Comments on: Is Caffeine Addictive? http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive The world's largest database of caffeine amounts, caffeine positives and negatives, energy drink pros, cons, and reviews.. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-2#comment-114384 Josh Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:16 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-114384 Caffeine is not addictive. The effects that happen to the body, because of caffeine, are the desired result. I never did drugs because I like drugs. I did them because I liked their affect. Caffeine is not addictive. The effects that happen to the body, because of caffeine, are the desired result.

I never did drugs because I like drugs. I did them because I liked their affect.

]]> By: amber http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-2#comment-78094 amber Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:17:37 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-78094 although it is interesting to see different sides because i am writing a speech about caffeine but dont you guys have anything better to do than argue about if caffeine is or is not an addiction? although it is interesting to see different sides because i am writing a speech about caffeine but dont you guys have anything better to do than argue about if caffeine is or is not an addiction?

]]> By: Courtney http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-2#comment-47533 Courtney Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:05:04 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-47533 wow. that is some weird stuff wow. that is some weird stuff

]]> By: Mark James http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-35104 Mark James Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:31:58 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-35104 There is no such thing as caffeine addiction. I'm a pretty heavy caffeine user. Really tolerant to the stuff. Just this friday I downed a bottle of upshot with an empty stomach. Its got 200mg of caffeine in a 4oz bottle. I barely noticed. About a month ago I decided to see if I really would have withdraw symptoms from caffeine. I didn't drink any caffeine for three days and didn't notice a thing. Afterwards I downed a can of that orange rockstar. Caffeine addiction is a load of bull. There is no such thing as caffeine addiction. I’m a pretty heavy caffeine user. Really tolerant to the stuff. Just this friday I downed a bottle of upshot with an empty stomach. Its got 200mg of caffeine in a 4oz bottle. I barely noticed. About a month ago I decided to see if I really would have withdraw symptoms from caffeine. I didn’t drink any caffeine for three days and didn’t notice a thing. Afterwards I downed a can of that orange rockstar. Caffeine addiction is a load of bull.

]]> By: Dr.Nuke http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-28974 Dr.Nuke Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:29:41 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-28974 To John: I never said sleep*less*ness. I said I was getting 7-10 hours of sleep per night (please re-read my comments), more than what should be nessisary. I ate right, I was doing a lot of running (started suddenly, hence the tendonitis, the tendons in my foot didn't have time to develop to match my running), and my lethargy started in Oct.-Nov. '05 when I first got off caffiene, and kept up until summer '06 when I gave up on staying off it and got back on. It probably wasn't the ibeprophen (starting in spring '06: I'm not saying that it didn't make things worse) that caused the fatigue (already present), but I find it interesting that adding caffiene back into my diet at the start of summer pretty well cured my lethargy. I don't recall being hungry all the time during that time period, and later during the summer made a point of low calorie dieting for a few weeks with no real cravings or other physch problems, but I definately muscle tone. Further note on needing the ibeprophen that long. I didn't stop running for more than about 2 weeks, and probably didn't need to be on the anti-inflamitory meds for as long as I did, but I wanted to be sure that was the last time I had to put up with the tendonitis for a while. I stopped when I finished the bottle I had been useing. More recently, I got off caffiene for a couple of weeks (break between fall and winter quarter) and noticed the same sort of lethargy and tiredness as I'd expirianced in the past. I wasn't on any sort of anti-inflamitory drug, or any drug at all, I was giving my body a rest for the break so I could get back to the daily caffiene suplimentation I'm on. I also noticed that I was more irritable and more easily angered for the first few days I was off. To John: I never said sleep*less*ness. I said I was getting 7-10 hours of sleep per night (please re-read my comments), more than what should be nessisary. I ate right, I was doing a lot of running (started suddenly, hence the tendonitis, the tendons in my foot didn’t have time to develop to match my running), and my lethargy started in Oct.-Nov. ’05 when I first got off caffiene, and kept up until summer ’06 when I gave up on staying off it and got back on. It probably wasn’t the ibeprophen (starting in spring ’06: I’m not saying that it didn’t make things worse) that caused the fatigue (already present), but I find it interesting that adding caffiene back into my diet at the start of summer pretty well cured my lethargy.
I don’t recall being hungry all the time during that time period, and later during the summer made a point of low calorie dieting for a few weeks with no real cravings or other physch problems, but I definately muscle tone.
Further note on needing the ibeprophen that long. I didn’t stop running for more than about 2 weeks, and probably didn’t need to be on the anti-inflamitory meds for as long as I did, but I wanted to be sure that was the last time I had to put up with the tendonitis for a while. I stopped when I finished the bottle I had been useing.
More recently, I got off caffiene for a couple of weeks (break between fall and winter quarter) and noticed the same sort of lethargy and tiredness as I’d expirianced in the past. I wasn’t on any sort of anti-inflamitory drug, or any drug at all, I was giving my body a rest for the break so I could get back to the daily caffiene suplimentation I’m on. I also noticed that I was more irritable and more easily angered for the first few days I was off.

