap instant coffee and started with 2 spoons, then 1 and 3/4 and so on until i was down to none. And the fact that its instant coffee and tastes like shit compared to brewed gives me another reason to stay off it since its the most recent memory associated with it
Tat quit nearly got me to level 7, suck as heq. Yer trick might be workin to help me quit a bit, see ya in one month...
This is the best way with minimal withdrawal symptoms which are a lot easier to manage.
Agree. I also used a "wave method". Like one day I would reduce drastically the amount of caffeine, but the next day I would allow myself to have what I'm used to. It's like muscling up your brain, so the next time you try to reduce you'll have some experience, and it will be easier to reduce permanently
@@joyboy-zx wave method is the best because it mirrors how your body maintains homeostasis. this is why withdrawals aren't linear. some days are better than others.
I feel like caffeine is used vastly differently by people with ADHD, less so to wake you up and more so to regulate your brain function. Almost like trying to make your physical speed match your brains, which essentially brings them both down to the same level.
Finally I don't feel like the only one lol
I've had a few energy drinks this past year to see if they'd help me wake up for some early classes at uni and to be fair I still have no idea if they're doing anything to me. Guess those are the quirks of having adhd/audhd.
Absolutely. I don't drink coffee immediately upon waking up unless I have a job that requires me to go in early. I can wake up from apple juice. Coffee and chocolate actually helps me stop pacing around and sit still through something. So yeah, I can't focus good unless I get my coffee.(I didn't realize chocolate had caffeine in it until I saw this vid)
Caffeine is stimulate, it works almost exactly the same as ADHD medication
@vali69 in my case, I don't feel anything different with energy drinks. try just the good old black bitter coffee and see if it'll change something
5 years ago i fell into coffee addiction because of the stress my school was putting on us. in a month i went from 1 or 2 a day, up to 7 cups of coffee. it's was expensive, since the only source of coffee we had was a coffee machine, not exactly cheap enough for student to use it daily. i kept drinking at least 4 cups per day for two years. and when i reached the end of that terrible thing that college was, i stopped putting stress upon myself and started drinking less, simply by forcing myself into making it myself. and since i didn't drank poor quality coffee, i kinda fell in love with the taste and all the work and routine required to make a good coffee. i can't drink coffee since a few month ago, because of health issues, but when i make coffee for friends, i take good coffee beans in a shop, i grind them myself just before making the coffee, and they love it. even those that don't drink coffee started to like the smell.
7 cups god damn. Do you not just start to feel anxious and jittery after that much coffee? Not to mention the crash has to be horrible. 4 maybe 5 is my cap before I start to feel sick
@@OscarUnrated i never felt much side or bad effect because of coffee. I don't know why. 7 cups should clearly be enough for most people to havr shaking hands or whatever, same with sugar for some people, but i never had that. Maybe i was so tired at that time that coffee was perfectly compensating.
I'm just happy it didn't ruined my kidneys
I tried to do coffee to help with the stress of a medical crisis and collage, but it just.... put me to sleep, at that point I'd already been drinking tea to help with migranes so it wasent like I was unfamiliar with caffine but then again that also puts me to sleep sometimes so who knows
Knew a kid that was so addicted to caffeine that he did nothing but talk about it, used caffeine patches, and had a tray covered with caffeinated food and beverages next to his gaming computer. It was insane.
Nothing short of a drug addict
Holy hell
I wonder, he's still alive?
Bro I just marinated chicken in preworkout
im 14 and drink a big cup of coffee every day, cant wait to sink down to his level
@@allujadamn bro ur heart will hurt soon, trust me
I have gone through periods where I would alternate high caffeine consumption with abstinence to reset my body tolerance, just to feel the rush of that "first time" caffeine intake again, which I did, many times. Turned out I had undiagnosed ADD and was unconsciously self medicating*; I'm on meds now and I have very quickly dropped back to level 4, hopefully this will keep going down as I unlearn all the unhealthy productivity habits I picked up under caffeine jitters lmao
(*edit: it was way more complex than that but it played a part)
Funny, for me it seems that caffeine makes alot harder for me to focus compared to when im not on caffeine, but in exchange my brain feels more accelerated and i start feeling more motivated.
lmao, same, had to go through like 3 different doctors tho
ADHD here, without access to medication thru non-elementary school years, I made a habit of drinking a starbucks doubleshot in the morning on big test days, with another one in a metal bottle to discretely top up throughout the test. Otherwise, I just couldn't for the life of me manage to focus.
Funnily enough, this also made me drink less caffeine day to day; I didn't want to risk building too high of a tolerance, so I'd rarely have more than one cup of tea or coffee. Kept it so I could depend on more caffeine to help.
Honestly would rec the strategy for others who just can't get meds, but test beforehand to be sure you don't just cross into jittery anxiety territory.
@@hideyoshinagachika1186 Yeah there is definitely a sweet spot of getting just the right energizing. Feels like I'm able to "connect dots" at a much higher rate. Additionally I would recommend trying L-theanine (a compound from tea leaves) and seeing how that + caffeine can work. For me it turns coffee into a very even energy similar to green tea.
same
Keeping up with my toddler twins has forced me into level 7. I literally wake up with a caffeine withdrawal headache every day because I start the day with coffee and have at least 1 energy drink, another coffee, and several diet sodas throughout the day every day. I've been thinking that I should maybe cut down but seeing this video solidified that.
same happens to me, I get headaches if I don't have caffeine so every day I choose between my liver (painkillers affect on it) or heart (caffeine).
definitely would, not only the caffine but with that much soda (even if it's diet) can be really bad health wise, caffeine withdrawal seems similar to nicotine withdrawal so i know how much it sucks, good luck if you decide to cut down, it'll get better with time
hope it gets bettet :/
If you manage to cut it out completely, you will actually have more energy than at the peak of consumption, and more reliable, too. It's not easy though and you might wanna taper rather than go cold turkey cause that's a pretty serious habit.
If you have to pick one I absolutely recommend starting with the soda. If you’re gonna use caffeine try using some nice coffee you like.
Make it in the morning and focus on the positives of, like how healthy you can make it. I for example like a dark roast espresso with just some half and half, but sugar makes me feel gross so I just avoid it.
I've spent most of my life in Stage 3 or 4. When I started drinking tea I tried to treat caffeine like any other OTC: take in moderation to relieve specific symptoms. Then there was a time in high school when I didn't realize my parents had accidentally bought regular green tea bags instead of decaf; when I figured it out the detox was nasty. Nowadays I know better than to drink something without checking the caffeine content and make it a rule to never drink caffeine after noon.
But why did you go through all that trouble?
I used to be at level 4 back in college, because I enjoyed the taste of coffee and chocolate and the burst of energy, but I'm currently sitting at a level -1 with a complete intolerance to caffeine because of my anxiety. I don't drink soda, coffee, or tea anymore and eat chocolate in moderation because the anxiety attacks that result from having even a pittance of caffeine cause me to become non-functional, sometimes for days at a time if I had way too much. It just isn't worth feeling like you're dying for the enjoyable tastes of the things caffeine is found in anymore. I'm healthier for it, but I do miss the bittersweet taste of a good warm latte coffee from time to time.
