Caffeine occurs naturally in several plants. Caffeine can also be chemically synthesized. It is found in high doses in coffee, soft drinks like cola, some medicines, in tea and chocolate. In some things it is found in higher proportion that the others. Like tea and chocolates are not as high on caffeine as the other things mentioned above.
Since it is found in such everyday routines that we follow year after year, like drinking coffee, that many a times the cases of caffeine overdose are reported where the patient has overdosed without being aware of it.
Symptoms of Caffeine Overdose: Several symptoms can be noticed in a patient which are a result of caffeine overdose, like spasms, insomnia, confusion, experiencing unconsciousness, hallucinations, convulsions, frequent urination, increased thirst, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, experiencing difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat, and death.
Caffeine overdose can also affect children if not treated in time. Children get overdosed on caffeine via the medicines they are being given. Their symptoms include, shock, irregular and deep rapid breathing and heartbeat, Low BP, fever, nausea, vomiting, and numbness in fingers. Again in children also caffeine overdose can be fatal.
Trying to give up caffeine may result in withdawl symptoms and cause headache, nausea, and depression. Other symptoms may include Irritability, restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, muscle stiffness, and hot flashes or chills. It’s a better strategy to cut back on caffeine consumption slowly and space it out in several days instead of trying to give it up at once.
If you or someone you know has o be treated with for caffeine overdose. Self-help is not a good idea. Visiting the doctor and letting him find out the sources that resulted in over consumption of caffeine overdose will help the treatment to start faster and on the right track.
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Hi, Just reading up on the net about caffeine over-doses.
Well, yesterday, i went through hell.
I was at work and just tired, so i whent to the chemist and bought caffeine pills.
so as i got back to work, tired as i was feeling, knowing i still got afew hours of work ahead, i decided to take some of them pills,
1 pill is .200mg
i took 5 in one go and drank them down with 2x Redbull.
at first nothing happend, then after 10 mins, i felt a sudden rush of energy.
but this was not for long. after about 30 – 35 mins, i was feeling abit dizzy, but carried on working.
about 40 mins, i started to feel sick, but did not vomit!
so about 1 hour had passed and i noticed i was feeling strange, but still able to work.
by the time i was off home, i already felt diss-orientated, and had a strange tingling sensation in my hands and legs.
as i got home, i head to the bathroom to vomit.
then i came out and had to go vomit again.
i tried to drink water to keep my hydrated, but as soon as it went down, it came back up.
for about 2 hours i was in and out between the bathroom and living room,
then i just thought bed is the answer.
but even then, i had intense stomach cramps, dizzyness, the room felt like it is spinnig, and my heart was just pounding.
the cold sweat all over the body did not make things easy either.
i was just in a complete world of fear.
i was thinking i should call an ambulance, but i never. I drank water constantly and vomited it back out again.
then trying to sleep was a complete no go.
i was finding it hard to breath by this point, and the feeling of what i would call a body shut down was kicking in.
i noticed i was not able to move fast and at times not at all.
i had a bag next to the bed, were i kept vomiting in. I knew this was going to be a long and painfull night up coming, and yes, calling an ambulance did cross my mind every few seconds.
minutes seemed like hours.
and just laying in bed feeling my heart thumping in strange paterns. time fast, times slower but always with allot of force.
as the night when on, i just decided to stop trying to take in water, and go to the extreme.
i just shut my eyes, and hoped for it all to end, then what happend from 12am – 1:50am i do not recall much.
but as i woke up, my body was all numb. not just on the out side, but also inside.
it was really strange. I went to the toilet for a pee. then i started getting cramps in my stomach again, so i tried to drink a little water,
this time it stayed down.
but my stomach felt hungry,
by this time feeling around my body was coming back.
i got 1 piece of toast and slowly ate it.
amazingly it stayed down.
but i still had that strange diss-orientaion for a few seconds.
Then i decided to go to bed and rest.
i was then awake till about 3:40am and then must fallen asleep.
when i woke up in the morning,
i had a massive head ache and stomach pains, wich i was already expecting to have du to vomiting so much.
