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Geronimo
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What do you guys think about caffeine?
#19356163 - 01/01/14 08:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Good evening, First off, I have not been able to go and pick shrooms for myself, YET. It will soon happen, though.
Now, here is what I'm making this thread for:
What do you guys think about caffeine and how it affects your health/mindset?
I am addicted to caffeine. It's not a horrible addiction and luckily it is my only addiction (besides sex, maybe.) But neither of these slight addictions are bad or out of control. Hell, I would hardly label caffeine as one of my addictions if I didn't get big migraines and feel really sick if I don't have a soda after like 24 hours. I only need a soda or two a day and I'm fine, and I don't crash until I start 'withdrawing'. I work out daily. Most of my family has diabetes, though. So when I stop drinking sodas, I feel really tired and have a headache. I'm wondering if this is due to natural low blood pressure or If it is just caffeine leaving my body. Caffeine, on the same account, keeps me motivated when I don't have any buds or haven't done any psychedelics for like a month. At the same time, I hardly ever lucid dream anymore when I drink soda, and on top of that, I think it makes anxiety easier for me to get. I don't know if I should stop or not, yet. I know I should stop drinking soda eventually so I don't get diabetes like my father and grandfather. But I don't know if I should stop soon. Here is a list of pros and cons to my caffeine 'addiction'
PROS ----- -Attributes to my Happiness -Helps keep me Motivated -Wakes me up in the morning/helps me stay up during long nights
CONS --------- -Worsens anxiety (when life has it's stressful moments, much like when people try to smoke a cigarette to calm down when they are breaking down, which only worsens their emotions.) -Really hard to lucid dream/remember dreams at all  -Migraine and lack of energy after ~24 hours without caffeine.
What do you guys think of caffeine? Should I stop? Is it worth it? What drinks would you recommend to replace my sodas? I enjoy sweet teas and teas like red tea. Dislike lemon teas. Would rather not drink sleepytime and black tea. Does caffeine affect your ability to remember your dreams or dream lucidly? If not, how do you go about lucid dreaming? I don't know to stop or not. I miss lucid dreaming, but I'm afraid I'll lose my extra motivation, which I cannot afford. Afterall, motivation in life is what makes us rich, famous, and understand the universe better. Smoking keeps me motivated for a few days, and LSD (better than sliced bread) keeps me motivated and happy for like a month. However, I can't always smoke due to my job and I rarely stumble upon lucy.
All help is appreciated. Happy New Years!
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cez

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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Geronimo]
#19356547 - 01/01/14 11:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I enjoy caffeine. I think it's a great psychoactive drug
Does caffeine really heighten anxiety in situations that inhibit anxiety? Makes perfect sense but never dawned on me..
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Nova

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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: cez]
#19357093 - 01/02/14 02:20 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I avoid it. I find it amusing our society runs on a perpetual stimulant binge but still judges those who prefer other types of drugs. Call it mild, but since I never drink caffeine, if I drink a whole coffee I tweak the fuck out and even need to sometimes take a xanny im so wired and panicky.
Almost all teas come in decaf, and there are caffeine free teas like ginger tea. Fruit juices, or just plain old water are other options.
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birdland

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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Geronimo]
#19357344 - 01/02/14 05:13 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I love a waking up to strong coffee!
OH fuck yes. Perhaps with a cigarette too? I mean I don't have those nasty little things often but man, that's made my morning right there. Life's about balance, I think caffeine addictions are not good, but ime they're easy to stop and not exactly very physically addictive.
I drink a coffee or 2 each day plus a tea or 2 and I can go camping for 5 days, consume no caffeine, and feel absolutely no withdrawl symptoms.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: birdland]
#19357408 - 01/02/14 06:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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mood impairment and thats it when i withdraw from caffeine but i basically live on coffee and fags seeing as studying
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birdland