I hope you're going to be better with your anxiety sometime :/
same, i just recently noticed i can only drink just a bit because of anxiety attacks. i still want to drink coffee or energy drinks and then i actually do but i get immediately anxious and shaky so i guess i really have to stop
I have the exact opposite problem, I absolutely hate the taste of caffeine (whether it's in coffee, energy drinks, or anything else) but I absolutely need it to function. I'm considering just injecting myself with caffeine at this point lol
@@sparkle0859 you could try caffeine pills
There's caffeine free coffee. Doesn't taste just as good but similar enough
The trick is to almost never drink coffee within an hour of waking up, that way you get the boost from caffeine but you don't crash later, so you don't have to keep drinking more.
How does that work?
@@fossil98 Andrew Huberman explains it really well on JRE, here's a clip. ruclips.net/user/shortsyroj6rN2odI?feature=share
I still crash so...
@@fossil98 caffeine stops the flow of andesine (which is basically what makes you tired). If andesine is still going when you drink caffeine, it’ll start flowing again when the caffeine wears off. If you wait, the andesine will go away naturally and won’t be an issue when the caffeine wears off because it won’t be present to bring going again.
This is a very sleep deprived (I know ironic) explanation of it, but that’s the gist.
@@alyshay82597 it's adenosine, but your rational on its mechanisms do makes sense.
I have ADHD and autism, so coffee/caffeine worked a little differently for me. I’m not really addicted to it because I drink decaf as often as I do caffeinated but we often use it as a self-medication because it can be used as a stimulant to help us focus rather than making us hyper.
I have undiagnosed adhd. I still usually only take it before the gym, but sometimes I’ll take it before Big tests or assignments because the focus is so nice.
As someone who was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive version), I can’t relate at all to caffeine making you hyper or even giving you an energy boost to even stay awake. At most, it just helps me stay focused and relaxes me.
Having said that, the only time that I’ve felt something similar to a little energy boost was when I drank 3 BANG energy drinks, which I believe is like 900mg of caffeine. I can’t say I’ll do that again but I’ll probably stick with 1 or 2 of those. Definitely not 3 lol.
@@darkbodhi1416 your heart must have been racing even if you only felt mild stimulation in your brain.
@@SCP--jo8hb you're honestly probably right. that's one of the reasons why I won't do it again. I was curious what would happen if I did take 3 which is why I ended up doing it.
I personally don’t really like drinking warm beverages like that in the morning, so if I need to stay awake to cram for an essay, or I’m just pulling an all nighter for fun, I just have a 17 oz water bottle with a couple scoops of GG to keep myself awake. If I’m on the road, I usually can deal with being tired, but if I just can’t stay cognitive I grab a monster or a doubleshot.
400 mg? Those are rookie numbers. Im a closing pizza delivery driver who chugs NOS to keep a pep in my step till 1 or 2 am when i can go home and crash for several hours just to wake up and do it again.
Side note: kids, enjoy your youth. I know it seems like adults have all the freedom sometimes, but in reality we are usually trapped in a cycle of "wake up, get ready for work, work, go home, crash, repeat." And when we get a day off, we usually need to take that time to deal with our other responsibilities, like going to the doctor/dentist, going to therapy (which I recommend for pretty much everybody, its helpful to have some who will listen to you complain and then help you figure out how to fix the issue), go grocery shopping, etc. And if we as adults have kids of our own, you can say goodbye to much of the free time you have left.
i have chronic fatigue so unfortunately, i’ve turned to caffeine just to try and get through the day. i wish i had realized it’s something you can build up a tolerance to and have an actual addiction to before i started, because now my fatigue is even worse without it and it’s getting expensive
I have chronic fatigue and adhd so caffeine unfortunately does nothing for me (there’s some link between adhd and reacting to stimulants like caffeine with increased calmness/sleepiness as opposed to energy, although this doesn’t seem to affect every person with adhd). The pro is that I can’t get addicted to a substance if it just tastes like disappointing bean water. My dexamphetamine does help a little bit with fatigue sometimes but it’s always hard to tell if it’s just coincidentally a good day making me more energetic as opposed to the medication. Sending spoons, keep on keeping on :)
Caffeine pills or pure caffeine is really inexpensive, also it’s healthier than energy drinks and caffeine content wise about a hundred times cheaper
@@TheChrix1 that's been something i've been thinking of but haven't looked into yet, that's good to know!!
@@avawetzel3408 look on Amazon, there’s tons of different pills. Just choose the cheapest ones as they are all the same. I’ve recently got 500 of 200mg pills for 20 bucks. That is the equivalent of over a thousand cans of 250ml Red Bull.
Yeh there's alot of ways to beat the expensive part. Are you currently buying energy drinks or takeaway coffee? Big packs of instant coffee or ground coffee beans for a coffee machine come out to like 10 cents a serve maximum.
Very accurate. I tasted level 7 in college (a normal day was 4-5 cups of coffee, a monster or 2, a 5 hour energy or 2, each after the last round wore off) I realized it, and I cold turkeyed the next day. Had a throbbing migraine for a couple days and haven’t gone back since, only dabbling in small amounts I frequently. Powerless feeling when it seems all your energy comes from the stuff. It’s been real nice being natural again.
Did you fully „regenerate“ yourself, or do you still feel different than before you consumed caffeine?
I had a total of 2100mg over the course of an eight hour day in high school. looking back, kids die doing that shit
Rookie numbers when we were deployed we drank 4.7 liters of coffee
@@lauchaufraedern yeah I’m back to normal and have recovered fully I’d say
@@thearizonaranger7376 that’s wild yeah
I sit comfortably at level 5. I like the taste of coffee, and it's nice to drink something warm in the morning. Even though I've built a tolerance, I don't feel the need to drink more coffee a day, it's just enough to feel normal.
I was also in this stage a while back… denial.
I make a pot of coffee when i get to my office where I and another engineer share it until a little after lunch when we run out and that's it for the day.
@@aaroncutting bro shit
@@thatguynar I'm a level 5 now and have been for almost a decade. I brew a coffee one hr after waking - difference is I make a conscious effort to not consume any more caffeine throughout the day. It's a rule I've set so things don't spiral - if I feel extra tired one day, I just get through that day tired.
@@medusiz1801 I have Limitted myself to about 250ish mg of caffine a day, Drinking anymore doesn't even work. And It starts hurting my chest anyways.
I personally didnt struggle with this but have been (and probably still am tbh) addicted to alcohol. When i went to rehab, nearly everyone there was drinking liters of coffee every day to cope with their various other substances they arent taking anymore, which just made things so much worse. You would be craving being drunk, drink like 10 cups of coffee (because obviously it takes a lot more caffeine to feel anything remotely similar to what alcohol does), and in the end just suffer withdrawal from both.
Not only that, but caffeine withdrawal symptoms are some of the absolute worst there are (in terms of physical withdrawal, mental withdrawal is much less of an issue here). I dont envy anyone at levels like 5 and above
A large issue with caffeine, and really anything that can be addictive - society isn't really made to help you stop an addiction. It's very easy to say "I can't stop drinking coffee right now because I have to be present for work" or school or literally any other day to day task. The constant expectations on everyone forces us to live with the addiction to caffeine
or just be like me and have a super high natural tolerance, that way you never get a buzz, therefore you can’t get addicted to the buzz
My major problem is that Monster is addictive. Not so much the caffeine in it but the flavor. I’ve said it time and time again but I want Monster to make something with the same flavor but without any caffeine. Yes, it defeats the purpose of an energy drink all together, but I don’t always want that ultra sunrise for the energy it gives me, because I’m just fine without it, I just want the flavor.
