You know what is addictive? This channel! And I don't need caffeine to trick my brain into not being tired of watching all this cool stuff! :) Keep the awesome job!!
shiran duarte I definatly agree. I work 24 hour in home hospice shifts, so a lot of quiet sitting alone time (but no actually sleep) so I watch these to keep my brain interested and thus myself more awake.
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Yes, my entire family deals with ADHD to some degree, each manifesting itself differently, often depending upon their personalities and structural boundaries within their environments. Caffeine is a godsend to us, and when my kids were very young and still being closely scrutinized by us care providers, their doctor and teacher allowed me to fill their water bottle with Mountain Dew (due to its caffeine content) to drink at school so long as it wasn't see-through so the other kids wouldn't fuss about not getting Mountain Dew. Except for my daughter, we all find it usually impossible to hear and respond to an alarm in the morning, and I've found that drinking alcohol (a depressant--opposite of stimulant) before bed somehow makes me sleep less deeply, usually enough to hear the alarm clock. Another interesting fact is that there's a chemical in liquid Nyquil (not the capsules) that forces me to stay awake all night long instead of sleeping, which is backwards, too. Neurologists and sleep specialists thought I had some type of narcolepsy, but they couldn't spot it on test results, and my youngest son (whose ADHD symptoms are worse than everyone in the family, even me, and who drew the picture in my profile when he was only six) always sleeps way too much--so much that I really can't consider him his actual age because he's spent so much more of his life sleeping than others his age. If anyone hears anything that might help people like me understand more about these seemingly idiosyncratic scientific perplexities, please leave word (with links or resource info, if possible) below. Thanks so much!
Not sugar, though. We don't see significant changes with sugar outside of a tendency to be hypoglycemic from time to time, so it doesn't seem to be associated with ADHD. We all also tend to have low blood pressure and postural hypotension whether we're on high or no doses of stimulant medication, in case that's significant.
My exgf had ADHD and she reacted very strongly to cola becoming hyperactive and unable to sleep so she avoided anything with caffeine unless she was at a party. Dunno if that helps.
In the late 1980s, I went a full thirty days without caffeine: No Coke, no chocolate, no coffee, no tea, no processed foods, which may contain hidden caffeine. Well, the second day, I got this terrible migraine headache, but that went away completely on the fourth day. After that, I had this intense feeling of peace and tranquility. I would go to bed at around 11pm and wake up at 6 or 7am, feeling completely rested. Before this experiment, I thought that it was normal to wake up completely exhausted, fatigued, and ass-dragging. That was the effects of the caffeine, I learned. My stress level went down so low that I felt like Mr. Spock. I was so tranquil, so serene. Utter calmness of body, mind, soul and spirit pervaded my essence. And then, after thirty days, I goed, "One Coke won't hurt," and I've been back on the caffeine train ever since. I think that caffeine is addictive. 10.04.15 1101h09s(pdt)
rango3526 I just came off of six weeks with no coffee. Speaking of which: Did you know that there are over 700 identified chemicals besides caffeine in coffee? I'm going to make a list. Grammar: In my last comment, I said, "goed" instead of "went." I was hoping that somebody would've noticed. You're right. Chocolate is delicious. Well, I have to listen to the Rosary with Fr. Groeschel, now.
Fersomling Wow. That's a lot of chemicals. Are you referring to any type of element as a chemical, or only harmful substances? I didn't notice the grammar mistake the first time through, but now I see it. You can edit it out, I'm pretty sure, if you want.
rango3526 This is right out of left field, but I'd like to know your opinion on a song. If you will, watch Les Chanceliers - A Paris la nuit on RUclips, and tell me what you think.
Fersomling Honestly, I really like the song, it has quite a catchy melody. It sounds exactly like some song I've heard before, though, like some american 70s song. It really sounds familiar. Now, I'm too curious as to not query you. Why do you ask, and why do you ask me specifically?
More than two months ago I had huge problems with my stomach. The result is:I haven't drank coffee more than two months! Not one cup of coffee,not one sip of coffee. True story. Unlike others who say they are not drinking coffee anymore,they are not addicted and they pose with "No coffee" sign next to them,and then they change their minds and drink coffee again,I'm gonna say I'm not one of those people,what I say,I fulfill and when I say no coffee,I mean it and I do it. I'm not changing my mind. The thing is when I saw what kind of problems coffee makes for my stomach it wasn't a problem to stop drinking it and the will power to do that was and is still high. I'm not saying that a thought of drinking never crossed my mind or something,but everything is matter of habit-I was used to drink it,now I have another habit-not drinking it,and I can say that I function very well without it. I don't understand why people have so much trouble on giving up on coffee when they obviously can live very well without it and when,let's be honest,coffee is just making you addicted to it and is just messing up you brain,nothing more,like game addictions and other stuff do. Coffee mostly made my stomach a mess but also I noticed that sometimes I would feel anxiety over nothing,I have had anxiety issues connected to other stuff and one anxiety episode because of the corona virus,but this was strange,I would sit and then I would start to feel anxious for no reason and then I would remember-Oh,I drank coffee today. I'm not gonna change my mind about coffee cause I'm a type of person who needs a lot of time to decide things but when I decide something that's it,it's decided. Coffee is not good for me so I avoid it.
"I don't understand why people...[do/don't do thing that I don't/can do]". May wanna look into trying to understand why people do things differently from you - can promise it'll make you less frustrated at society.
I think one of the more fascinating things with Caffeine use is that as you use it over time your body increases those receptors for the adenosine and the caffeine seems to have less of an effect so you feel the need to have more caffeine to combat the lack of a buzz. Always see this around exams from the first week of study until the end
That is an addictive substance. It works the same in all people. If you can drink it and go to sleep....yeah, you addicted. I realized I was addicted when I was really irritated one day and getting a mtn dew made me calm. Im almost 3 years off all forms of it. Also post acute withdrawals last about a year. Most people relapse at 3 months, then around 5 month, and 8/9 months is another hurdle. Consistently these time frames are hard for people.
I think I am addicted to sleep. Whenever I go more than twenty four hours without it I get really cranky and become extremely fatigued. I think I need help.
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@soleyjonsdottir3121 Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@DavesRange Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@ThatOneOddGuy Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
I love how Coke has become so ubiquitous now that product placement probably didn't really cross any of our minds, despite that sweet, sweet crack and sip from this charming, intelligent man.
I was diagnosed with caffeine addiction ((yep, it’s a real mental disorder)) and I was drinking over 1000 mg a day of caffeine. I had migraines, insomnia, stomach ulcers and heart problems because of my four energy drinks a day ritual. I tried to go cold turkey and let me tell you, very very bad idea. My already almost non existent appetite decreased even more and I was no longer eating, I was unable to get out of bed or function and got very depressed. It got so bad I passed out in the middle of class due to fatigue and had to go home for two days. I started up caffeine again after that and was back into a normal routine. I then weened off the heavy caffeinating and drink only 400 mg a day. Weening is the way to go, and caffeine addiction is certainly very real and serious, especially for people with depression or decreased levels of dopamine. Your body itself also becomes dependent on it, hence why people who go cold turkey can experience physical exhaustion and very slow response to things.
They're actually not unhealthy. At least, not as unhealthy as you would think. No worse than coffee or tea. Most brands of pop/soda and energy drinks have sugarless versions, and most energy drinks also have added vitamins. Also, caffeine isn't unhealthy; consider that the countries that consume the most of it have some of the longest lived people in the world (Finland and Norway, both of which consume something like 200mg+ of caffeine per day per person, compared to the US at about 60mg/day/person).
I very rarely need caffeine to stay awake. And you actually become less energetic the more you have caffeine. If you were to never have caffeine in your entire life, you'd never need it. But the moment you have it, you'll never be able to naturally produce quite as much energy anymore. Albeit, it's a small amount.