In some ways, i can see my self lucky that i managed to survive that.
but, all i can say to anyone who reads it.
never try to be clever, and think about what u do,
i see my self as lucky, it could have gone extremly bad and who knows what could of happend.
Have a nice day
-Marilyn
how long did the numbness last because the same thing happened to me but the numbness wont go away please reply back
Be careful with too much caffeine, it can really mess you up.
Hi there,
While I’m writing this my ands are shaking. Heart is beating like hell, i drank 2 cups of strong coffee and 1 litre of strong energy drink, i haven’t slept for 16 hours, so I thought that would do some help. It didn’t. I can’t sleep now, I feel screwed like hell. Tried vomitting – got nothing to vomit. Drinking water constantly. Helped a bit. StillI’m shaking… Need to survive,
Luck to me
Darius
Hi,
My daughter had on January 2,2009 convulsion attack due to consumption of Coca Cola. My daughter is 6 year and half old. She drank about 2 liter of coca cola for a night. We were terrified and scarred to death for her health condition. Second attack repeated on January 07,2009.
Is this really effect of overdose of caffeine? Please somebody else comment experience.
today i had 2 iced coffees and 2/3rds of a bottle of straig redbull(its a small bottle 10x the strenght of one redbull) i felt sick at first and a little bit hyper but thats as far as it went i still feel sick 3 hours later but no vommiting am i ok?
Hi, i’m 14 years old. I had the same problame, when i brought 9 cans of red bull one morning, and decieded to drink them throughout the night so i could stay awake. on the last can i took a huge swallow of the drink.
Then all of a suden i started to get strange side effects, i.e frequent stomach cramps, dissieness, thirstyness, restless and most certainly nervousnessand shakeing.
I thought i was going to pass out, as my heart was pounding extreamaly fast, eventualy i got into bed, still feeling these side effect.
I remember falling asleep at about 4:00 am then wakeing up at 8:00pm.
The next day i didn’t feel too bad, (shakeing and nervousness had gone) but still had slight stomach cramps, as i spent the day in town with my friends.
I now feel so glad and lucky im okay, as this is a week before the event.
The only reason why im writing this, is to tell people what to expect.
Now i have disscontinued drinking any energy drinks, and have learnt a lesson
Alex
Hope all of you above are okay,
After a fishing competition and very little sleep I had to drive a 1000km on my own. I drank a bottle of filter coffee, 2 cans of Coke, 3 cans of Red Bull and 3 cans of Burn during the 13 hour journey.
With my arrival at home i drank alot of water and went to bed. Diarrhea and vomiting started followed by intense stomach cramps. Early hours of the morning went to hospital to obtain help for suspected food poisoning. After two nights in hospital and some reading it is clear that caffeine overdose was a contributing cause.
The sellers of all caffeine containing products should have warnings on maximum caffeine consumption to protect idiots like me.
I experienced the same thing as the first poster. I took five 200mg pills in the span of about 5 minutes, came home and vomited up more than I thought could exist in my stomach.
It’s been almost 16 hours now and I’m still fairly shaky and nauseous. Does anyone know how long this stuff stays in your system?
as i am writing this… i am feeling extremely sick… i had 15 tablet of caffeine pills… and they are 100mg each…. i am now experiencing heavy heart pounding and constant vomiitting even thought i have nothing left to vomit….. i have no idea what to do but to hope that i wil survive this event… and here is my advice o everyone out there… dun take energy drink or caffeine tablet too often…. god bless and pls pray for me that i may survive this event
i pray for you but did you feel numbness
I’m writing this as a warning to people who may not realize that caffeine is found in many medications such as midol, excedrine migraine, and other similar drugs. I made the mistake of taking midol and excedrine migraine about 4 hours apart from each other. It was not the best idea, but I was dealing with cramps and an intense migraine. Unfortunately, I had a rather bad reaction to this combination. I didn’t realize why I felt so bad until several hours later. I felt very dizzy and disoriented and my hands were tingly. I was also very thirsty. I tried to eat some dinner a couple of hours later and within minutes I was in the bathroom throwing up. I ended up calling poison control who told me that it was enough to make me sick, but that I probably didn’t need to go to the hospital. After a few hours the vomiting stopped, but I continued to experience diarrhea for several more hours. I woke up today feeling significantly better, but still not normal. I have been unable to eat much and remain very very thirsty. It was the scariest thing because I didn’t realize that caffeine could do that to you and I definitely didn’t think that midol or excedrine migraine would. Make sure to pay attention to the caffeine in drugs like this and avoid taking them with pop, energy drinks, or other products containing caffeine.