They had it at one point back in the early 2010s I used to get it all the time from stores. It was called Monster “Unleaded” it came in a gray can. Kinda snuck up on the scene. Same as the M-100 ghost flavor. They discontinued it around 2016 so it’s not around anymore. But they did exist, guess it was low sales. It tasted like monster with a sour bite of grape.
I never cared for energy drinks outside of the ones mountain dew used to make. Redbull could best be described as "metallic piss".
My problem is that I drink way too much zero sugar coke, I can't wake up without some.
Try getting sparkling Ice's and then squeezing fresh lime juice in them. Same zingy flavour and carbonation none of the caffeine!
I agree, I drink a monster before the gym almost every day, not because I want the boost, I take Pre-workout for that, but because I think it tastes good. And now it’s a routine.
They just made alcoholic monster that tastes like monster with no caffeine or sugar
I started ADHD medication around a year ago and found out pretty quick that mixing Adderall with caffeine doesn’t always go too well. Had to cut back on caffeine and went from 3-5 cups of coffee every day to 1 maybe 2. Caffeine addiction is no joke though. The cravings I have for coffee are seriously awful and I can’t stop drinking my 1-2 cups even though I know that when combined with Adderall it makes my heart go nuts (frequently skipping every other beat and racing like crazy).
Update on the caffeine addiction: after about 1 week of caffeine withdrawal and still ongoing cravings for coffee or anything with caffeine, I have quit caffeine!
I've experienced the same as well and it feels like a heart attack. This is because ADHD medication is a stimulant just like caffeine but way stronger. Best to wait for the medication to be in your system for a couple of hours before intaking anything caffeinated. That's what I do at least.
Same here i tack 54mg of concerta and if i drink anything whit caffine i get a really fast heart rate and feel sick so i try and avoide any caffine until my medcin is out of my body
*take
I'm completely fine with my ADHD medication, I don't need coffee.
This is like saying "I never smoke, except only weed" lol
@@vioninjadogdb8428 totally!! Unfortunately waiting till the adderall is in my system for a while first doesn’t help me much, but I find that putting really hot coffee in an insulated bottle works well for me because it forces me to drink it more slowly during the day, minimizing the side effects. :)
One time i went 3 months without any caffeine. I didnt really feel any severe withdrawls but when i had my first cup after 3 months... it was absolutely euphoric. Literally the best high i ever felt
I finally quit daily caffeine use and rarely use it on occasion now. It was painful and it sucked. I turned into a fire breathing demon dragon flying all over the house raining brimstone and exhaling flames on my poor family. Never again.
I can relate to every part of this 😭
sounds like you should just drink a coffee and treat your family normally
@@MrShizNipz sounds like you dont know what an addiction can make a person do
@@tornadodee148 caffeine is a very mild stimulant, so your brain can slowly become dependent on it but not necessarily “addicted” like you might become with ecstasy or cocaine.
@@darkwinggaming4709 yes "very mild stimulant" that made perfectly healthy people end up in hospitals or dead at very high doses lol you are killing me💀💀💀
I keep fluctuating between levels 4-6 depending on the week. Occasionally I avoid it, but I’m hooked on Monster and Death Wish coffee. My gf is level 7, she has an unnaturally high tolerance to caffeine, and will stress drink it. At work she once told me in a 10-hour shift, she once drank 6 24oz(750ml) Monsters. For me I can’t take more than 300mg in a day without getting anxiety
your gf is based but 4 liter of Monster in a single day may give you an heart attack
ive also done 6 monsters but it was in 3 hours instead of 10. 😔
You guys I'm sorry for your passing 😔
I range from 3-7 depending on how good and how much I sleep and if I'm craving it, or if I want to stay awake longer than normal to finish some kind of assignment or keep going on a game because I enjoy it.
There's some caffeine drinks I legit enjoy, for example, G-Fuel, but G-Fuel gave me bad side effects, so I'm just drinking toning it down to maybe a 2 for now, drinking Vitamin Water and sleepy tea for now. (Sleepy tea to help me sleep)
jeeeeeesus christ, i hope she really has that "high tolerance" or stops doing that, man i wouldnt be surprised if doing cocaine was more healthy than drinking 6 monsters in one day
I don't know exactly how much time pass since i missed my morning coffee, but i'd say more than 3 years, bc i literally drink a coffee and smoke 1-2 cigarettes every morning everyday since i entered highschool, and that was 5 years ago, now i'm 19
Morning cigs hit different
who asked
no one cares about your nicotine addiction
@@darkden123 joe
@@Nobody-ov7cm ong
It's an addiction that begins from Childhood, as young as two-years-old, and progresses to adulthood, thus, it's a very difficult one to kick away.
I used to drink like 3-5 energy drinks a week, until eventually I drunk 2 in one sitting trying to stay awake for a test day in school. I felt horrible all day and felt like throwing up, but never did. I haven’t touched an energy drink since
I'm caffeine intolerant, but I can drink a cup of soda without problems, my favourite is mtn dew. I once chugged a liter of it and couldn't sleep for 3 days, along with a week long headache. Haven't drank any since.
@@domonkosszabo398 All it takes is one bad experience with food, and your mind forever looks at it differently
It was during summer programming camp, we had 35 celcius heat and 7 hour long contests. There was a deal in a supermarket - 250ml for 2zł/$0.4. The only time I really binged energy drinks for longer than 3 days and I felt so fucking exhausted by the end of each day.
I rarely drink caffeine anymore. I had a scary moment in 11th grade where I had missed my pick me up and fell asleep in the middle of writing notes without even realizing. I woke up thinking the lecture was still going on even though the classroom was mostly empty at that point. There was a little squiggle on my paper where my pen trailed off. I was mid word. It was kind of a scary wake up moment for me. I knew I had a caffeine problem but I didn't realize how dependent on it I was. From 10th-12th grade, I was basically pulling 4 am to 12 am or longer on the regular. I lived off of 2-4 hours of sleep for months. Wake up early for carpool, attend 8 periods of class, go to dual enrollment courses, go to rehearsal, rinse and repeat. I would have 4-6 shots of espresso in the morning (between 5 and 7 am), need a pick me up red bull or coffee by 12 pm, need another pick me up by 4 pm, and then finish off the day with tea to get me through my homework until I could shut my eyes somewhere in the am. And people wonder why teenagers are struggling with record amounts of mental illness and suicidal ideation. This experience of mine was before TikTok was big, can you imagine adding TikTok to the mix of my high school shit show?
Fuck dude reading this made me realize why I was always feeling so tired in class... same thing would happen to me. EVEN TODAY WHEN I'M DRIVING HOME. Even though its all hypothetical, I thank you for making me realize this LOL. Be safe.
Holy hell dude what class did you pick? Medical? Also TikTok is a horrible money scheme made by evil Chinese psychologists and marketers :(
You do realize drinking a lot of caffeine wasn't your problem, but the extreme sleep deprivation you put yourself through? You just used caffeine to mask your physical symptoms. Getting less than 6h of sleep even semi regularly results in minor but accumulating brain damage, what you were doing to yourself was quite serious.