Not true. For all my life up until 2 years ago (I'm 34) I had low tolerance for caffeine. I was WAY too sensitive so I didn't drink it because it made me feel Sick. Literally. I also have insomnia. So my productivity always suffered at school and work. I decided to start acclimating myself to caffeine everyday little by little. It took me a year but I can finally drink coffee and BOY has it made a difference in my life
Mostly true. Yes, caffiene is more of a psychological addictor than physiological, but it absolutely is physiological, and the physical withdrawals for a real caffiene addict can be a lot more than just a little headache and crankiness. Severe addiction can have flu like withdrawal symptoms, heart arythmias, and more. It also takes a lot less than 6-7 grams (1 gram = 1,000 milligrams) to clinically overdose. a healthy person taking three or four of those 200 mg caffiene pills at once (a received oral dose of 750-1,000 mg) can cause heart arrythmias, respiratory distress. clinical anxiety attacks, and even not far from hallucinations (usually starts at ~1,500 mg single dose, but don't try it, it's not ata all pleasant). For people with heart issues, a single energy drink, combining a regular ~100 mg dose of caffiene with taurine or niacine can cause severe palpatations and heart attacks.
I'm both physically and psychologically addicted to it. It's really, really hard to give up! I started using a lot of caffeine to counteract the exhaustion caused by my depression. It made me feel awake, alive and almost positive at first which my brain couldn’t do on its own! But it really just makes everything worse and I still keep reaching for it because I have a have never been a strong person!!! caffeine can be as bad as hard drugs for some people but no one seam to understand or even care! if the Diet Mountain Dew cans (24 or more a day) around my apartment were beer cans it would be obvious I have a problem and need help! but I'm not popping pills so who cares! I struggle against the urge to self medicate my mental health issues with worse things and I've managed to pull back my drinking so I don't become an alcoholic but no matter what I do I can't stop myself from consuming caffeine, I feel so fucking powerless to it!!!! I always say I’ll stop, or it is my last one but I know I’ll go back to it because I always do!!!! no one understand and people with real addiction just laugh at me! Maybe it is just me? Maybe I’m just some kinda freak with no self control at all! Maybe I just failed at this like everything else in my life!! I really hate the thing I have become!!!!!!
Hank! Another great video :-) Did you and your team ever consider an episode on the human body's physical healing process? For instance, how long after injury does it take your body to acknowledge the problem and initiate healing? And how do the systems work to coordinate healing? Keep up the good work! Thanks!
I used to get a rush from caffeine, but now that I've been taking in a lot of caffeine a day for 2 or 3 years (about 500-700mg per day), I don't really get that rush. It just keeps me normal, and awake. Of course, it's not uncommon for me to go 2 to 3 days without sleeping either.... I have a stressful job.
ya look up the russian no sleep experiment if you want to find out what not a lot of sleep does to you by the way you will need a strong stomanch cause the way you are going it is not healthy
John Granahan Best response ever my friend, you could of either put a nice comment or "I know lets scare the shit outa him by telling him to look up the Russian sleep experiment" I sault you for taking the latter
+John Granahan The Russian sleep experiment isn't real, its a fictional story. Also, the people in the Russian sleep experiment story were on some kind of nerve gas/stimulant, they weren't just sleep deprived.
+Harry Barron Hey then I guess look it up for kicks!! and well if its not real than its probably best though i do believe that if the russians did want to do such an experiment they probably could have at the time, also a lot of lack of sleep probably would cause some mental health problems anyway regardless of the nerve gas stimulant which was there to stop them from sleeping.
Before I quit I was consuming upwards of 3500 mg per day. I call BS on the claim that withdrawals aren't a thing. I was throwing up for a few days and had a constant headache + nausea for about 2 weeks.
Two 30oz carafes of death wish per day. My roommate doesn't drink coffee and I can't let it go to waste haha. Add in a couple macchiatos and there you go. Caffeine is a hell of a drug
Guess we can add delusions to the list of caffine side-effects. Interesting fact based entirely on speculation: Hunt down the freeman is the only "Half-Life" game that makes fans take up heavy drinking of alcohol.
After finals last year, I developed a severe stomach acidity issue (not quite acid reflux, but never got a solid diagnosis). Crippling pain anytime I ate, but was told to lay off acidic foods and drinks until the issue was resolved. I was up to 5 coffees a day (not small ones either!). Quit for over a month, no major drawbacks, in fact I actually felt more awake in the morning after the first initial week and found that I feel more energized after decaf tea or a good workout. Now I only have caffeinated beverages when I absolutely need it, like a big study day or a big workout. Try limiting caffeine intake to 2-3 times per week at most. Trust me, you won't regret it! :)
The DSM 5 includes caffeine withdrawal as a syndrome in its latest iteration. After consuming a large amount of it for many years, I quit cold turkey and had negative effects for approximately 2 months after. Incredible anxiety, like anxiety I've never experienced before in my life and that was every waking moment. I couldn't eat, I lost 40lbs in that period (weight I obviously had to lose anyway, but still). I realize this video is out of date now but Caffeine Withdrawal is seriously no joke.
Caffeine is such a wonderful gift of nature. I don´t want to imagine a world without this nice stuff. Because Caffeine keeps me going, every f***ing day. It also has a slightly antidepressant effect on me.
Your overdose information is a bit off. A person with even a relatively high tolerance can overdose with less than a gram when it is taken quickly. I know this video is several years old, but if you're still reading the comments at this point it could be helpful to fix the information. It's very possible to buy caffeine online it it's pure form and take massive doses very quickly. People who only watch this video as medical information could easily land themselves in the hospital. Thanks, guys.
+twist6124 Based on my research (a few minutes on Google), I think he meant to say that the fatal dosage was 6 to 7 grams. Consuming more than 0.5gm of caffeine can lead to a laundry list of unpleasant side effects.
I don't know where the americans got this idea that coffee is particularly stimulant and addictive to the point that giving coffee to a child is almost on the same level to give them alcohol. I drink coffee since my childhood and I usually drink about half a liter per day. I don't feel any particular stimulant effect after a cup of coffee then after drinking say a cup of milk, if I was addicted I would take bigger and bigger amounts of coffee to keep me "high". Drinking coffee here in Brazil is a cultural habit like drinking tea in England or Japan. In italy and Argentina they give wine to their children, short amounts of course, and those countries don't have a bigger average incidence of alcoholism or some other mental disorder because of that. So I don't give a damn about people who says that coffee is harmful to health, I'll just keep drinking it. Living is harmful to our health, it's because of it that we die.
I was reading this article about caffeine...I think it was on discovery news about how they think they have found a few genes that may help certain people to process caffeine. So the effects on those people would be minimal. I know myself I drink coffee all day and right up till I go to sleep and I sleep just fine. I know people though that if they drink coffee after lunch it will keep them awake most of the night. Just sucks to be them I guess
"I drink coffee since my childhood and I usually drink about half a liter per day. I don't feel any particular stimulant effect after a cup of coffee then" NO SHIT, YOU DONT SAY
+Kamugin Khan Not addicted? Then prove it by stopping cold turkey for three days and come back and tell us how you feel. My guess is you can't make it through even day one without caving in and ingesting some sort of caffeine. I promise the experience will be an educational one for you.
2:28 slight correction here, half the amount of a substance eliminated from the bloodstream does not necessarily mean you will feel half the effects. In the case of stimulants, this is almost certainly never going to be the case. This is because for stimulants (may also be the case for other drugs too) there is a "tipping point" beyond which the stimulants will take effect, below which you will crash, the crash will very likely occur well before half of the substance is eliminated from the blood.
+Naveek Darkroom if you did you would be in serious trouble. because it depletes the body of minerals, etc. it also dehydrates you and bombards your Adrenal system. He doesn't mention that though, because he's getting paid to drink a cola in the in. it's called "ad placements" This is a very misleading video.
As a recently recovered addict I find caffeine is much more powerful than I've noticed in the past. I'm truly able to listen to my body and mind so much better and it's telling me caffeine is much more powerful than I thought. In your professional opinion would my life improve even more including deeper sleep if I just totally stopped my caffeine intake ?
i used to not be effected by caffeine when i was used to drinking it all day, as most said: " i can drink a cup and go to sleep" , but ever since i stopped drinking coffee, turkish coffee to be specific, a cup now or a couple of nescafes can keep me awake all night, nicotine have nothing to do with it as i do smoke. i believe ur body builds tolerance to caffeine over time, now for me to get pleasure out of a cup of coffee, i drink one in the morning only, maybe a small one in the afternoon. i get the pleasure and my body gets the boost when i need it, say a long night drive. try it out, forget the nicotine guy, once hooked its hard to quit.