man i am so happy to hear all you are alive and well and just survived this scary episode….
my case is the same i had to stay awake for 24 hours to take a test… i live in ft. lauderdale and had to drive to jacksonville to take a test at 8.30 am. it is a 350 mile drive and abo 5 hours to get there without getting lost or stopping. so i left at 12.45 at night hoping to make it on time…
mind you i have been awake since 11 pm and now it’s 1 am in the mourn. so i began with a 5 hour energy drink at midnight, followed by a big can of redbull 30 minutes later while driving.. i stopped at gas station and got another can of rebull around 2.30 in the mourn… kept driving then stopped at another gas station around 4 am and got drank another 5 hour energy followed at the same time with big cup of coffie.. now its 7 am in the mourn i am close to jacksonville to take the test but i am lost,
now at this point i have been awake for 20 hours straight, and the test i am taking is 6 hours long. so i stop at a gas staion for directions and pop another 5 hour energy, i finally find the school at 7.45.. im all right, then around a hour later while taking the test…
i begin to get thirsty, light headed, and then my legs begin to shake then my body, then my hands and i begin to feel numb all over even my face is numb, i am scared out my mind i thought i was dieing. for half a hour i just shook non stop while seated taking this test. i was so scared so far from home, ii got some relief when my face stopped being numb.. but my body kept shakeing after a hour later close to 10 am i begin to get back to normal but i have been awake 23 hours.. when the test finished i had to drive back home test ended at 1.30… now i have to go the jorney back home.
i stopped at rest area drank some water tried to go to sleep but couldnt, not hungry cuz the caffine killed my appitite… drove all the way home.. arrived at home at ten at this point i have been awayke for almost 36 hours.. tried to sleep but was parinoid wanted to eat but no hunger. did not know how to sleep so i drank 5th vodka threw up an passed out at 1.30.. and now i tell you my story a day later, still in disbelief..
we really have to think before we do stuff, i never heard of caffine overdose, but i never had a seziure ethier… that is some scary scary stuff.. i hope it never happens to anyone else.
hey
im 16 and i drank one bottle of red bull last night
adn it gave me very bad side affects….like my heart was beating irregulary
like fast and really slow and then i couldnt breath
i went to bed and my legs were shaking..and heart was still beating fast and
slow and sleep just wouldnt come, like my eyes wont reamin open
i would close them and they will snap themself back open
in the morning i had really bad cramps, and stomach ache
BUT i was just wondering that i know people they drink 6-10 bottles of red bull and the
they get all these side affects but why does even ONE give me such bad side affects???
some one answer
Hey, be careful, some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others.
I as an adult had to give it up completely because the smallest amount, even what is in a can of soda, gives me similar side affects to what you’ve heard of people who have taken caffiene pills.
If you are having poor side affects even from a single can of Red Bull, you may want to consider giving up caffeine completely. The problem for me at least with caffeine has become worse as I age and not better.
I’m 14 years old. I went to a party tonight and I was really tired so I took 4 caffeine pills with 2 monsters. My hands are shaking like crazy and I feel like throwing up but I can’t. I tried to eat alot if food so the caffeine would motabolize and it helped a little. I have a terrible head ache and my arms are numb. My stomach hurts alot but I think I’ll survive it. I don’t know the exact amount of caffeine I took in but I weigh 170 pounds so I think I can handle it.