@@Poke52380 With the amount of caffeine I was drinking, I feel like it was a combination that fucked me up. But yeah. Wouldn't recommend my high school experience to anyone.
@@amandak.4246 Yikers. Yeah, if I ever got a license, I can imagine me doing that, especially back then. Scary to think about.
I’m at the point where I’m like a level 6 but like every day I DON’T have coffee I’m still completely fine
But like my issue is I never started drinking it because I needed it- I started because compared to the once a month Starbucks I was getting, this really crazy hometown cafe made me understand coffee was like an artform. It’s beautiful and I love coffee because it’s a social gathering become art become near necessity for many. I like coffee because there’s a joy in the idea of it rather than just the consumption and energy benefit. Sadly however this has led me to have that resistance I believe.
Nah, you’re likely just a non responder. It’s a genetic thing. Coffee likely, will never get you addicted.
I feel like this could also be used to help people understand what "actual" drug addiction is and how the habit may be hard to break. Whether its nicotine and coffee or meth and heroin, addiction is addiction
I'm quite confidently a level 7, and even though i have a tolerance, I'll drink my monster and I'll feel like everything has fixed. I don't feel as 'energized', but i feel like my body has just been repaired
I can function on a monster, but its like i slapped a bandaid on the sleepytired
i understand you, i drinking 1 reign (300 mg of caffeine) about 3 months daily
In reality you have just done the exact opposite, with that amount of caffeine there is no way you are getting proper amounts of good sleep, so no repairing for you. Please reconsider your intake, it might actually kill you at this rate. And there is no chance you can do this indefinitely, one day the crash will come.
@@BruderRaziel i sleep like 12/13 hours a day, i am just very sleepy
@@BruderRaziel I drink 1-1.5L of energy drink a day, and sleep 8-9h every night
So, I was at level 5-6 in the Fall of last year and this was mainly due to school and ADHD. I think people past 5 have some disorder or issue they need to fix and are just self-medicating on caffeine instead of using it for utility or enjoyment. It's also why I've switched to stronger stims(legally) since they last way longer and don't require more as my mind can actually focus now. Very important that you recognize when you're struggling imo.
Yeah i was a level 7 in Highschool& college, turns out i have ADHD....
Exactly, and it's pretty good as a short term medication, too, but may make things worse quite fast
Ummm so, i don't care
Not only should no one care about this blog post, people should also recognize that going from socially acceptable mild drugs to legally regulated substances with long term health consequences is not a good thing. Of course, cocaine cures toothaches and housewives need opium drops....
Oh yeah 100%
I have adhd and have been diagnosed, im pretty sure the only reason i didnt drink a LOT more energy drinks before i was on meds is because i wss a broke teen and monster os expensove, and it was about a 50/50 on whether theyd make me focus or give me a panic attack, haha
*Tip:* reduce caffine consumption by substituting it with another healthier beverage such as water _slowly but surely,_ allowing those extra adenosine receptors in your brain to dwindle down day by day to the point you only drink caffine ONLY when needed. Suddenly, 80 mg in a cup of coffee will give you the boost that 300 mg in an energy drink did when you were tolerant!
Thankyou
And what to do with headaches?
@@nolesy34 Great question and why I emphasized the "slowly but surely" aspect. The idea is to decrease caffeine consumption at a rate where the headaches are tolerable but still on track (after all, the headaches are a sign of progress). For instance, say you're at a 300 mg average, drop to 250 mg for the next week if that is tolerable, and so on until satisified. Also, there are many different remedies online, find the one best for you. Hope this helps a bit!
@@alnimri
Ok thanks for the advice 👌
or just have decaf/half caff! rlly helped bc i found i liked the taste mostly
Literally don't do this, just withdraw over a weekend and start again, you can deal with headaches
A short while ago I was feeling tired all day and found it hard to focus and function, to compensate I would try to fight it with caffeinated drinks. Most times it didn't really do much to wake me up and even though I rarely went over the 400mg recommended limit it would often make me feel kinda sick or jittery. I thought it was the caffeine itself that was screwing with me and I was caught in a vicious cycle but it turned out the reason I felt so tired and foggy all the time was because I had Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). After a few days of sleeping with a CPAP my energy levels soared and my mind was as sharp as ever. I still feel myself pulled towards Monster (my go to source of caffeine) so the caffeine addiction is real but I've found it easier to limit my daily caffeine intake since I'm much less tired and I don't need it to perk up. So while I don't think caffeine is all that bad for you as long as it's not excessive and there's no underlying conditions that make it a problem, I think it's a good idea to look into why you're pumping yourself with coffee and red bull just to make it through a normal day and work with a physician or nutrition expert to find out if there's some reason for it.
TLDR: Medical conditions may be partially responsible for caffeine addiction/dependency so check it out with a doctor.
watching this at 11am only having drank two cups of coffee and a monster so far today🗿
Dangerous don't take anything related to caffeine for 24 hours since u al ready have consumed 320mg of caffeine.
bro wdym only 💀
What does caffeine really do to you? I’ve heard it’s “energizing” and keeps you wake but that’s vague and I’ve never felt it I wish I felt it
@@parkerc3 same, for the most part caffeine doesn't have that big of an effect on me, the only moment when i can really notice is when i drink a cup after lunch when i have an important class. After lunching i feel really tired, but i get back to normal if i drink a cup, i don't feel super energized, but since i would normaly be falling asleep the difference it's noticeable
@@parkerc3 its an antagonist (limits the production) of adenosine which is a neurotransmitter that is commonly associated with "sleepiness" or "drowsiness" . Caffeine is also a dopaminergic excitator, dopamine is a neurotransmitter which is the precursor (breaks down to) norepinephrine: norepinephrine is commonly called "adrenaline", this is what keeps us wired and alert while the inhibitory mechanism of adenosine is what keeps us awake. The reason you may not feel caffeine maybe due to something called "hyposensitivity", simply speaking you were born with a gene which makes it so you don't respond to caffeine, some studies have estimated that upto 10% of the population may have this gene. Another reason is that you may have a neurochemical imbalance within your brain, people who are hypodopaminergic (for example those with ADHD) don't produce enough dopamine naturally, therefore a stimulant will not make the amount of neurochemicals go overboard, but rather just normalize it, this is the reason why people without adhd feel so euphoric when taking Adderall but someone with adhd may feel like its just bringing them to a baseline level of function.
Sorry for the rant, and I'm by no means an expert, so I may be mistaken in some aspects of my explanation.
I use caffeine as a substitute for ADHD medications, so it's more like a treatment than an addiction when you think about it.
I do this too after I found out it helps a whole lot more for me personally. And it has a pleasant energetic feeling so I can focus better. Some people get jitters but caffeine doesn't give me jitters unless I seriously overdo it.
ditto. more of a level 4 to 5 kinda guy for this reason. usually have a monster before work or at the start of my day.
Same, I use it with protein shakes and milk, awesome for a morning clean out of last night’s afters
@@formalbusinessonion7265What is last night's afters? Sounds nefarious.
@@Kai...999 A very off way of saying the morning poo. Coffee is a natural diarrhetic.