]]> By: thegrossboy http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-27255 thegrossboy Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:38:04 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-27255 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine jeez, learn to use google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine

jeez, learn to use google

]]> By: Cannyone http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-27153 Cannyone Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:40:06 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-27153 Oh so you expect me to believe a "study" funded and published by the "American Beverage Association"? Well I don't think so, as they obviously have a vested interest. And while I'm not a medical professional, I do have personal experience that contradicts their conclusions. Now you probably don't develop an addiction to caffeine as readily as some other substances. I would suggest that is the reason this "study" failed to produce the results that other medical professionals have observed. But I won't go on, I'm sure no one here wants to be confused by other people's experience, or observations. But I do have one question: Just what is "Taurine" really? Oh so you expect me to believe a “study” funded and published by the “American Beverage Association”? Well I don’t think so, as they obviously have a vested interest. And while I’m not a medical professional, I do have personal experience that contradicts their conclusions. Now you probably don’t develop an addiction to caffeine as readily as some other substances. I would suggest that is the reason this “study” failed to produce the results that other medical professionals have observed. But I won’t go on, I’m sure no one here wants to be confused by other people’s experience, or observations.

But I do have one question: Just what is “Taurine” really?

]]> By: John vane http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-26258 John vane Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:41:39 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-26258 I've come into this discussion late but I can actually add some facts about caffeine having taken part in a Military study on the effects of caffeine on high performance and conversely the effects of caffiene withdrawal on performance. The first thing to note is that while caffeine does initially make you more alert, increases your reaction speed and has other physiological effects such as increasing blood flow to muscles the more you drink the less effective it is until it reaches the point where it has absolutely no effect whatsoever. So, for example, in the case of someone studying all night drinking cup after cup of coffee to keep them awake its far more likely to be the getting up and walking around to make the coffee or the continual urinating that is keeping them awake. The second thing is that as far as the famous withdrawal affects go any minor symptoms that may result such as headaches and such are commonly exacerbated because of dehydration as people do not replace the coffee with other fluids such as water. It is also worth noting the people who may drink a couple of cans of caffienated sodas a day don't complain about withdrawal when they stop drinking them. Mainly because they drink other fluids. As far as Dr Nuke and his sleeplessness and lethargy goes I would think that he should look no further than the ibeprophen as anti inflammatories taken for that length of time can certainly cause that type of fatigue. In fact that is an astonishing length of time to take such a high level of that medication for tendonitis. I'm only surprised he isn't complaining of reflux being hungry all the time and losing muscle tone which are other common symptoms of taking the drug long term. I’ve come into this discussion late but I can actually add some facts about caffeine having taken part in a Military study on the effects of caffeine on high performance and conversely the effects of caffiene withdrawal on performance. The first thing to note is that while caffeine does initially make you more alert, increases your reaction speed and has other physiological effects such as increasing blood flow to muscles the more you drink the less effective it is until it reaches the point where it has absolutely no effect whatsoever. So, for example, in the case of someone studying all night drinking cup after cup of coffee to keep them awake its far more likely to be the getting up and walking around to make the coffee or the continual urinating that is keeping them awake. The second thing is that as far as the famous withdrawal affects go any minor symptoms that may result such as headaches and such are commonly exacerbated because of dehydration as people do not replace the coffee with other fluids such as water.
It is also worth noting the people who may drink a couple of cans of caffienated sodas a day don’t complain about withdrawal when they stop drinking them. Mainly because they drink other fluids.