I have question. Why do people talk about how much caffeine you need to overdoes? You wouldn't do 50-100 cups because you would have a heart attack before that. Very misleading. Kids go to hospitals from energy drinks.
as guy right below your comment said,its dangerous with alcohol,as that is dangerous chemical mixture for body . kids go to hospital after energy drinks because their body is much smaller,thus dose needed to increase their blood pressure to dangerous level is lower .
Am I the only one who HATES coffee? I think it's fucking annoying, seeing nearly EVERYONE lobbing around their fucking coffee and talking about it constantly? The over-glorification just angers me. If you are always tired in the morning, just get more sleep!
Xanxei Heroin is also comforting and aromatic, and probably feels quite good when used, but becoming chemically addicted to it like everyone else will eventually kill you. Not saying coffee will kill you, but being chemically addicted to anything is dangerous.
Xanxei Yes it is. How many people do you hear spouting their idiotic mouths about how you should leave them alone because "they haven't had their coffee" yet? It's a chemical addiction.
Am I the only one who HATES anime? I think it's fucking annoying, seeing nearly EVERYONE lobbing around their fucking wafu and talking about it constantly? The over-glorification just angers me. If you are always horny in the morning, just watch normal porn!
+Madoka Kaname "How many people do you hear spouting their idiotic mouths about how you should leave them alone because "they haven't had their coffee" yet?" Some people have rituals that they don't like being broken or disturbed. it doesn't mean they're addicted, it just means they want to be left alone. there's probably people who have said the same kind of stuff because "they haven't prayed to god yet"
Is that advertisement fot Coca Cola, Red Bull and those others? Because if it is, your video is now illegal in the EU for not warning about product placement. Just saying so you don't lose your channel
As I said, it was only an observation. Unlike Americans, people in Europe don't like being bombarded by adds all the time, so there are rules limiting advertisements. Off course they aren't going to shut down his channel, because unlike Americans Europeans don't sue each other over nothing.
Out of all the presenters on this channel and even crash course, I find hank to be the most interesting to listen to. His energetic way of explaining things keeps me interested. Hank, if you read this, thanks for being so interesting. I probably wouldn't watch half of the videos if it wasn't for you!
It doesn't keep me from feeling tired, it does keep me from sleeping though. The only symptoms I have taken note of were not sleeping after recently drinking coffee, frequent bathroom use, and occasional shakes when I suddenly become nervous (but larger shakes, than if I were nervous without having had coffee). It does not make me hyper, it doesn't give me head aches if I don't drink it, it doesn't alleviate drowsiness, and I can suddenly go without coffee and still get along just the same. Other forms of caffeine don't seem to effect me.
Its not just dopamine, and its a lot more complicated than what you're saying! And no nothing effects someone in the same way it effects someone else but the mechanisms the body uses in response is the same! I'm currently studying Human Anatomy and Physiology at Uni, its very interesting to learn the actual facts as opposed to what people constantly seem to think or their opinions!
(cont) I'll add, the only reason it's just NO changing in DSM V is because people are trying to push the idea of a "behavioral addiction" because addiction has a more negative connotation on it and you can guilt/push your beliefs on people through that.
I tend to be like hank any time I'm not reading or sleeping, but once I had to do a project on why you shouldn't drink energy drinks. I drank a Go Girl energy drink before class and I was shaking for half the day. Unfortunately, not the half when I was walking home.
I love caffeine. Some people say it doesn't work on them at all, some people say it makes them tired. It makes me feel great though. I remember my first time discovering caffeine pills. I thought that was just awesome that they put it into a pill. I was off caffeine for 5 months when I found them and I used to take 2000 milligrams in caffeine pills. It just made me feel amazing and it made everything that I did feel just great. I swear I could've stared at a wall for five hours and it would've been like the most entertaining thing ever. Quitting and getting that low tolerance again is so difficult though. Quitting cold is pretty much impossible. It's definitely addictive. My mind off caffeine is the most negative thing ever. A couple hours into my first day of caffeine and I'm already thinking what's the point in quitting, it's unnecessary suffering. I need a life or death situation in order to quit caffeine cold. The only way to possibly do it is to taper off.
Caffeine Use Disorder is mentioned in the DSM-5 though the jury is still out on whether it is a cause of mental illness or not, due to the withdrawal symptoms seen in avid consumers of beverages containing caffeine.
I LOVE coffee!!! Drinking it during a stressful event calms me down ... drinking it at night helps me go to sleep. Could you please address why some of us don't react to caffeine as described in your video? Thx.
i am drinking coffee at 6 in the morning watching this. now i want to stop but the last time my head hurt so much i almost lost my job because of it.soooo priorities
Anecdotally, it seems that there is a wide variety of levels of sensitivity to caffeine: in many comments below, people indicate that caffeine does not affect them, while I am extremely sensitive to caffeine: I get the shakes if I have more caffeine than I am used to and even cutting my regular consumption by half for one day results in a splitting headache that cannot be completely eliminated with ibuprofen. If I only regularly consume decaf coffee (which is low, but not completely free of caffeine) I will still get a bit of a headache if I skip a day. This sensitivity is, interestingly, shared by my father. Any research out there on genetic differences in receptor affinities for caffeine?
I love yerba mate and guaraná. When went to Argentina and tried mate I was in love, and then came Brazil omg guaraná won my heart; that flavor its like I touch the heavens, I remember being afraid bc it has 2x the caffeine as coffee beans yet coffee makes you more jittery IDK why but point is both drinks are great.
I don't require coffee to be happy and active but it helps when I have to get up early in the morning or I have to go to a class later in the afternoon. It doesn't make me more alert, but it does make me more mellow until my body wakes up of its own accord. Sugar is the real danger. I try to avoid drinking a lot of soda. I drink maybe half a can a day with ice and that's only during weekdays. Limiting one's sugar intake from non-natural sources like soda, ice cream, etc. is a good practicing for one's health in the long run. Although it would be best to cut it out completely, everything in moderation could be a good place to start. (...because ice cream is delicious.)
The problem with coffee is that almost invariably is consumed along with heavy sugared dessert food like donuts and cakes. I remember my aunt (my mother's sister) having her daily coffee (adding like 5 spoonful of sugar) and 3 or 4 donuts. She got full-blown type-2 diabetes in her early 20s though ultimately esophageal cancer killed her at age 36. When she died it was quite a wake-up call to all of us (because we close relatives were all having the same early symptoms of hers.) My family completely abandoned caffeine and sugar and thank god we're all healthy to this date (me pushing 40 and my parents in their 70s.)
At my worst, I used to drink 2 to 3, 12 cup pots of coffee a day, that I made with bottled caffeinated water. I would also eat roughly 1/2 a pound of chocolate covered espresso beans. To keep from getting heart burn, I would go through about 1/2 a bottle of Tums every day. I discovered this was a perfect recipe for kidney stones. I don't do that any more.
According to my psychologist I have a caffeine addiction - I'm up to 2 or so strong pots per day (I think that puts me close to 2 grams per day of caffeine). So while caffeine is not a mentally addictive substance, it can create a strong physical dependence/addiction. And in people more prone to addiction, it can be addictive.
You made the common confusion between tobacco smoke and nicotine, but it was 2012... Hope now you read a bit about it. Very interesting and informative as always.
I love caffeine. I never had any problems with it but at the same time I'm very sensitive to it in a good way. I never seemed to get any of the negative side effects of it. It just makes me feel good. I remember one time after I had 5 months off caffeine I discovered caffeine pills and so I started going bit crazy with them and I'd take 1000 milligrams all at once, five 200 milligram caffeine pills and it made me feel incredible. I swear I could've sat and stared at a wall for five hours and it would feel like the most entertaining thing ever. I felt absolutely limitless. The only problem was tolerance so in like a week of doing that every day I started taking 2000 milligrams of caffeine all in one go, then the next week I increased it to 3000 milligrams. At that point it just stopped working all together. Yeah I think I can handle caffeine better than most people. Nicotine is the opposite. Always makes my heart beat too fast and makes me feel like shit and makes me really sick even when I make sure to take it properly at a moderate or even low dose.
I tried stopping to drink coffee. Little did i know was that it helped with the rhythm of the heart. I suddenly decided to drink a mug of coffee per week. It didn't help. My blood pressure was down and that caused a lot headache. Then i heard that it made heart beat faster and decided to drink one mug per day but with a smaller mug. That helped balancing my bp a lot. Except when i had iron deficiency. Then my bp bothered me, got the supplements, went on coffe, increased red meat consumption for that time, got better. Now i still drink coffee and i am rarely bothered by my bp being low compared a few years ago.
i saw doctors about my low bp. right now i only dring a mug per day. and since i am young they can't give medication because in my country some medication has age limit.