Trying to stay awake while driving home in the dark for hours I drank half a can of monster energy drink. After about 45minutes, I didn’t have any more energy than before so decided to drink a iced coffee. Still not much energy. After about 1 hour, it all hit me at once. First a pounding headache then extreme shaking, nasea, heart palpitaions, anxiousness, numbness in the face and hands and was wide awake for hours!!! While trying to fall asleep I became confused and lightheaded. Next day had a massive headache and still naseous and dizzy. This was the most Awfull, Horrible and Scarey thing that’s ever happened to me! Had no idea there was a such thing as caffeine overdose! Please tell everyone you know about the hazards of caffeine!
My mother and I once went to a little coffee shop on a military base that she loves. We both ordered a large frappuccino with an extra shot of espresso. Usually I get a medium size drink from starbucks, but it was early morning and I had to be up all day, so I was like “why not?” I was so wrong. After I had the drink, a few hours later, my breathing began irregular, but I thought nothing of it. Then my heart started beating a little faster than usual, again thought nothing of it. By 5 pm, it was hard to breathe and my heart beat was speeding. I told my mom, and she immediately know I had caffeine overdose. She told me to drink water and eat slices of bread. This way, I could pee it all out. After doing that for about an hour and a half, I felt a lot better. Since then, I’ve only drank a cup of coffee every other month. I’m too scared it will happen again
Whew. Friday night I had a caffiene pill and two cups of coffee with dinner.
Saturday around noon I started feeling sick.
Had diarrea for forever. I was running to the bathroom every five minutes.
Finally I threw up. I felt much better.
I slept from around 10 til 3, got up and got a drink of water.
It came right back up, with mostly bile.
I feel like I got run over by a truck, but I think I’m past the worst of it.
That was absolute hell.
16 espressos in 4 hours. Thank god its caffeine overdose i felt like it was the onset of e. coli poisoning. Still not good tho – cold turkey tomorrow.
Aside from the shaking and mild attacks (panic) and nausea, I’m relatively okay. I think. It’s 2:01 AM and I am wide awake drinking de-caf tea and water; watching an oldie with my poodle on the couch.
I’m 13 and I had 2 pre-packaged iced mochas from Starbucks today. I woke up around 1 AM to a random heat flash. I got up to use to the crapper, feeling somewhat bloated, and then I had the sudden urge to vomit. I didn’t.
My throat went dry and I went to my mom for help. Y’know, paternal comfort.
She cussed me out. :/
Anyway. I’m having serious gas problems and burping. A lot of empty “air” and major stomach acid secretion. God, I don’t think I’ll be able to go back to sleep. I have fucking school tomorrow, too. FML.
FUCK YOU, CAFFEINE. FUCK YOU.
Right now my hands are shaking like crazy, and I can’t sleep even though it is 3:26am. At around 9pm-
ish I had an energy drink called Nos. I’ve never had it before but I had a project to finish so I figured I’d
try it. I feel like I am going to throw up but I haven’t yet, my heart/chest feel weird and I am kinda
freaking out. I never knew caffeine could make me feel so bad! I also have school tomorrow (today?) and
I doubt I’ll be sleeping. Dear God, let this be over, please!!!
I am on 25mg Adderall XR (taken orally when I wake up) to help with my concentration and level my mood swings (I’m diagnosed bipolar with generalized anxiety). (I’m also on Klonopin…forget the dosage…used as-needed for anxiety and/or to help my insomnia at night. I take it at night, hoping it will help me fall asleep.)
Yesterday I took my AM dose of Adderall, worked my full-time day administrative job and my part-time simpler job on 4 hrs of restless sleep, and took the Klonpin and smoked a bowl to help me fall asleep. Midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am (this morning)rolled around and I still couldn’t sleep, so I fiddled around my apartment before deciding to drive to my full-time job around 5:30am. I stopped for food so I could take my Adderall (6am), went to the office and did some work, and started the coffee pot since I was there hours earlier than anyone else.
Between 8:30am and 2pm I had two pots of coffee by myself and took some home in my travel mug for the half-hour drive around 2:45pm. By this time I was convinced several times over that I was going to die, then snapped out of it. My heard was beating so fast, often irregularly, that it felt like it was trying to push its way out of my chest. My breathing was/is varied: slow and stressed, rapid and painful, slightly normal. My whole body feels funny and my limbs feel tingly. My insurance co-pay in the ER is ridiculous for my income, so I’m not going there. I now notice at 10:50pm that my symptoms are lightening, but far from over. Its 11pm and my shift is over, so I’m driving to my boyfriend’s house so I’m not alone…I don’t want to fall asleep and aspirate, as I feel nauseous but have not thrown up yet.