As a coffee lover this hit home, I used to drink way too much coffee and was wired all the time. It affected my sleep patterns and was making it difficult to focus. I still drink coffee almost daily, the occasional couple days here and there I will take a break, but instead of drinking a whole pot throughout the day or making coffee at night I try to limit myself to 2 or 3 cups maximum a day. One thing I will do now is make some decaf coffee if I truly feel the need to have a cup later in the day, which still has caffeine but is lower to the point it doesn't keep me up all night.
Its bad to have pot all day, have a herbal cigarette instead
@@nolesy34 Big ups
@@aboutsoundandvision booyakasha
I read this title and immediately said to myself "idk what the stages are but I know for a fact I'm level 8"
In reality I'm like 6. One day I even drank two large cups of the Panera charged lemonades way back when they hospitalized people, on top of a 24oz red eye with a quad shot of espresso and another 12oz cup of coffee. All before 5pm. Probably the one and only time I've ever noticed a difference caused by caffeine. I started dissociating really hard and would occasionally fully blank out. I just felt like matter floating through air, and I had no appetite at all. Lasted about an hour and then I had the toughest time going to sleep. But that was it, no withdrawals despite not having caffeine for the next week straight. I can bounce back and forth between month-long streaks of alarmingly high intake and then no intake at all and feel neither addiction nor withdrawal. I always always ALWAYS scale my water intake to my caffeine intake though -- never have a cup of a caffeinated beverage without a cup of water. That could be why? Who knows.
I'm easily level 6. Got into coffee as a hobby so I'm willfully spending excess amounts of money to improve my home setup. I also started roasting my own beans at home so in a way, I am my own drug dealer. I weigh the beans in grams and everything.
I typically start my day with a double shot of espresso then another sometime in the afternoon but it's become more of a routine/comfort drink and can be the best parts of my day. However, with moderation, I will keep count of how many i am having in the day so that I don't go above the daily 300mg caffeine limit.
Grinding beans and making them is so much more satisfying
The recommended safe limit is actually 400mg.
@@nersharific813 That is correct
I willingly go above the 300mg daily limit, the government can't tell me shit 💯❌️🔥🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍
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I remember having a heavy dependency and I decided to cut it out of my life completely. For like a week all I did was sleep, wake up to eat a little or something then sleep some more. It was pretty rough. After I got past the withdrawal though, I felt pretty good and energized even if I didn't have any stimulant in me. That was during 2020 when I didn't have a whole lot to do though.
I'm drinking caffeine again now that I'm working. The world demands we stay awake. 😩
I have adhd (mostly the hyperactive type but I also share some inattentive trait's as well its about 50/50 tbh) so drinking anything with caffeine doesnt make me anymore awake it just makes me more focused and alert but also calms me down and i guess another plus is i dont get caffeine headaches and i get to enjoy a coffee whenever i want because i know i could go to bed anytime afterwards.
I feel the exact same although Im Inattentive type mostly
Same for me, but I found that pre workout or any really high caffeine drink does actually feel like I’m getting more awake
I also have 50/50 adhd and it’s also a 50/50 if i can sleep after an energy drink or if i’m still exhausted but physically unable to sleep
Adhd is not real
@@David-vz4yk neither are you get well soon xx
The way the internet talks about caffeine is crazy to me. I'm sure it's all true, but even as a coffee lover I've never experienced that. I don't actively go looking for coffee, I can (and did)stopped anytime with no consequences and I'll also say it has no positive effect on me either, outside of the pleasure the beverage gives me
I managed to completely kick my caffeine addiction I've had since I was 14 and all it took was a little amphetamine! Now I can go and go and go and go without even thinking of having a coffee ☕
That’s worse. But okay! You do you hunny. Gonna have a damaged cardiovascular system by the time you’re middle aged.
I HOPE this is ironic and the joke just flew over my head
@_12k70 I spent a little time in the looney bin and came out with an ADHD diagnosis so like, it's not wrong 🤣 but no I haven't swapped coffee with street drugs. I wish I could still drink coffee but mixing my meds with coffee makes my heart rate to fast so I can't drink it anymore.
@@IsaacMorgan98 Caffiene is nowhere near as bad as adderall or any other stimulant medication. Im sorry but if I was you I’d stick to the caffiene! Or try a supplement like kratom for energy. They’ll just keep uppin your dose until you’re basically cracked out.
@allthingscandles4053 Haven't adjusted my dose in nearly 3 years, I feel no need to and the never push it. I'll stick to taking health advice from trained professionals thanks.
The other day i went to the airport and was walking by a kiosk, this kiosk had something that caught my eye, this something was a can of C4 Pink Starburst preworkout, i immediately turned in the direction of that kiosk and without reading the rest of the can just saw ENERGY and STRAWBERRY STARBURST in a yellow pink can and got excited and quickly purchased it and consumed it with utmost satisfaction, now if you know anything about preworkout you’re not supposed to exactly just drink it and sit there, (keep in mind last time i drank caffeine was ab 3 months ago), now while im in the airport im waiting on a layover at my terminal already. All of a sudden my palms start itching, and i dont scratch bc my conscious said (these old people next to you will think youre a crackhead) so i just sat and then started feeling hot and cold pins and needles throughout my back feet and hands, i began sweating profusely and having a minor panic attack thinking i was going to have a seizure and then told myself to never drink c4 again😭… note to self read f*€£ing labes 😭
That tingling sensation is normal for C4. It's like a niacin flush if you've ever had one.
the tingling isn't from caffeine, it's from beta-alanine, a often underdosed substance in preworkouts. some people get it in the butt which is way worse...
C4 is just poison I swear. I tried their "energy crystals" a while back and I almost puked.
that would be the beta analine tingles
Worst part is beta alanine is an ingredient that doesn't provide much of a boost, it literally is added to add an itching sensation which leads to a placebo effect of the pre working well.
Once, I drank 4 drinks at my job that I made, and they were all 2 double shots of espresso and some flavor syrup and milk, my heart literally almost popped, the doctor told me because my pulse was 140-145 and I took a trip to the ER, however I'm not addicted to coffee, as I maybe drink coffee once or twice a month, however that day I was addicted to the taste, not realizing just how strong espresso is.
Anyway, moral of the story is that I'm an idiot and we should all be careful with caffeine
I love that I got a coffee ad before this video even started
it never passed my mind but now that i see it i guess i am at level 4 thanks to this video i understand a bit more about addictions and how it goes from a 1 time thing to something thats part of a normal rutine and how you dont realise how far its gone before its to late so thank you
iv never let myself get above a level 4 at most, i work 4 day weeks so usually dent drink caffeine at all on my days off unless for some reason or another i couldnt sleep or cant wake up, and the moment i feel the caffeine withdrawl headaches at all i stop drinking any for the next month before returning to only in the mornings to help me wake up faster because im the type of person that i can be out of bed for 4 hours and still lay back down and go to sleep.
I was at level 7 last year, I wasn’t sleeping enough and it was to the point where I was packing an extra energy drink in my school lunch and drinking one before school and one after, the ones I was drinking had 200-300 milligrams per drink and I literally couldn’t get through the day without it. It doesn’t just happen either, it started when I was 11 and thought it was “quirky” or smth to like black coffee, then when I didn’t get enough sleep I would drink 2 coffees, then around 8th-9th grade it became routine to drink 2 coffees in the morning then one in the afternoon and also energy drinks when my friends slept over. Then the energy drinks got more and more frequent and I was getting caffeine wherever and whenever I possibly could. This happens over the course of years sometimes. Mental health can also effect it, sometimes you don’t care that ur chest hurts from too much caffeine bc dying isn’t rly scary anymore. I’m 16 now and starting to get off caffeine, but like the video said, it’s in everything. I honestly back at stage 1-2 rn.