Hey Hank, can you go over Taurine sometime? I would like to know exactly what that is. Also, is it normal for someone to not feel any effects from these kinds of stimulants (caffeine, taurine, etc.)? Because that seems to be the case for me, although I do seem to have a high alcohol tolerance. I have never been drunk, and it's not for a lack of trying. Do these have any relation with each other?
Working on a 0.15 grams caffeine per kilogram body mass calculation, I need about 19 grams of the stuff to hit close to the LD50, 25 grams if doing a 0.2g/kg body mass. At that rate, I'd need at minimum ~60 Litres of Mt Dew (154mg/L) or 30 bottles in a row to get close to even the lowball figure of 19g, and at that point I'd have OD'd on the SUGAR in the drink long before hitting the concentration of caffeine!
Yeeeah! Finally someone else who avoids caffeine. I don't handle caffeinated things very well... My mind gets racing, and I literally cannot make myself focus - not even for a few minutes.
I make this frakendrink sometimes that I've dubbed matchate, a mix of a kind of powdered green tea called matcha as well as some yerba mate (not matte, Mr Green - it's not a texture). Mate has a ton of caffeine, and matcha (since it contains the whole leaf, and thus all of the caffeine, rather than simply infusing some of the caffeine away like normal teas) has a similarly high dose - make a heavy brew of matcha using mate in lieu of water and you can seriously start getting some caffeine
i was diagnosed with adhd about a year ago...which is a year after i graduated high school. I always wondered why, when in my study hall class after i started feeling tired i would drink 2 red bulls....and surprisingly enough i would fall asleep. Caffeine does not affect me whatsoever, if anything it makes me sleepy which is weird.
Then what about those who can sleep after a mug of coffee? Then there are those who experience almost no effect at all. The benefits noticed so far is it reduces the headache and lifts a depressive mood. On the hand, it tends to increase the tendency to get anxious easily when agitated.
Im 14 and I've drank coffee since i was a few months old. My dad would rub if on my mouth to get me to take medicine or get me to eat... He would even put it in a bottle during long car trips to hospitals to keep me quiet...
I've gone without caffeine before without ill effect. That, however, changed once I became a retail manager. Though I can go without caffeine, the job's long hours and...interesting schedule means that I'd be working a 10-16 hour day on potentially 3-5 hours of sleep. Which, as you can imagine, isn't gonna work out so well. So, caffeine it is for me.
People who know me know not to even try to talk to me first thing in the morning until I’ve had my coffee! Also, why are 9 year old SciShow videos being recommended to me all of a sudden?!
I've been drinking over a liter of coffee a day for 10+ years and recently I stopped drinking coffee cold turkey for about half a year, literally nothing happened during that time. If anybody has a clue how this is possible in relation to what Hank explained in the video I'd love to hear it.
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Dont you just hate it when the menu says 'Coke' but it turns out to just be soda?
no...thats never happened to me...
Dammit 'The South'!!
Isn't soda just a name for a carbonated cola drink?Being Scottish and normal I wouldn't know.
Don't you just hate it when on the menu it says "Soda" but it turns out to be Coke?
Impend Chaos This has never happened to me.
"Dedicated Habit" is such an accurate description. "This channel is awesome" is also an accurate description, thank you for what you do!
You know what is addictive? This channel!
And I don't need caffeine to trick my brain into not being tired of watching all this cool stuff! :) Keep the awesome job!!
shiran duarte I definatly agree. I work 24 hour in home hospice shifts, so a lot of quiet sitting alone time (but no actually sleep) so I watch these to keep my brain interested and thus myself more awake.
*SLAMS LIKE BUTTON!*
Disappointed he opened up a coke at the end
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
I'm gonna go to starbucks and ask if their drinks contain the chemical 1,3,7-trimethylxanthene and see what they say...
they will probably say ''dude wtf are you saying?'' and look at you with a weard face '-'
Send you to a drug dealer they know?
That is so damn hot, I don't know why.
ummmm... Ma'am, would you like fries with that?!
SEEITSNOTADDICTIVEIDONTHAVEAPROBLEM!!! *chugs coffee directly from the coffee pot*
SAME
Uses coffee chugged right from coffee pot, to wash down caffeine pills... yeah.
🤣🤣
for me and everyone else ive meet with ADD or ADHD, sugar and caffeine have a calming affect. please explain how that works.
That's actually quite interesting because caffeine actually makes me tired...
Yes, my entire family deals with ADHD to some degree, each manifesting itself differently, often depending upon their personalities and structural boundaries within their environments. Caffeine is a godsend to us, and when my kids were very young and still being closely scrutinized by us care providers, their doctor and teacher allowed me to fill their water bottle with Mountain Dew (due to its caffeine content) to drink at school so long as it wasn't see-through so the other kids wouldn't fuss about not getting Mountain Dew. Except for my daughter, we all find it usually impossible to hear and respond to an alarm in the morning, and I've found that drinking alcohol (a depressant--opposite of stimulant) before bed somehow makes me sleep less deeply, usually enough to hear the alarm clock. Another interesting fact is that there's a chemical in liquid Nyquil (not the capsules) that forces me to stay awake all night long instead of sleeping, which is backwards, too. Neurologists and sleep specialists thought I had some type of narcolepsy, but they couldn't spot it on test results, and my youngest son (whose ADHD symptoms are worse than everyone in the family, even me, and who drew the picture in my profile when he was only six) always sleeps way too much--so much that I really can't consider him his actual age because he's spent so much more of his life sleeping than others his age. If anyone hears anything that might help people like me understand more about these seemingly idiosyncratic scientific perplexities, please leave word (with links or resource info, if possible) below. Thanks so much!
Not sugar, though. We don't see significant changes with sugar outside of a tendency to be hypoglycemic from time to time, so it doesn't seem to be associated with ADHD. We all also tend to have low blood pressure and postural hypotension whether we're on high or no doses of stimulant medication, in case that's significant.
My exgf had ADHD and she reacted very strongly to cola becoming hyperactive and unable to sleep so she avoided anything with caffeine unless she was at a party. Dunno if that helps.
@ LarsaXL Lol No
In the late 1980s, I went a full thirty days without caffeine: No Coke, no chocolate, no coffee, no tea, no processed foods, which may contain hidden caffeine.
Well, the second day, I got this terrible migraine headache, but that went away completely on the fourth day.
After that, I had this intense feeling of peace and tranquility. I would go to bed at around 11pm and wake up at 6 or 7am, feeling completely rested.
Before this experiment, I thought that it was normal to wake up completely exhausted, fatigued, and ass-dragging. That was the effects of the caffeine, I learned.
My stress level went down so low that I felt like Mr. Spock. I was so tranquil, so serene. Utter calmness of body, mind, soul and spirit pervaded my essence.
And then, after thirty days, I goed, "One Coke won't hurt," and I've been back on the caffeine train ever since.
I think that caffeine is addictive.
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Fersomling Alright, that's easy, except... no chocolate??? I couldn't handle that.
rango3526
I just came off of six weeks with no coffee.
Speaking of which: Did you know that there are over 700 identified chemicals besides caffeine in coffee?
I'm going to make a list.
Grammar: In my last comment, I said, "goed" instead of "went." I was hoping that somebody would've noticed.
You're right. Chocolate is delicious.
Well, I have to listen to the Rosary with Fr. Groeschel, now.
Fersomling Wow. That's a lot of chemicals. Are you referring to any type of element as a chemical, or only harmful substances?
I didn't notice the grammar mistake the first time through, but now I see it. You can edit it out, I'm pretty sure, if you want.
rango3526
This is right out of left field, but I'd like to know your opinion on a song. If you will, watch Les Chanceliers - A Paris la nuit
on RUclips, and tell me what you think.
Fersomling Honestly, I really like the song, it has quite a catchy melody. It sounds exactly like some song I've heard before, though, like some american 70s song. It really sounds familiar. Now, I'm too curious as to not query you. Why do you ask, and why do you ask me specifically?
