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?

  • bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 days ago

    I dont exactly believe theres any correlation here, Im skeptical. It sounds like you would need to consult a doctor or specialist of some kind to get any answers or get a study done, none of what youre talking about is normal.

    • qyron@sopuli.xyzOP
      2·
      19 hours ago

      I’d feel honored to become a test subject but I really don’t think I’m that interesting. Well… Unless I could get my hand on a six pack of Battery Energy Drink. If one can kept me awake for roughly 60 hours, a whole pack would get going for half a month non stop. The down side would be the time I would be out after. And the amount of food I’d eat.

    • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I agree. There’s far too many variables even if OP is a reliable narrator.

      Why their metabolism of caffeine (half life is only 5 hours normally) is so slow is what I’d look into first with a doctor. A tiny fraction of people metabolize caffeine extremely slowly due to genetic variations in the CYP1A2 enzyme apparently. Another reason is…liver disease.

      Also, just coffee “radically” altering their blood pressure. Huh? Elaborate OP.