Sry for the rant lol
Edit: 5 months later and I’m back to energy drinks and coffee and soda whenever. But on the bright side, it’s not this calculated system anymore where I need to have a certain amount at certain times, it’s just sometimes I’ll have 2 energy drinks in a day and sometimes I’ll only drink water for a few days, most days r somewhere in between tho. Idek why I’m writing abt this in a random comment thread on yt but maybe it’ll help someone else or smth idk. Im rly thankful for the support and genuine advice from others bc I was afraid it was gonna come across as silly or smth talking abt a caffeine addiction.
You got this. I started drinking them when I was 14, and started to drink regularly when I was 16-17. Only stopped now I'm 25 and I needed to rule it out for a medical condition. Energy drinks. It also sadly impedes the brain development at a young age. Caffeine addiction is like any other drug that you could be addicted to, just slowly decrease the dosage until you're at a level where you can cut it off. For whatever reasons if you carry on it's not worth it, trust me. You got this though 😁😁
@@SanicDeHeghog Ty for the support, same back to you. I’ve gotten down to a point where I’m only drinking a coffee/ soda every now and then. I’ve slipped up w an energy drink a couple time but yeah
@@All_thegoodnamesaretaken That's a lot better though. It's moderation that's key. A can or bottle of soda doesn't contain nearly as much caffeine as an energy drink. 4+ cups of coffee almost equates to one energy drink with 200mg of caffeine. You're doing great, just remember you're not alone 😁
@@SanicDeHeghog 😊
I was the same at your age. Diet and exercise are an amazing method of keeping your energy levels up naturally. I love my morning (and sometimes nightly coffee) but eating good and cardio is what keeps me consistently awake nowadays. Give it a shot for a month and see!
I'm on lithium, one of a few meds that are less effective the more caffeine you have. It outcompetes it in your bloodstream. Because of that I'm limited to a small cup of coffee a day. And I feel pretty good. I try to keep it under 100mg, and a single shot of espresso is usually less than that. It's a nice way to wake up that doesn't shock me awake, and the fact that I can't have more means I'm never looking to increase my dose or depend on it to stay alert.
I drink a really huge dose of caffeine once every 3-6 weeks. My motivation to not drink more is because the tolerance reset combined with the occasional mood disorder manic phase creates an effect similar to cocaine. My fingers twitch uncontrollably, I get extremely hyper, crazy ideas come out of nowhere, and I speak at speeds so fast that people can’t understand me. It’s so fun, but drinking more often would just ruin it.
I'm 19 y/o and I've been drinking coffee pretty much everyday since I was about 8 years old. Just 100-200mg in the morning until I got to high school. In high school I consumed so much caffeine, I was definitely a level 6 until my senior year where I decided to resort back to 100mg in the morning brew and maybe 100mg later as a treat or if I really need something done. I've always managed my caffeine intake since I stopped being a level 6 and I try to stay under 300mg unless it's just a really bad day. If you are a level 6 in this video, do not go cold turkey if you want to quit. Wane off of it like I did. Go a few weeks with just 1 or 2 cups of coffee and only go over if something urgent happens. Btw I don't really recommend quitting, especially if you have constipation or trouble pooping on a regular basis. There are health benefits to coffee if consumed responsibly
Those are rookie numbers!!
Edit: cold turkey on 400-600mg daily caffeine is really fun trust me :)
Decaf has the same benefits as regular coffee.
@@IrvineTheHunter False, several recent studies have found significant reductions in rate of heart failure among healthy individuals drinking caffeine when compared to those not doing so.
@@gagestewart591 false, caffeine doesn't help with BMs and that was what was being referenced, in anyyyyy case tea and chocolate have health benefits too, you don't need caffeine for coffee particularly if you need it for BMs.
@@IrvineTheHunter Believe it or not, that is not what I was referencing. That was only ONE of the benefits that OP listed, and your reply that I in turn replied to only mentioned "Health benefits", in which case no, decaf does not have the SAME health benefits. And yes, tea and chocolate do also have health benefits; they are also caffeinated, which was discussed in the video. If the only health benefit you are concerned with is improved BMs, then you are correct. however, you did not state that in your initial reply, making it still a false claim. Thank you for your input.
Honestly I'm pretty miserable and have no energy with or without caffeine, I can either drink coffee 4 times a day or not drink it at all, I don't feel any different when consuming it, I drink it because I've gotten used to the taste and it helped with bowel movement (idc about that anymore). I used to drink tea like water, then I began to prefer coffee and now after couple of years, I'm getting used to drinking tea again, currently I might instinctively drink a cup in the morning without even realizing, but if I were to make a conscious decision - I don't feel like drinking coffee anymore I'm bored of it, my way of dealing with an addiction is to be bored of it. On that note I used to be on sleeping pills for around a year, couple months in I was getting afraid that I'd get addicted, few months later I got bored and felt I didn't need em anymore, I quit, didn't have problem sleeping without em. Moral of the story: life sucks and then you die.
K buddy, cry about it more, keep victimizing yourself until u build up the strength to do yourself a either make your life better or end it because no one is coming to save u. Especially if u r a guy.
@@THEINFERNOKID it's just a sarcastic comment sharing my experience that in sure not a lot of people can relate to, although I'm interested to see how people would view this experience as, I'm neither looking for sympathy nor advice. But good for you for caring about me sm 👍
My whole family has solidly hit level 5 & most people are at level 6. I've been to level 7. We're all coffee drinkers. I was drinking 4-8 cups of coffee a day at one point. It has a noticeably negative effect on your body, but you don't start to notice it until you're at that stage for awhile.
I am a finn. My culture revolves around coffee. There is a party? Coffee is involved. A relative comes to visit? Coffee time. Is it morning? A cup of coffee is normal with breakfast for most above 13. Even funerals have their own remeberance sessions where you drink coffee and talk about the loved one that passed. I have been a level 6 addict for multiple years now and I would not have it any other way.
I think I’m around level 5 - 6 😂 working at a factory (my job which I work 2nd shift), making costumes, and doing art all during the day needs some serious horse power to keep me going, without going over 400mg
Over the course of the past 10 years or so, I've gone from a level two to a level 6. Up until just a couple weeks ago i was still at level six , then the past week I've been able to go down to a solid 5, and i am currently somewhere between 5 and 4. I am hoping to decrease it to only a once in a while sort of thing.
What you're going through in life plays a large roll (at least it did for me) on how much I consumed caffeine. I am now at a much more stable and enjoyable chapter of life than I have been in a long time, and that is allowing me to decrease my caffeine consumption in a non stressful manner.
For an incredible long time, I was at 4 or 5. I decided I had enough and stopped all at once and got withdrawal symptoms but I pushed through it. I don’t recommend stopping all at once since it’s a terrible experience and instead lower your intake slowly, but I’m a dumbass. It worked out in the end though because I’ve been caffeine free for about one and a half weeks and my withdrawal symptoms are mostly gone except that I’m quite sleepy throughout the day. I’m also planning to make it a once in a while thing as well, like the occasional chocolate bar or coffee, but I’m not going back to level 4 or 5 again.