More than two months ago I had huge problems with my stomach. The result is:I haven't drank coffee more than two months! Not one cup of coffee,not one sip of coffee. True story. Unlike others who say they are not drinking coffee anymore,they are not addicted and they pose with "No coffee" sign next to them,and then they change their minds and drink coffee again,I'm gonna say I'm not one of those people,what I say,I fulfill and when I say no coffee,I mean it and I do it. I'm not changing my mind. The thing is when I saw what kind of problems coffee makes for my stomach it wasn't a problem to stop drinking it and the will power to do that was and is still high. I'm not saying that a thought of drinking never crossed my mind or something,but everything is matter of habit-I was used to drink it,now I have another habit-not drinking it,and I can say that I function very well without it. I don't understand why people have so much trouble on giving up on coffee when they obviously can live very well without it and when,let's be honest,coffee is just making you addicted to it and is just messing up you brain,nothing more,like game addictions and other stuff do. Coffee mostly made my stomach a mess but also I noticed that sometimes I would feel anxiety over nothing,I have had anxiety issues connected to other stuff and one anxiety episode because of the corona virus,but this was strange,I would sit and then I would start to feel anxious for no reason and then I would remember-Oh,I drank coffee today. I'm not gonna change my mind about coffee cause I'm a type of person who needs a lot of time to decide things but when I decide something that's it,it's decided. Coffee is not good for me so I avoid it.
"I don't understand why people...[do/don't do thing that I don't/can do]".
May wanna look into trying to understand why people do things differently from you - can promise it'll make you less frustrated at society.
I think one of the more fascinating things with Caffeine use is that as you use it over time your body increases those receptors for the adenosine and the caffeine seems to have less of an effect so you feel the need to have more caffeine to combat the lack of a buzz. Always see this around exams from the first week of study until the end
and that is who addictions work but know one believe that in some people it can be a problem
That is an addictive substance. It works the same in all people. If you can drink it and go to sleep....yeah, you addicted. I realized I was addicted when I was really irritated one day and getting a mtn dew made me calm. Im almost 3 years off all forms of it. Also post acute withdrawals last about a year. Most people relapse at 3 months, then around 5 month, and 8/9 months is another hurdle. Consistently these time frames are hard for people.
@@amypola5903 well this is the oldest comment I've gotten a reply on
@@phauntis yeah that was a pretty old comment that Amy replied to
@@shadowman0488 totally, can you even imagine someone replying again to the comment
I think I am addicted to sleep. Whenever I go more than twenty four hours without it I get really cranky and become extremely fatigued. I think I need help.
You are supposed do to that. Your body requires sleep
Kitty Fang
I think you missed the fact that this was a joke.
There's no way that this indicates it's intent to be funny.
Kitty Fang
Do you know what sarcasm is? Because this joke consists of sarcasm.
-.-
Yerba mate and guarana are south american herbs, guys!!!!
I came here just to tell the same. Little disapointed with this mistake.
Pretty sure that guarana is not a herb... or is it? Well, not "pretty sure" then, more like "mildly confident" then.
How can they make these basic mistakes? Mekes me wonder how many others there are and we jusy dont know...
I'm from Saudi Arabia and I know that Yerba mate is an Argentinian, how could he make this mistake ?! 😅
I'm gonna go get a coffee.
thats propably because your CYP1A2 enzymes are more active than in most people
Make sure it's extra dark. No sugar, no cream, straight from the pot like a man.
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@soleyjonsdottir3121 Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@DavesRange Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus
I don't know if someone has already brought this up, but don't Yerba mate and Guarana come from South America, not South Africa?
Yes...
"Two liters of Mtn Dew mixed with espresso shots"
I puked a little.
Bad idea
Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@ThatOneOddGuy Hi,please Confess Jesus As Lord with your mouth And Believe He Died For our sins And God Rose Him From The Dead,turn away from swearing, using God's Name in vain, making someone else sin, decieving, Praying to statues,Mary,Saints,Angels...,lying,over eating,magic,selfish ambitions, laziness, working On Saturdays(starting friday night by our time)pride,lust,hate,gossip,cigars,drugs,video games,movies,anime,idolatry(obssesions,un healthy connections to something,someone,addictions..) and that kind of stuff,Dedicate yourself To God Fully,Obey Him And Trust In Him And Jesus.
@@tati9867 Do you Believe In God?
I love how Coke has become so ubiquitous now that product placement probably didn't really cross any of our minds, despite that sweet, sweet crack and sip from this charming, intelligent man.
I don't think they are really in need of Product Placement especially through this channel. I mean c'mon, its Coke
I was diagnosed with caffeine addiction ((yep, it’s a real mental disorder)) and I was drinking over 1000 mg a day of caffeine. I had migraines, insomnia, stomach ulcers and heart problems because of my four energy drinks a day ritual. I tried to go cold turkey and let me tell you, very very bad idea. My already almost non existent appetite decreased even more and I was no longer eating, I was unable to get out of bed or function and got very depressed. It got so bad I passed out in the middle of class due to fatigue and had to go home for two days. I started up caffeine again after that and was back into a normal routine. I then weened off the heavy caffeinating and drink only 400 mg a day. Weening is the way to go, and caffeine addiction is certainly very real and serious, especially for people with depression or decreased levels of dopamine. Your body itself also becomes dependent on it, hence why people who go cold turkey can experience physical exhaustion and very slow response to things.
I drink coffee every morning, but I never drink sodas or energy drinks because of how unhealthy they are
:/ how much sugar and cream do you put in it
Army-kid Hardly any. I like coffee's natural rich/bitter flavour
And my stomach does not agree with soda
They're actually not unhealthy. At least, not as unhealthy as you would think. No worse than coffee or tea. Most brands of pop/soda and energy drinks have sugarless versions, and most energy drinks also have added vitamins. Also, caffeine isn't unhealthy; consider that the countries that consume the most of it have some of the longest lived people in the world (Finland and Norway, both of which consume something like 200mg+ of caffeine per day per person, compared to the US at about 60mg/day/person).
coffee also is unhelthy :)
I very rarely need caffeine to stay awake. And you actually become less energetic the more you have caffeine. If you were to never have caffeine in your entire life, you'd never need it. But the moment you have it, you'll never be able to naturally produce quite as much energy anymore. Albeit, it's a small amount.
Not true. For all my life up until 2 years ago (I'm 34) I had low tolerance for caffeine. I was WAY too sensitive so I didn't drink it because it made me feel Sick. Literally. I also have insomnia. So my productivity always suffered at school and work. I decided to start acclimating myself to caffeine everyday little by little. It took me a year but I can finally drink coffee and BOY has it made a difference in my life
So no... your body doesn't make up for it naturally. If it did why would anyone Ever drink caffeine in the first place.
Mostly true. Yes, caffiene is more of a psychological addictor than physiological, but it absolutely is physiological, and the physical withdrawals for a real caffiene addict can be a lot more than just a little headache and crankiness. Severe addiction can have flu like withdrawal symptoms, heart arythmias, and more. It also takes a lot less than 6-7 grams (1 gram = 1,000 milligrams) to clinically overdose. a healthy person taking three or four of those 200 mg caffiene pills at once (a received oral dose of 750-1,000 mg) can cause heart arrythmias, respiratory distress. clinical anxiety attacks, and even not far from hallucinations (usually starts at ~1,500 mg single dose, but don't try it, it's not ata all pleasant). For people with heart issues, a single energy drink, combining a regular ~100 mg dose of caffiene with taurine or niacine can cause severe palpatations and heart attacks.
I'm both physically and psychologically addicted to it. It's really, really hard to give up! I started using a lot of caffeine to counteract the exhaustion caused by my depression. It made me feel awake, alive and almost positive at first which my brain couldn’t do on its own! But it really just makes everything worse and I still keep reaching for it because I have a have never been a strong person!!!
caffeine can be as bad as hard drugs for some people but no one seam to understand or even care! if the Diet Mountain Dew cans (24 or more a day) around my apartment were beer cans it would be obvious I have a problem and need help! but I'm not popping pills so who cares! I struggle against the urge to self medicate my mental health issues with worse things and I've managed to pull back my drinking so I don't become an alcoholic but no matter what I do I can't stop myself from consuming caffeine, I feel so fucking powerless to it!!!! I always say I’ll stop, or it is my last one but I know I’ll go back to it because I always do!!!! no one understand and people with real addiction just laugh at me! Maybe it is just me? Maybe I’m just some kinda freak with no self control at all! Maybe I just failed at this like everything else in my life!! I really hate the thing I have become!!!!!!