My boyfriend got sick with food poisoning from work, so I took him to the ER at around 11PM on Monday. We didn’t leave until 7AM Tuesday. Because of the whole ordeal and other things that I had to do, I wasn’t able to finish my college homework (one paper, studying for an exam, and two drawings for art class). I was tired because I hadn’t slept since I woke up at around 1PM Monday afternoon. So, I thought it would be a great idea to pull an all-nighter with the help of two NOS Powershots, Odwalla SuperFood drink (the green one), a Focus Vitamin Water, and a crapload of beef jerky.
Big mistake. Jeez, I’m an idiot…
Got most of my paper done, but at around 3AM Wednesday, my brain simply wasn’t functional. Thought it was just the side-effects of a caffeine crash. So, I tried unsuccessfully to go to sleep. But my body was wide awake, and the cramps had begun. I was having incredible diarrhea and severe nausea to the point that I didn’t know which end to point at the toilet. 5AM rolled around, and I found myself in the bathroom puking my guts out (it was GREEN…). I was too hot and too cold at the same time, incredibly dizzy, and exhausted, but too buzzed/in too much pain to fall asleep. So, I just laid on the bathroom floor feeling miserable until 10Am rolled around, and I had to get my sorry ass up to take the aforementioned exam. Feeling like crap the whole time (and glad I happened to be seated right next to a garbage can), I had to keep rereading questions to understand what they were asking. It was Wednesday and I hadn’t slept since Monday. My brain was totally fried.
The exam was over, and I was thoroughly prepared to skip Japanese history (my second-favorite class…) in favor of getting some sleep. I dizzily made it back to my dorm and collapsed on my bed, but still couldn’t fall asleep. Still too hot and too cold at the same time. And for a long time, I wished I didn’t need to breathe. Was swimming in and out of consciousness until 3PM, when I forced myself to get up and finish my paper (which is due on Thursday, tomorrow). Managed to get it done. But I was feeling too sick to have eaten or drink anything. My stomach felt like it was burning on the inside, and the burning is STILL working it’s way through my intestinal tract…
Now it’s 9PM Wednesday, and I still gotta finish my drawings… They’re also due tomorrow. I’ve only recently felt good enough to eat two slices of bread and sip some water. I’m still dizzy and slightly confused/irritable, my head hurts, I’m too hot and too cold at the same time, and now my muscles feel really weak. Even the water bottle I’m using feels heavy, and I hurt a little all over. But I no longer feel like my guts are trying to tie themselves in knots, and while I’m still having diarrhea, I think the worst of it has passed, and now I just gotta finish the drawings quickly so I can make up for the sleep I’ve lost… I’m also hoping to finish this water bottle to make up for the insane amounts of fluid (and thus potassium, causing the muscle weakness) that my body has been using to flush this toxin out of my system. I don’t think I’ve ever urinated more in my life… And now I’m hoping that when I finally go to bed, I’ll be able to stay asleep for more than 5 minutes at a time…
For the love of the Planet and the Heavens, please let this be over by tomorrow…
I had just experienced one a couple hours ago.
I’m a 23 year old male
After a night of drinking to celebrate a birthday, woke up this morning well dehydrated and bought an drank both an energy drink and a cup of coffee that morning. Around 3pm i was in the middle of a lab full of like 30 people. I felt like I couldn’t think straight and I felt lagging behind trying to take down information. I had a little upset stomach, but i thought that was just from me being hung over. say maybe 20 min later seemed like hours. I was basically kneeling down on one knee against a table trying to breath cause my heart was racing and i was shaking. i have no idea how no one noticed what i was wrong. Luckily there was a loud generator running and that is possibly why. I felt my heart rate keep increasing and i was thinking all crazy. my heart rate hit its peak and than resided which was much relief. Trying to keep conversations with people and doing various harmless experiments was extremely difficult during the experience. I can still feel the crashing effects right now. During the attack i knew why it happened since I have experienced overdosing on accident before. If it would of been my first time I’d prob be in a hospital right now. It was the Scariest experience of my life.