@@ramjotgrewal2580 If you can get the decaf version of your preferred beverage, drinking it whenever you feel the need to caffienate can exploit the placebo effect to give you the immediate good effects without really affecting your bedtime
I started drinking coffee around age of 18 or so. We would go and get some sweet creamy lattes with my friends from time to time. Then, after entering the university I started consuming more coffee. But it still was just around one cup of milky latte with syrup, which didn't hurt. I don't remember if I drank coffee everyday, but probably not, maybe 3-5 times a week, but I still could have a decent day w/o coffee.
Then, after turning 23 I moved to another country where they didn't have much of a syrup options, plus I started getting coffee on a daily basis and was worrying about consuming too much sugar, so I decided to switch to a unsweetened lattes.
I first realized I had a caffeine addiction last year when I started having headaches almost every week, when usually I would only get them like once a month or so. So I was trying to find the reason and that's when I realized that all days I had a headache were busy days when I didn't drink coffee. Since I realized it and started drinking coffee everyday, I stopped having headaches.
I still usually drink only one cup of latte per day, sometimes two and trying not to cross this line. But yeah, now caffeine isn't my choice, it's more of a my MUST hahaha
the headaches are most likely temporary if you quit cold turkey, and the natural energy afterwards can feel like a blessing, but of course gradual withdrawal is the safest option, I believe you can quit if you wanted to
getting caffeine withdraws from only a cup a day is wild but I guess everybody is different. If that gives you bad withdraws I strongly suggest you don't get into any stronger drugs
For anyone who wants to quit or reduce your caffeine intake, I recommend Grinds coffee pouches, you use it like a Snus and it essentially turns your spit into coffee, and lets you finely control your caffeine intake
Yeah level 7 easy i guess. I don't start working before i had at least 2 mugs of coffee. Followed by 2 or 3 espressos at work. 😬
I remember when I started keto and accidentally stopped drinking coffee/ having almost any caffeine, cold turkey. I was a student and I would drink 2-3 lattes, 1-2 monster drinks and ungodly amounts of tea (like 2-3l) PER DAY. So I stopped all of that once I went on a diet because I literally forgot to have it, except the tea in moderation and oh god. I think I had a withdrawal. I was shaking, I was cold, I felt like fainting anytime I stood up, I was weak, I felt nauseous and I had the BIGGEST migraine ever. And I thought that might be keto flu although I never had it this bad but the moment I sipped on some monster drink, like a few minutes after that it all stopped, the headache went away gradually. I was fine by the time I finished the drink. And then I realised I am addicted to coffee, which is funny cause I never felt any benefit from drinking it, I just did it because it tastes nice. And I drank coffee in moderation and I am careful about how much I drink it now. I still might get a headache if I drank too much for few days and then stopped for a day, so I will have a small coffee and that's it. I don't want to be controlled by something that is not improving my life haha
Yeah, the moment when you can't quit a "good" thing, you know you're addicted.
Btw we're all addicted to water and oxygen.
Those are rookie numbers. 257mg before I even get out of bed. If I don't just slam an entire Redline before getting out of bed to turn the alarm clock off. My work day is counted by how many pots of coffee are downed.
I’m currently somewhere between level 6 and 7, not at the point of taking more than the 400mg a day, but very close. I’ve had multiple times in my life where I was at stage 6 but that usually only lasted a couple of weeks or months, I’d withdraw and go back to normal amounts (Lv 2-3). But this time it’s different, I’m a medical student now and the caffein is basically my Ritalin, I feel like (or I know) I can’t study the +12h a day need to pass my exams, so I’m taking more and more hoping I can withdraw soon before I have to take more than 400mg. I’ve actually switched from energy drinks to straight up caffein pills from the pharmacy cause I can control my intake better, as in “not overdosing by accident”. It’s a scary addiction to me at the moment, though I joke about it a lot. I just hope I can take a study break to withdraw soon.
In high school I got a job and so I was at school for the first 8 hours of my day then work for the next 6 hours. Every day at about lunchtime at work I would hit the point where I'm dozing off standing up and then after work I still have to drive home without falling asleep at the wheel. Because of that, I was drinking loads of red bulls. I'd have four at work lunch, then another two to get me home, then I would obviously have a horrible time falling asleep the night. Anyway, the place I was working for ended up going bankrupt so I was out of the job (thank the Lord) and after my last day, I immediately stopped drinking red bull. I had zero withdrawals whatsoever. It was a really weird experience, but it led me to discover that I just don't get addicted to things, or rather, I can just go cold turkey on an addiction and I face neither cravings nor withdrawals.
I remember the time where I was going from phase 6 to phase 7 (a time where I suffered from depression) and I used caffeine to help take the bad thoughts away. Now, a year later, I'm happy to say that I'm at phase 3. Don't let your demons get the better of you, keep going
@Fiku Miku they didn't say that, maybe you misunderstood. They're saying don't let the addiction get the better of you. Not quite literally a demon.
@Fiku Miku I think you maybe should rewatch the video
@Fiku Miku Coffeine can be addictive, just like any other drugs.
I was drinking 2 energy drinks for 5+ years. I thought i wouldn't be able to survive without it as I'm an introvert and have anxiety. I stopped 6 months ago and I can't believe how much I was addicted to it. Feel much better now without it.
2 a day?
You never thought for 5 years that they might cause that anxiety?
@@xAudiolith I had anxiety before that. I take medication for it anyway.
@@mirokpirok Yeah 2 cans of energy drink which had around 200mg of caffeine. So I was drinking 400mg a day and that is the recommended limit.
@@SanicDeHeghog Thats crazy, i wish the best for you
I usually mock my parents cause they wake up grumpy and sleepy in the morning and need to get coffee to start their day, and I would go grocery shopping or do some workout during that time. I never depended on coffee in these 21 years of my life. Drinking every now and then actually.
Im definitely addicted, but I never remember feeling much from it, I drink coffee because I think it tastes good, usually once a day but sometimes twice. Been this way for years with no plan on stopping.
I've always felt like I'm missing out when it comes to caffeine. I'm not ignorant enough to think it doesn't affect me but I certainly don't notice any effects. I don't feel tired or lethargic if I go a few weeks without caffeine and don't feel energetic or alert even after several cups of strong coffee.
Your first mistake is assuming darker roast means more caffeine. You can enjoy your bitter dark roast but be aware it does not have any more caffeine than a medium roast or even light roast.
@@petelee2477what does that mean
@@illegalcumtrader56 the roast of the coffee does not correlate with the amount of caffeine coffee has.
In my experience when people say they have "strong coffee" what they mean is it's an extra dark roast.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. The only thing I notice is that my feet and legs don't hurt quite so bad after 10 hours standing on concrete after I pop a Reign.
@@petelee2477 some people think that espresso is strong because of strong flavor, but it actually has less caffeine than something like chemex or french press, yet those coffee drinks are much milder in terms of flavor, as far as I know, it depends how much caffeine is in your coffee drink is how long coffee grains had been in contact with water, and espresso basically shits out coffee fast lol
I didn't think I would be a level 7 watching this but that's def where I'm at. For better or worse I moderate it really well but that just means I'm so used to not going without caffeine that I'll do anything to justify having it.