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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Mrdbrewer]
#19357412 - 01/02/14 06:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't even get mood impairment but I guess my caffeine intake is just moderate
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Icyus
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: birdland]
#19357435 - 01/02/14 06:38 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Caffeine and meditation gives nice cevs and sometimes oevs... never getting tolerance on it though... that ruins it big time..
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Icyus]
#19358267 - 01/02/14 12:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Its just a pretty shitty stimulant. I cycle caffeine with amphetamine, honestly I feel much better when I replace a couple cups of coffee with 8-16mg of amphetamine. I sleep better, I feel more mentally alert, and I don't get a headache from the constant come up and come down of caffeine. Nowadays if I take caffeine I take it slowly during the day like an extended release.
-------------------- Everything I say on here is not true, I am an insecure person who lies about doing drugs and stuff to make myself feel good. So any illegal things I may have talked about are all fictional.
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Geronimo
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: SteelPanther]
#19358484 - 01/02/14 01:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's a curious thing to do. Just straight up amphetamine powder or are you talking about pharmaceutical amphetamines? I've dabbled in both a bit and I enjoy amphetamines greatly but I always grind my teeth, which is strange because I hardly grind my teeth when I take MDMA on occasion. I'm wondering if this would be even less healthy than caffeine in the long run though, too.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Icyus]
#19358497 - 01/02/14 01:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Icyus said: Caffeine and meditation gives nice cevs and sometimes oevs... never getting tolerance on it though... that ruins it big time..
I find it really difficult to meditate sober/just on caffeine. I have no idea why.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Nova]
#19358503 - 01/02/14 01:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nova said: I avoid it. I find it amusing our society runs on a perpetual stimulant binge but still judges those who prefer other types of drugs. Call it mild, but since I never drink caffeine, if I drink a whole coffee I tweak the fuck out and even need to sometimes take a xanny im so wired and panicky.
Almost all teas come in decaf, and there are caffeine free teas like ginger tea. Fruit juices, or just plain old water are other options.
What does ginger tea taste like? Ginger ale-ish?
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SteelPanther


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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Geronimo]
#19358588 - 01/02/14 01:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Pharmaceutical. What worked really well for me last year and this year (although I haven't been doing things on a schedule this year) was 2-4 says a week of amphetamine and the rest caffeine, but I always took 1 day a week off. I have tried other cycles like caffeine for a couple weeks then amphetamine for a couple weeks and that is no where near as good and I actually hate doing that because I ended up feeling pretty worn out.
-------------------- Everything I say on here is not true, I am an insecure person who lies about doing drugs and stuff to make myself feel good. So any illegal things I may have talked about are all fictional.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: SteelPanther]
#19358819 - 01/02/14 02:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Tea; Camelia Sinensis
thing otherwise labeled tea; hot water extract.
-------------------- And thus begins the reverse-fusing of our one-dimentional understanding, and adds ever-expanding perspectives, in depth and number; splitting our perception, and in so doing, seemingly irrationally, creates yet more one-ness, with all that ever was, is and will ever be, streching across the infinite, inunderstood concept of everything, percievable and not.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Nova]
#19359404 - 01/02/14 04:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nova said: I avoid it. I find it amusing our society runs on a perpetual stimulant binge but still judges those who prefer other types of drugs. Call it mild, but since I never drink caffeine, if I drink a whole coffee I tweak the fuck out and even need to sometimes take a xanny im so wired and panicky.
Almost all teas come in decaf, and there are caffeine free teas like ginger tea. Fruit juices, or just plain old water are other options.
Yeah. I have the same but...no benzos either. It's a euphoricish high, fine once in a while. Stims(chronic use) suck though. Imagine your sober skill is your base skill level and your wired skill just adds to your base skill. So, if your stimming all the time. It's like running before mastering walking.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Positive]
#19359406 - 01/02/14 04:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sippin a fat cup of coffee now. I love caffeine. it's a wonderful thing
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birdland

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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Gorlax]
#19360006 - 01/02/14 06:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Gorlax said: Sippin a fat cup of coffee now. I love caffeine. it's a wonderful thing
Joining you in 5
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: birdland]
#19360087 - 01/02/14 06:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Today reminded me of one quality I really like about caffeine, its synergy with amphetamine. I decided to do a whole lot of studying today and still am, I'm just taking a break. 1 strong cup of coffee really amps up a light amount of amphetamine.
-------------------- Everything I say on here is not true, I am an insecure person who lies about doing drugs and stuff to make myself feel good. So any illegal things I may have talked about are all fictional.
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Geronimo
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: SteelPanther]
#19360140 - 01/02/14 06:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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SteelPanther said: Today reminded me of one quality I really like about caffeine, its synergy with amphetamine. I decided to do a whole lot of studying today and still am, I'm just taking a break. 1 strong cup of coffee really amps up a light amount of amphetamine.
I used to take my friend's adderall back in high school because he didn't like taking it but his parents made him, so he just gave them to me instead. I'd take 30mg IR and drink a giant (44 oz) coca-cola on my way to school in the morning and be tweaking and submerged in euphoria right until about 3rd period. After some crashes at 11 A.M I decided to take XRs instead when he was prescribed them due to poor grades (lol). But yes; caffeine and amps mix really well, I just get jittery.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: Geronimo]
#19361059 - 01/02/14 10:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I like it.
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Re: What do you guys think about caffeine? [Re: GreySatyr]
#19362154 - 01/03/14 05:48 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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GreyMorph said: I like it.
It's the wake in wake and bake. Otherwise, it would just be bake.
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