Dude, the moment you said that machine does not require coffee just made my day. I love you for that! The whole grneral coffee craze dives me nuts
Hank! Another great video :-)
Did you and your team ever consider an episode on the human body's physical healing process? For instance, how long after injury does it take your body to acknowledge the problem and initiate healing? And how do the systems work to coordinate healing?
Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
I used to get a rush from caffeine, but now that I've been taking in a lot of caffeine a day for 2 or 3 years (about 500-700mg per day), I don't really get that rush. It just keeps me normal, and awake. Of course, it's not uncommon for me to go 2 to 3 days without sleeping either.... I have a stressful job.
ya look up the russian no sleep experiment if you want to find out what not a lot of sleep does to you by the way you will need a strong stomanch cause the way you are going it is not healthy
John Granahan Best response ever my friend, you could of either put a nice comment or "I know lets scare the shit outa him by telling him to look up the Russian sleep experiment" I sault you for taking the latter
Project:Void thanks I figured the latter might have more of an effect and actually encourage him to get some sleep if he can after looking it up
+John Granahan The Russian sleep experiment isn't real, its a fictional story. Also, the people in the Russian sleep experiment story were on some kind of nerve gas/stimulant, they weren't just sleep deprived.
+Harry Barron Hey then I guess look it up for kicks!! and well if its not real than its probably best though i do believe that if the russians did want to do such an experiment they probably could have at the time, also a lot of lack of sleep probably would cause some mental health problems anyway regardless of the nerve gas stimulant which was there to stop them from sleeping.
Hank admitted it.He loves to have COKE.
I love your channel / content. Honestly, I am SHOCKED you’re not a caffeine addict. Congrats on you!
4:07 That was so satisfying
10000 days nice
Caffeine is supposed to wake me up? Caffeine just helps me sleep for hours on end.
Same.
Seth Dickson it's sugar
Adrenal fatigue?
*consumes caffeine while watching*
So far it's my favourite SciShow video! Thanks for sharing it with us, you're awesome!!!
Caffeine does nothing but calm me down.
***** I don't know, I may... I haven't been diagnosed but I have a lot of the symptoms.
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It doesn't do ANYTHING
Toy Chica ADD and ADHD are now the same according to the DSM-5. Now there is just different types of ADHD.
300 mg a day... hahahahhha. up this if you exceed that regularly
Before I quit I was consuming upwards of 3500 mg per day. I call BS on the claim that withdrawals aren't a thing. I was throwing up for a few days and had a constant headache + nausea for about 2 weeks.
The Actual Wurst 3500 mg per day??? holy smokes
How did you take 3500 ?
Two 30oz carafes of death wish per day. My roommate doesn't drink coffee and I can't let it go to waste haha. Add in a couple macchiatos and there you go. Caffeine is a hell of a drug
Im usually around 400-420 a day. I couldnt even fathom consuming 3500 mg !
Half-Life... 3 hours... HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!!!
You....I like you.
Thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard. The real reason is that protal has 6 letters, theres 2 portal games, 6/2=3. Half life 3 confirmed!
He said 6 hours you moron
Guess we can add delusions to the list of caffine side-effects.
Interesting fact based entirely on speculation: Hunt down the freeman is the only "Half-Life" game that makes fans take up heavy drinking of alcohol.
Guess you were right
After finals last year, I developed a severe stomach acidity issue (not quite acid reflux, but never got a solid diagnosis). Crippling pain anytime I ate, but was told to lay off acidic foods and drinks until the issue was resolved. I was up to 5 coffees a day (not small ones either!). Quit for over a month, no major drawbacks, in fact I actually felt more awake in the morning after the first initial week and found that I feel more energized after decaf tea or a good workout. Now I only have caffeinated beverages when I absolutely need it, like a big study day or a big workout. Try limiting caffeine intake to 2-3 times per week at most. Trust me, you won't regret it! :)
Guarana and yerba-mate are from South America, not South Africa...
The DSM 5 includes caffeine withdrawal as a syndrome in its latest iteration. After consuming a large amount of it for many years, I quit cold turkey and had negative effects for approximately 2 months after. Incredible anxiety, like anxiety I've never experienced before in my life and that was every waking moment. I couldn't eat, I lost 40lbs in that period (weight I obviously had to lose anyway, but still). I realize this video is out of date now but Caffeine Withdrawal is seriously no joke.
You are one of the only two adults that doesn't drink coffee.
I am the other one that doesn't drink coffee! =P
Then there's three now.
It's like masturbating, some people just don+t do it (and yes they're not lying)
When it comes to masturbating, you have two different types of people. Those who masturbate and those who lie that they don't masturbate.
I can’t stand the taste of coffee... but I almost live on Red Bull :))
Great show guys!
Just one correction:
Guarana and Yerba Mate are from South AMERICA.
I don't feel the effects of coffee. Not kidding. I drink it culturally, but I go on feeling as tired as before.
+AndroZeus Are you more tired when you haven't had coffee?
Zpinn No. If I am, I don't register it clearly enough to realise.
AndroZeus Maybe you just need more sleep then. Or less stressful sleep. Or meditation. Some say 30 minutes of meditation is like a 5 hour nap.
Zpinn I don't know how to meditate. My head is always full of thought.
AndroZeus You can look up how on youtube. I've started doing it the past days.
And it's more about trying than succeeding.
i literally drank 4 cups of coffee full of sugar and basically went to sleep at the same usual time just like if nothing happened
Calm down Tweek. Drink some coffee.
Nerd Stark 😂😂😂
Caffeine is such a wonderful gift of nature. I don´t want to imagine a world without this nice stuff. Because Caffeine keeps me going, every f***ing day. It also has a slightly antidepressant effect on me.
Your overdose information is a bit off. A person with even a relatively high tolerance can overdose with less than a gram when it is taken quickly. I know this video is several years old, but if you're still reading the comments at this point it could be helpful to fix the information. It's very possible to buy caffeine online it it's pure form and take massive doses very quickly. People who only watch this video as medical information could easily land themselves in the hospital. Thanks, guys.
+twist6124
Based on my research (a few minutes on Google), I think he meant to say that the fatal dosage was 6 to 7 grams. Consuming more than 0.5gm of caffeine can lead to a laundry list of unpleasant side effects.
Overdose is taking more then the recommended dosage
Do you and CP ever get in arguments about whether or not caffeine is God's gift to humanity?
I don't know where the americans got this idea that coffee is particularly stimulant and addictive to the point that giving coffee to a child is almost on the same level to give them alcohol. I drink coffee since my childhood and I usually drink about half a liter per day. I don't feel any particular stimulant effect after a cup of coffee then after drinking say a cup of milk, if I was addicted I would take bigger and bigger amounts of coffee to keep me "high". Drinking coffee here in Brazil is a cultural habit like drinking tea in England or Japan. In italy and Argentina they give wine to their children, short amounts of course, and those countries don't have a bigger average incidence of alcoholism or some other mental disorder because of that. So I don't give a damn about people who says that coffee is harmful to health, I'll just keep drinking it. Living is harmful to our health, it's because of it that we die.
I was reading this article about caffeine...I think it was on discovery news about how they think they have found a few genes that may help certain people to process caffeine. So the effects on those people would be minimal. I know myself I drink coffee all day and right up till I go to sleep and I sleep just fine. I know people though that if they drink coffee after lunch it will keep them awake most of the night. Just sucks to be them I guess
"I drink coffee since my childhood and I usually drink about half a liter per day. I don't feel any particular stimulant effect after a cup of coffee then"
NO SHIT, YOU DONT SAY
+Kamugin Khan Yo man, In italy people don't actually give wine to their children, italy may not be the best (it's not) but c'mon, that's just a myth
+Kamugin Khan
Not addicted? Then prove it by stopping cold turkey for three days and come back and tell us how you feel. My guess is you can't make it through even day one without caving in and ingesting some sort of caffeine. I promise the experience will be an educational one for you.
+Melting Sky Don't wanna. I feel no reason to prove anything to anybody.
