I am not a regular consumer of energy drinks. Occasionally, I will buy and drink a can of a specific store brand energy drink, especially when the day is really hot. I enjoy the flavour.
What I’ve been taking note is that, usually, two days after drinking it, I will feel extremely psychically tired. I can sleep normally, even better, to a degree, have more dreams and even feel more mentally active during that period but after those 48 hours, I get extremely tired, to the point I can fall asleep if I stay still for to long. I can maintain myself awake if I remain active.
The drink itself has no unusual ingredients - taurine, guarana, caffeine, ginseng - but for some reason I am still unable to understand, it is the only one that affects me like this.
Note 1: I do not drink coffee. Caffeine from real coffee somehow alters my blood pressure radically. These energy drinks do not.
Note 2: I once drank one specific energy drink - a Battery - that kept me awake and functioning for nearly 60 hours. I was physically unable to sleep. When whatever kept me going ran out I slept for 30 hours straight.
Has anyone ever went through something like this?
First, it’s well established that energy drinks are HORRIBLE for your health.
Second, look at the ingredients, large amounts of sugar and a drug.
Yes, energy drinks can make you feel worse after the effects of sugar and the drug wear off.
I don’t get sugar rush. If I go wild on sweets I get an upset stomach and usually just throw up to purge whatever excess sugar can stil be removed. Have been like that since I was a kid.
Have you been checked for hyperglycemia?
Completely healthy. And I eat a balanced diet and have a moderately physical job, which keeps me active. I’ve talked to doctors and except for the one that received me when I had my episode with extremely high blood pressure, none risked even an hypothesis for what could be affecting me with these drinks.
The big problem is the massive amounts of sugar. Diabeatus in a can.