First experience was when i was like 16. After downing 3 energy drinks during snowboarding over the period of 6 hours all. got home that night and tried to go to bed. couldn’t sleep, and it hit me. It felt like half my brain was all numb and I couldn’t think straight. I started freaking out and ended up waking up my parents. I was hyperventilating as they were asking me questions cause they thought I have been drugged or something. After telling them more info about the events of the day. My mother being a nurse determined it was a caffeine overdose. and than I just laid in bed for hours shaking. woke up the next morning fine.
yeah,
Just want to say be careful with medications like midol, etc. Took four in one 24-hr block for pms cramps, drank several cups of tea and a cup of coffee and had some adverse effects. The next day I thought I was ok so I drank a cup of coffee. I’ve been suffering ever since. So-o just a warning to anyone that reads this, careful with medications w/ caffeine, they could cause an overdose.
I’m going through one right now. I’m 16 and yesterday I had drank two bottles of tea. It was a hot day and I really wanted something to drink and that tea was my favorite. I realized they had free refills and I thought that was amazing because no other place had free refills so I finished my cup and immediately got another cup. I drank it all down. I didn’t feel anything until I got home that night. I felt exhausted and I really wanted to sleep but somehow I knew if I tried, I would fail. At 12am I went to bed anyway. I tossed and turned for a little more then an hour and then decided to go downstairs to surf the web since I couldn’t sleep anyway. By this time, my fingers and about halfway down my palms were all tingly. When I lay down my heart starts beating irregularly and I feel like I can’t breath. I seriously thought I was going to get a heart attack and die because of how hard it felt for me to just take a breath of air. I also felt like puking but I didn’t. It is 2:47am now and my hands are still tingly. I tried drinking water and after I went to the bathroom, I started to feel a bit better. My hands are still tingly, and my whole body especially my feet feel all anxious and trembly like the way I get when I’m about to talk in front of everybody in my class. I’m so tired but I’m thankful that I’m getting better. Hopefully this will all be over by tomorrow.
I had my first and last caffeine overdose 3 days ago.. I took about 5 or 6 200 mg caffeine pills and before I knew it I was going through all the crazy side effects you all went through, I did vomit one time and still didn’t feel too much better. Finally after laying in bed for a good 2 hours, making noises because of the discomfort I was in. My boyfriend convinced me to go to the hospital and thank god I got my ass in the car to go cause they got me fixed up pretty quick, IV with Pepcid and Zulfram (i think that’s how yah spell it) and IV fluids for a while, so if you aren’t gonna go to the hospital, go get yourself Pepcid AC, one tablet every 12 hours, immodium AD for the diarrhea and get a lot of fluids down. Overall, scary experience feeling like you’re gonna die. Go to the hospital! I’m on my 3rd day of recovery, immodium is keepin the diarrhea under control and still taking the Pepcid and occasional Pepto. Feeling much better today than yesterday.
Okay so I am writing 4 essays tonight that will determan whether or not I graduate high school, well I have drak about 10 cups of coffee in about a 4 hour period…NEVER DO THAT! I just vomited 4 times, everytime I swollow anything, I am only drinking water now, i get this feeling in my throat and want to vomit again. My body is freezing, I can’t stop shaking and I am so dizzy I can hardly think to write my essays. Even brushing my teeth at this point makes me vomit. Ugh and I only found out about caffeine posioning tonight because of this. I am so kicking myself in the rear its not even funny!
I’ve always been a heavy coffee/soda drinker and I get godawful headaches if I don’t have caffeine at some point during the day, but when I was 16 I made the mistake of taking like 4 caffeine pills and drinking a couple of energy drinks.