2:28 slight correction here, half the amount of a substance eliminated from the bloodstream does not necessarily mean you will feel half the effects. In the case of stimulants, this is almost certainly never going to be the case. This is because for stimulants (may also be the case for other drugs too) there is a "tipping point" beyond which the stimulants will take effect, below which you will crash, the crash will very likely occur well before half of the substance is eliminated from the blood.
For someone who doesn't take in Caffeine, your pretty smart.
Garret Cathers *you're
+Juan Pablo He most likely consumes coffee xD
Garret Cathers You’re*
i always go to toilet after drinking coffee
Lol just like me
Wow i go to the toilet after drinking water. What a coincidence!
Introverted Hufflepuff *diuretic
You better take u r coffee in the toilet
50 to 100 cups a day? There's no way I'd drink that much coffee in one day. I think the most I've had in a day is 3 or 4.
same.
+Naveek Darkroom I can imagine someone using a funnel at Starbucks for all that coffee
+Naveek Darkroom actually, caffeine is in so much more than just coffee, chocolate, cocoa, soft drinks, energy drinks and even some juices.
+Naveek Darkroom if you did you would be in serious trouble. because it depletes the body of minerals, etc. it also dehydrates you and bombards your Adrenal system. He doesn't mention that though, because he's getting paid to drink a cola in the in. it's called "ad placements" This is a very misleading video.
in finland we drink 6-12 cups a Day.
As a recently recovered addict I find caffeine is much more powerful than I've noticed in the past. I'm truly able to listen to my body and mind so much better and it's telling me caffeine is much more powerful than I thought. In your professional opinion would my life improve even more including deeper sleep if I just totally stopped my caffeine intake ?
aha 600mgs of caffeine anhydrous a day is no problem then. PReWOrkOUT!
I really miss Jack3d, even if it was psudo-amphetamine. It was great at LAN tournaments!
what would happen if we went faster then the speed of light
How would you know?
*than. I’m sorry I’m a grammar freak.
minetwister100 Every atom that is you would be converted to energy. In other words you would be annihilated. Completely. The end.
I wish caffeine effected me :(
If caffeine ain't impacting you
DRINK ALL THE COFFEE,
anthemlog You can drink a can of ice cold coca cola without it effecting you?
MangaEater68 Without it giving me a caffeine boost, yes. I can drink coffee and go right to bed too.
i used to not be effected by caffeine when i was used to drinking it all day, as most said: " i can drink a cup and go to sleep" , but ever since i stopped drinking coffee, turkish coffee to be specific, a cup now or a couple of nescafes can keep me awake all night, nicotine have nothing to do with it as i do smoke.
i believe ur body builds tolerance to caffeine over time, now for me to get pleasure out of a cup of coffee, i drink one in the morning only, maybe a small one in the afternoon.
i get the pleasure and my body gets the boost when i need it, say a long night drive.
try it out, forget the nicotine guy, once hooked its hard to quit.
I found this randomly now in 2020.
I'm just questioning myself how this 8 years old video looks actually good
Caffeine! Caffeine!
Caffeine! Caffeine!
I'm a bad dream
I'm a rad scene
I'm a tad mean
But I'm not,
Afraid to take you out
Yo, listen up, I heard you like it hot
Grab yourself a mug cause I made a fresh pot
I have question. Why do people talk about how much caffeine you need to overdoes? You wouldn't do 50-100 cups because you would have a heart attack before that. Very misleading. Kids go to hospitals from energy drinks.
I thought the real danger was mixing alcohol and energy drinks.
liquor before beer your in the clear
Energy drinks contain less caffeine than coffee, overdoses would be cause by people eating caffeine by itself.
as guy right below your comment said,its dangerous with alcohol,as that is dangerous chemical mixture for body . kids go to hospital after energy drinks because their body is much smaller,thus dose needed to increase their blood pressure to dangerous level is lower .
Mixing stimulants and depressives is dangerous. But that doesn't make taking giant amounts of caffeine any safer.
pepsi is better than coke
Water is better than any artificially flavored drink.
Khaki Water tastes like ass. It actually feels more dirty than soda.
no. absolutely not. never buy any pepsi products
I don’t dose on caffeine, but I do dose on SciShow. And it gives me the stimulation I need.
Am I the only one who HATES coffee? I think it's fucking annoying, seeing nearly EVERYONE lobbing around their fucking coffee and talking about it constantly? The over-glorification just angers me. If you are always tired in the morning, just get more sleep!
Xanxei
Heroin is also comforting and aromatic, and probably feels quite good when used, but becoming chemically addicted to it like everyone else will eventually kill you. Not saying coffee will kill you, but being chemically addicted to anything is dangerous.
Xanxei
Yes it is. How many people do you hear spouting their idiotic mouths about how you should leave them alone because "they haven't had their coffee" yet? It's a chemical addiction.
Am I the only one who HATES anime? I think it's fucking annoying, seeing nearly EVERYONE lobbing around their fucking wafu and talking about it constantly? The over-glorification just angers me. If you are always horny in the morning, just watch normal porn!
+Madoka Kaname it is addictive but it is not as harmful as addiction from other drugs
+Madoka Kaname "How many people do you hear spouting their idiotic mouths about how you
should leave them alone because "they haven't had their coffee" yet?"
Some people have rituals that they don't like being broken or disturbed. it doesn't mean they're addicted, it just means they want to be left alone. there's probably people who have said the same kind of stuff because "they haven't prayed to god yet"
Is that advertisement fot Coca Cola, Red Bull and those others? Because if it is, your video is now illegal in the EU for not warning about product placement. Just saying so you don't lose your channel
This video was made in 2012. If its not down in less then a week after release i doubt he would care to worry.
Jaydon Perez It was more of an observation, really... Personaly, I can't really stand this sort of advertisement either
Doesn't matter... Thank the law
As I said, it was only an observation. Unlike Americans, people in Europe don't like being bombarded by adds all the time, so there are rules limiting advertisements. Off course they aren't going to shut down his channel, because unlike Americans Europeans don't sue each other over nothing.
No, just no.
Out of all the presenters on this channel and even crash course, I find hank to be the most interesting to listen to. His energetic way of explaining things keeps me interested. Hank, if you read this, thanks for being so interesting. I probably wouldn't watch half of the videos if it wasn't for you!
It doesn't keep me from feeling tired, it does keep me from sleeping though. The only symptoms I have taken note of were not sleeping after recently drinking coffee, frequent bathroom use, and occasional shakes when I suddenly become nervous (but larger shakes, than if I were nervous without having had coffee). It does not make me hyper, it doesn't give me head aches if I don't drink it, it doesn't alleviate drowsiness, and I can suddenly go without coffee and still get along just the same. Other forms of caffeine don't seem to effect me.
This was great. Thanks for dispelling a lot of common myths I've been hearing.
Its not just dopamine, and its a lot more complicated than what you're saying! And no nothing effects someone in the same way it effects someone else but the mechanisms the body uses in response is the same! I'm currently studying Human Anatomy and Physiology at Uni, its very interesting to learn the actual facts as opposed to what people constantly seem to think or their opinions!
is it me or are these the most entertaining vids on youtube?
(cont) I'll add, the only reason it's just NO changing in DSM V is because people are trying to push the idea of a "behavioral addiction" because addiction has a more negative connotation on it and you can guilt/push your beliefs on people through that.
I tend to be like hank any time I'm not reading or sleeping, but once I had to do a project on why you shouldn't drink energy drinks. I drank a Go Girl energy drink before class and I was shaking for half the day. Unfortunately, not the half when I was walking home.
I love caffeine. Some people say it doesn't work on them at all, some people say it makes them tired. It makes me feel great though. I remember my first time discovering caffeine pills. I thought that was just awesome that they put it into a pill. I was off caffeine for 5 months when I found them and I used to take 2000 milligrams in caffeine pills. It just made me feel amazing and it made everything that I did feel just great. I swear I could've stared at a wall for five hours and it would've been like the most entertaining thing ever. Quitting and getting that low tolerance again is so difficult though. Quitting cold is pretty much impossible. It's definitely addictive. My mind off caffeine is the most negative thing ever. A couple hours into my first day of caffeine and I'm already thinking what's the point in quitting, it's unnecessary suffering. I need a life or death situation in order to quit caffeine cold. The only way to possibly do it is to taper off.
I love this old school scishow
I love caffine! I drink coffee or tea while reading, and it really works to improve my memory.