I was a level 7 for around 5 years, multiple Reign energy drinks, Dr. Peppers, and dark roast black coffees a day. Just got tired of feeling the way caffeine made me feel and I quit cold turkey on January 24th and haven’t had a single side effect. No withdrawls, no cravings, nothing. I have no desire to go back, I felt awful and just a couple days after quitting I felt like a whole new man. I also lost 20 pounds in the process from just not drinking all that crap anymore!
I drink it out of need, I have to get up really early. I can go without it while on holidays. it's either that or I'll fall asleep right after lunch or I'll just feel miserable for the rest of the day
Huh, its funny because it usually takes about around 2 weeks give or take to not have caffeine withdraw symptoms, one study even suggests up to 21 days.
Any tips for making it through :)
reign is so fucking good
@@fabiomanic6977 if you sleep rly early then you'll get up really early
unless of course your job demands you stay up late then i understand
I take the amount of caffeine as you say is in level 6 and haven't experienced being tired or dependent on it if I don't take it for a few days (which is very rare). I take things for the taste and they all just happen to have caffeine in them. I genuinely have never experienced what an addiction is like so it's hard for me to understand others POV on topics of addiction.
I'm definitely level 7, have been for years now. If I don't have coffee for a day, which only happens if I'm off of work for the day and I forgot to stock up on energy drinks and coffee, my whole body shuts down. I'll have the worst headaches imaginable and I will be so lethargic I can't get out of bed. I definitely wouldn't recommend, but I already know it's too late for me lol
The withdrawal symptoms last a maximum of nine days and then you'll be okay again. I've been without coffee or tea for two and a half years now. It's nice not feeling as anxious as I was when I was having caffeine in my system. It was horrible getting through the withdrawals but once I did, it was awesome having that addiction shackle metaphorically broken off. If you want to give up an addiction, focus on what you can control and be very present in the moment. Your will power is stronger than the addiction and with God on your side, anything is possible. Good luck if you're trying to quit!
Why do you people have to inject your ancient mythology into literally everything?
Do you honestly mean to tell you the omnipotent master of all reality cared enough to magically strengthen your willpower to help you quit caffiene, while he let's millions of children starve to death every year, and let's women get r@ped, and children beat to death and does nothing?
Do you have any idea how f*cking ridiculous that is?
Lost me at God
@@michaelhenry4149 At least you got most of what I said!
This is very true my friend! I was addicted to smoking cigarettes as well as abusing alcohol and other prescription drugs since the end of the Highschool. 5 years later and with God at my side, I broke free of those chains and defeated my addictions. Praise God!
@@michaelhenry4149I mean, i personally wouldnt say having God at ones side is necessary (since you know, different world views and stuff are obviously a thing), but i do feel like having a belief with something like religion is not only valid but also more than just a small aid when overcoming hardships. Live and let live, no need to judge others (even if its meant as a joke)
I was a level 6 in college, but I noticed that I was getting migraines more often. Now I've cut back to 1 monster a day, 5 days a week (at work). Most days I won't finish the 1 and some days I may get a coffee too, but generally I only drink the 1 monster. It's significantly reduced the migraines and keeps me going. I've been told that cutting them out completely would get rid of the migraines and fatigue, but that isn't true for me. I've had migraines since I was a kid and started self medicating with soda even I realized that caffeine helps. I also suffered from low energy levels, no matter how well I slept. Yes, I should probably see a doctor about these issues, but I can't afford the medical bills at the moment. So for now... Monster is my friend 😌
I am also at One Monster A Day level! (rarely with extra coffee but sometimes) It's the limit I've imposed on myself and stick to. If I dont have monster I have two coffees. And if I dont have any caffeine, I get a headache in the afternoon, oops.
first time i had caffeine, i didn’t realize how excessive the amount was and i ended up staying up for 40 hours. second time, i was equally clueless and spent 3 hours lying on my bed convinced i was dying. now it powers me through my day and helps me do twice the work i would normally do while simultaneously probably shortening my lifespan by many years. i’ll be dead by 40 but at least it was a productive few decades on earth!
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If you take caffeine in the morning in anyway i think it's a terrible idea. Your body hasn't gotten up and moving yet which is why I would walk to school and wait for later in the day to drink like my energy drink or coffee. This video is really enjoyable though and I definitely learned something today.
I’ll drink anywhere from 500mg-800mg a day, then take 3 days off and it’s been working pretty well for me - no withdrawal, caffeine is spaced out throughout the day.
Only on level 3, phew. Although I always have less coffee in my ice coffees since I love the taste more than the effects. Caffeine gets me tired, even on low doses and randomly. Not very actively seeking it out, but I do recognize the moments where a boost could potentially help and where I can take a risk of potentially turning sleepy. Hope it stays this way or lowers. I tried 2 once throughout an extremely tiring day and it literally simply made it worse, so never trying that again.
Same level 3 user here. I only have it for about 1 week straight strechs about once a month. Why? In short I'm a light user of weed( once or twice a month) but it effect me more similarly to chronic users which even I find strange. I don't drink coffee so I can keep the good feelings going until I decide which is usually around the 2-3 weeks after when the feeling starts to subside. Yeah this leads to headaches when I stop which is when I smoke up again but I drink tea while high to minimize it
You will always depend on caffeine with such weakness.
@@Tokmurok which weakness ?
What's funny is I only drink coffee and tea but I sometimes make a coffee every morning. I absolutely love coffee but I actually don't need it I just love the taste, I would go weeks without coffee just because I was either too lazy to make it or I just forgot and I would be fine. I have noticed that sometimes I would feel a little rush of happiness that lasts all day but I don't crash or anything. It's just my mood is even more bubbly than usual. I don't need coffee I just like the flavour which is why a lot of the times I will just get decaf
I was expecting something like a shitpost, but now I dont know how I feel about such an honest video
I guess the best way to cope with it is knowing your limits and drawing a line somewhere. I just went 8 months without coffee (yes, not caffeine all together) and when i started drinking it again, i would drink like 2 cups a day, or not drink at all if i felt like it. I never had the need to drink it all the time.
I just kinda drink coffee whenever I feel like it. Though energy drinks are kinda scary I found myself craving one the next day.
I reckon tolerance is good i dont want to be completely wired and stimmed up every time i have a coffee
Must not have enough tolerance. It doesn't mean you become strong against caffiene elemental attacks, it just means that when you're tired there is no solution, no remedy, no pick me up, and no hope. It sings Master of Puppets to you all day and you obey. I have to carry emergency coffee grounds in my combat purse just to be safe. It sucks. Turn back before you get here...or pick up some vanilla Coffee Mate on the way.
@Vincent Divita thats not tolerance that reliance tolerance is about how much caffeine effects you after you already had some
oh boy, coffee is nothing, meth gets you a 1000x times more wired.
@@Tulipani421 💀💀💀
Level 8 is when you just snort some coffee grounds
I've been on all ends of the spectrum, I went from drinking a coffee every half an hour to drinking no coffee once I'd started to get heart palpitations.
Now Im back to drinking maybe 3-4 cups a day at half strength [1 tea spoon of granulated coffee].