As far as Dr Nuke and his sleeplessness and lethargy goes I would think that he should look no further than the ibeprophen as anti inflammatories taken for that length of time can certainly cause that type of fatigue. In fact that is an astonishing length of time to take such a high level of that medication for tendonitis. I’m only surprised he isn’t complaining of reflux being hungry all the time and losing muscle tone which are other common symptoms of taking the drug long term.

]]> By: mike http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-25714 mike Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:40:42 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-25714 yea, well dr nuke you dont seem to have any idea what your saying, every point youve tried to make has been 100% subjective. robert is completely correct in saying that any one can get addicted to anything. now why do people consume caffine in one way or another? because it helps them wake up. dr nuke, why dont you try sleeping more before you go saying that caffine is so terrible. you can become dependent on caffine easily, everyone knows this. but you can not become addicted. addiction is a term to be used for something truly 'addictive', like nicotine. without nicotine, for people who are addicted to it, they become aggitated and after enough time basically all around pissed off. dependency is in no way shape or form worse than addiction. addiction is what happens with certain narcotics, ex cocaine, heroin, amphetamines. also, as to your first post, dont use terms designed for heavy narcotics, like 'fix', in association with caffine. do you ever see people skinny to the bone with winter coats huddled up in a corner shaking because they think they are freezing to death; and all they are thinking about is when they can scrap together money for their next fix of caffine. michael, again caffine isnt addictive. in your case you are using the drug caffine as a preformance enhanching drug. your using it to help get more work done and focus. thats not addiction. from what you have said your using it as a sort of ampetamine. robert, you seem to be the only other person without a prior bias towards this, even better you actually know what you are saying. yea, well dr nuke you dont seem to have any idea what your saying, every point youve tried to make has been 100% subjective. robert is completely correct in saying that any one can get addicted to anything. now why do people consume caffine in one way or another? because it helps them wake up. dr nuke, why dont you try sleeping more before you go saying that caffine is so terrible. you can become dependent on caffine easily, everyone knows this. but you can not become addicted. addiction is a term to be used for something truly ‘addictive’, like nicotine. without nicotine, for people who are addicted to it, they become aggitated and after enough time basically all around pissed off. dependency is in no way shape or form worse than addiction. addiction is what happens with certain narcotics, ex cocaine, heroin, amphetamines. also, as to your first post, dont use terms designed for heavy narcotics, like ‘fix’, in association with caffine. do you ever see people skinny to the bone with winter coats huddled up in a corner shaking because they think they are freezing to death; and all they are thinking about is when they can scrap together money for their next fix of caffine.

michael, again caffine isnt addictive. in your case you are using the drug caffine as a preformance enhanching drug. your using it to help get more work done and focus. thats not addiction. from what you have said your using it as a sort of ampetamine.

robert, you seem to be the only other person without a prior bias towards this, even better you actually know what you are saying.

]]> By: Robert http://www.energyfiend.com/is-caffeine-addictive/comment-page-1#comment-25599 Robert Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:51:56 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/2006/12/is-caffeine-addictive#comment-25599 Brian, it seems that by that definition, pretty much any medicine--or, indeed, any chemical that one uses in order to alter the body in any way--is addictive. Brian, it seems that by that definition, pretty much any medicine–or, indeed, any chemical that one uses in order to alter the body in any way–is addictive.

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