Caffeine Use Disorder is mentioned in the DSM-5 though the jury is still out on whether it is a cause of mental illness or not, due to the withdrawal symptoms seen in avid consumers of beverages containing caffeine.
I LOVE coffee!!! Drinking it during a stressful event calms me down ... drinking it at night helps me go to sleep. Could you please address why some of us don't react to caffeine as described in your video? Thx.
i am drinking coffee at 6 in the morning watching this. now i want to stop but the last time my head hurt so much i almost lost my job because of it.soooo priorities
Anecdotally, it seems that there is a wide variety of levels of sensitivity to caffeine: in many comments below, people indicate that caffeine does not affect them, while I am extremely sensitive to caffeine: I get the shakes if I have more caffeine than I am used to and even cutting my regular consumption by half for one day results in a splitting headache that cannot be completely eliminated with ibuprofen. If I only regularly consume decaf coffee (which is low, but not completely free of caffeine) I will still get a bit of a headache if I skip a day. This sensitivity is, interestingly, shared by my father. Any research out there on genetic differences in receptor affinities for caffeine?
I love yerba mate and guaraná. When went to Argentina and tried mate I was in love, and then came Brazil omg guaraná won my heart; that flavor its like I touch the heavens, I remember being afraid bc it has 2x the caffeine as coffee beans yet coffee makes you more jittery IDK why but point is both drinks are great.
I don't require coffee to be happy and active but it helps when I have to get up early in the morning or I have to go to a class later in the afternoon. It doesn't make me more alert, but it does make me more mellow until my body wakes up of its own accord. Sugar is the real danger. I try to avoid drinking a lot of soda. I drink maybe half a can a day with ice and that's only during weekdays. Limiting one's sugar intake from non-natural sources like soda, ice cream, etc. is a good practicing for one's health in the long run. Although it would be best to cut it out completely, everything in moderation could be a good place to start. (...because ice cream is delicious.)
The problem with coffee is that almost invariably is consumed along with heavy sugared dessert food like donuts and cakes. I remember my aunt (my mother's sister) having her daily coffee (adding like 5 spoonful of sugar) and 3 or 4 donuts. She got full-blown type-2 diabetes in her early 20s though ultimately esophageal cancer killed her at age 36. When she died it was quite a wake-up call to all of us (because we close relatives were all having the same early symptoms of hers.) My family completely abandoned caffeine and sugar and thank god we're all healthy to this date (me pushing 40 and my parents in their 70s.)
I started my day with this video. It woke me up just fine.
At my worst, I used to drink 2 to 3, 12 cup pots of coffee a day, that I made with bottled caffeinated water. I would also eat roughly 1/2 a pound of chocolate covered espresso beans. To keep from getting heart burn, I would go through about 1/2 a bottle of Tums every day. I discovered this was a perfect recipe for kidney stones. I don't do that any more.
Even with tapering down using decaf and Teeccino herbal coffee there are some real withdrawal symptoms, sleep, however, is already better
According to my psychologist I have a caffeine addiction - I'm up to 2 or so strong pots per day (I think that puts me close to 2 grams per day of caffeine). So while caffeine is not a mentally addictive substance, it can create a strong physical dependence/addiction. And in people more prone to addiction, it can be addictive.
You made the common confusion between tobacco smoke and nicotine, but it was 2012... Hope now you read a bit about it. Very interesting and informative as always.
I love caffeine. I never had any problems with it but at the same time I'm very sensitive to it in a good way. I never seemed to get any of the negative side effects of it. It just makes me feel good. I remember one time after I had 5 months off caffeine I discovered caffeine pills and so I started going bit crazy with them and I'd take 1000 milligrams all at once, five 200 milligram caffeine pills and it made me feel incredible. I swear I could've sat and stared at a wall for five hours and it would feel like the most entertaining thing ever. I felt absolutely limitless. The only problem was tolerance so in like a week of doing that every day I started taking 2000 milligrams of caffeine all in one go, then the next week I increased it to 3000 milligrams. At that point it just stopped working all together. Yeah I think I can handle caffeine better than most people. Nicotine is the opposite. Always makes my heart beat too fast and makes me feel like shit and makes me really sick even when I make sure to take it properly at a moderate or even low dose.
I tried stopping to drink coffee. Little did i know was that it helped with the rhythm of the heart. I suddenly decided to drink a mug of coffee per week. It didn't help. My blood pressure was down and that caused a lot headache. Then i heard that it made heart beat faster and decided to drink one mug per day but with a smaller mug. That helped balancing my bp a lot. Except when i had iron deficiency. Then my bp bothered me, got the supplements, went on coffe, increased red meat consumption for that time, got better. Now i still drink coffee and i am rarely bothered by my bp being low compared a few years ago.
i saw doctors about my low bp. right now i only dring a mug per day. and since i am young they can't give medication because in my country some medication has age limit.
I used to consume 2-3 grams of Caffeine per day. It gave me some extreme mood and sleep swings, to say the least.
Hey Hank, can you go over Taurine sometime? I would like to know exactly what that is.
Also, is it normal for someone to not feel any effects from these kinds of stimulants (caffeine, taurine, etc.)? Because that seems to be the case for me, although I do seem to have a high alcohol tolerance. I have never been drunk, and it's not for a lack of trying.
Do these have any relation with each other?
Very good! I love that you post your references in the comments. Makes it alot more trustworthy. Thumbs up
Working on a 0.15 grams caffeine per kilogram body mass calculation, I need about 19 grams of the stuff to hit close to the LD50, 25 grams if doing a 0.2g/kg body mass.
At that rate, I'd need at minimum ~60 Litres of Mt Dew (154mg/L) or 30 bottles in a row to get close to even the lowball figure of 19g, and at that point I'd have OD'd on the SUGAR in the drink long before hitting the concentration of caffeine!
Thanks. Now I know more about caffeine. And because I know more about caffeine I can enjoy caffeine more responsibly.
Yeeeah! Finally someone else who avoids caffeine.
I don't handle caffeinated things very well... My mind gets racing, and I literally cannot make myself focus - not even for a few minutes.
There are people overdosing on powdered caffeine because of how potent it is. Can you talk about that form of caffeine?
plz do a vid on the neurologic, genetics, erc. on ADD and/or ADHD
I make this frakendrink sometimes that I've dubbed matchate, a mix of a kind of powdered green tea called matcha as well as some yerba mate (not matte, Mr Green - it's not a texture). Mate has a ton of caffeine, and matcha (since it contains the whole leaf, and thus all of the caffeine, rather than simply infusing some of the caffeine away like normal teas) has a similarly high dose - make a heavy brew of matcha using mate in lieu of water and you can seriously start getting some caffeine
i was diagnosed with adhd about a year ago...which is a year after i graduated high school. I always wondered why, when in my study hall class after i started feeling tired i would drink 2 red bulls....and surprisingly enough i would fall asleep. Caffeine does not affect me whatsoever, if anything it makes me sleepy which is weird.
Love the "caffeine may feel pretty addictive but it's more of a dedicated habit" line Hank!
Then what about those who can sleep after a mug of coffee? Then there are those who experience almost no effect at all.
The benefits noticed so far is it reduces the headache and lifts a depressive mood. On the hand, it tends to increase the tendency to get anxious easily when agitated.
what about adderall? I've been prescribed it for my adhd and would love to learn more about it from scishow!
Im 14 and I've drank coffee since i was a few months old. My dad would rub if on my mouth to get me to take medicine or get me to eat... He would even put it in a bottle during long car trips to hospitals to keep me quiet...
I've gone without caffeine before without ill effect. That, however, changed once I became a retail manager. Though I can go without caffeine, the job's long hours and...interesting schedule means that I'd be working a 10-16 hour day on potentially 3-5 hours of sleep. Which, as you can imagine, isn't gonna work out so well.
So, caffeine it is for me.
Perfect video! Clear-cut and informative
People who know me know not to even try to talk to me first thing in the morning until I’ve had my coffee! Also, why are 9 year old SciShow videos being recommended to me all of a sudden?!
I've been drinking over a liter of coffee a day for 10+ years and recently I stopped drinking coffee cold turkey for about half a year, literally nothing happened during that time.
If anybody has a clue how this is possible in relation to what Hank explained in the video I'd love to hear it.