My heart started pounding like crazy and then getting irregular, I felt like I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t stay still, I kept trembling and shaking, and I found all dizzy and disoriented. At one point I actually did faint but I was alone, so nobody called the ambulance. Thank god I didn’t aspirate or anything.. Anyway, I woke up and my stomach felt like the worst cramps ever so I went to the toilet and stayed there.. I ended up vomiting over and over again. All I can remember thinking was “please don’t let me die!!” A few hours (and a lot of water) later I started to feel better but that shit is scary!
Watch how much caffeine you take and be very careful with it. It *is* a drug and it *can* kill you if you’re not careful. And if you think you’ve overdosed, go to the hospital. It’s better to be safe than sorry, even if it does end up costing a bit of money.
Well I wanted to go out with my friends for a night of drinking and after only getting 3 hours sleep the night before I decided I would take some caffeine pills, I generally have a high tolerance for caffeine. I took about 3 grams/15 200mg pills in the span of 1 hour. I was also quite drunk at this point in time. Consumed about 4 litres of beer.
So the combining to factors made for a restless night filled with Vomiting every 20minutes and Disorientation along with fast heartbeat and severe shaking and cramping throughout my body. I was unable to consume any water without vomiting it back up right away, So in the morning I was extremely dehydrated so I headed to the ER to get a IV so that I could get some fluids into my system.
Its the day after and I still cannot consume any liquids or fluids so Im probably gonna have to head to the ER again to get another IV done or else I will have severe dehydration.
Probably the stupidest thing Ive ever done in my life and Most definately the worst night of my life.
So hard to keep water down right now, takeing like 5ml sips every 10 minutes and feel like absolute Shit.
lmao… yup been there before. Took 10 Nodoze tablets one night in one handfull and wow i was so sick i wanted to die. Couldent even get up. Puked like crazy. My face and hands and arms and legs went numb. I felt incredably sick and my body felt horrid. One of the worst nights ever. I called poisan controle (note to others if you overdose on anything and think your going to die call poisan controle ASAP.) The lady on the phone told me this. I needed to take about 6 times what i took to overdose on nodoze tablets. (pure caffein) And i would be feeling extreamly uncomftorble for about the next 6-8 hours. Yea that was extreamly true. Just ride it out thats all you can do unless u took a life threatning dose. Your night will suck but you wont die. My Fiance srank 5 extra streangth energy shots one night and the same thing happened too her. I talked her threw it though and she was fine the next morning. Exact same thing happened to her so i knew exactly what she was going threw.
Never, Ever, I mean…Ever going to drink coffee or any sort of caffeine contain drinks. This was one of the most horrible experience, I have ever felt. I mean, it just pop out so ironically and unexpectedly. I was terrified. In my head, and the way my body felt; this was my last day. In a matter of seconds, my crazy irregular heartbeat pace is going to stop; and I was going to die. August 31,2010. JUST BECAUSE OF DAMN COFFEE. Cause of death: Coffee. Noooo, I don’t want to die because of coffee.
Personally, I am hardcore coffee drinking. Like it black as always. But, dang, that changes today! Silly, dumb, mistake, of drinking 3 cups of tea, and 3 pots of coffee. I didn’t know this caffeine overdose actually exist. Went into a frenzy of trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. I swear, just to think you are going to die… is so terrifying. And, not knowing what to do is just as horrible. Numerous time, I thought I should call the ambulance. Thou, I am SOOOO HAPPY, I found this website. Give me a sense I am not going to die. Just keep my body in a cleansing cycle of detoxify, and stick it through. All you people went through it, and it inspire me to! Still battling some symptoms but it’s not as bad. Want to live this day and share my experience and let people know, about this EVIL caffeine consumption.
Thou, I am sticking with decaf, if I ever need a glass x.x
i downed two pots of coffee within 15 min i was fine at first then it hit me with diareeah, vomiting, shaking, jitters, i was slightly halusinating and seeing things while at work. i still have numbness of left fingers and left arm as well as pain and numbness in my neck and left breast… my heart still feels likes its gonna pound out my chest, i was sure that i was having a heart attack or stroke or something. kinda feel like i wanna die right now. pretty lame. anyway imma try to do the bread and water thing. problem is i am dead tierd but too afraid to fall asleep. what else to do i dunno