Surely this is how a healthy human is supposed to live.

2 hours? That sounds marvelous! Right now I get all caffeinated and then tether myself to a headset for 8 hours lol

That's why I made my work buy me a wireless headset.

That way when I'm locked in a 5 hour call for something I have no input on or care about I can at least get up and make myself a few cups of coffee
- locked in a 5 hour call for something I have no input on or care about
  
  You are living my nightmare.
- Do you ever have to note or recall information afterwards? Because for me it wouldn't be the sitting in a call for 5 hours part that would be the problem, it would be someone asking me to tell them anything that happened in it that would be the problem. I couldn't even tell you who was in it
- now wander the space with a golf club or baseball bat
- What headset are you using? I've got a big ass nose cancelling headset I use on my personal computer, but it's a bit much for work - especially since I have to be on camera occasionally.
- So you're telling me there's are jobs where i don't have to do anything for 5 hours at a time?
- At that point I unplug my headphones and let the speakers do it so I can wander the room and not be literally tied down.
- They won't give us wireless ones unless there's some kind of medical exception... The managers get them but we don't. I would buy my own but every time I try to use any of my own equipment IT freaks the fuck out about it
lol

Typical ADHD reaction.

You're dependent on caffeine, you get withdrawal symptoms if you have none.

This is why I use cocaine and Adderall instead.
- Caffeine gives me FAR worse withdrawal symptoms than my prescription Adderall. Caffeine also just really fucks me up in general, I think I have a caffeine sensitivity or something or maybe it's just the GAD I have. The worst part is I really like caffeinated drinks and I convince myself "the caffeine won't be bad" and chug a monster or coffee or something, then I feel extremely high stress like I'm on the verge of a stroke for the next few hours lol
  
  Also caffeine destroys my sleep more than my brain alone already does
- How's the court cases coming Donnie?

I'm in this photo and I don't like it 😂

My understanding is that caffeine doesn't give you energy but instead blocks the sense of tiredness.

Basically carbs and fat give you energy, if we’re talking the literal term. I think protein does too but it’s less.

But stimulants do unlock mental resources. I believe caffeine induces a fight or flight state (what I’ve heard; haven’t studied this), one aspect of which is the body decides to make more energy available at the cost of faster breakdown.

Dopaminergic stimulants give your body the sense it’s pursuing something important. So the same zap of released resources called “motivation” that you’d get if you suddenly realized your favorite person in the world is outside, you can also get by taking adderall or cocaine.
- Only if you take it once though. If you drink coffe regularly, you only get withdrawal symptoms if you have none instead. Coffeine has no stimulating effect if taken regularly.

Caffeine is fine as long as you stretch often to keep arteries open, and sleep 12 hours a day.

4 hrs mostly, 6 hrs max.

Sleep is for the dead, permanently disabled, or "retired".

My pending heart attack is looking real fucking relaxing. Hopefully permanent.
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Isn't 12 hrs a bit overkill?
- You're making your heart work harder. You also need to rest harder as a result, to avoid accumulating damage. There is a lot of interpersonal variance, though, with different bodies and genetics.
  
  300mg is a lot of caffeine, mind you.

I see your caffeine and raise with amphetamines.

For the ADHD crowd this is often literally how it works.

No stimulants? My restless leg will shake this whole building down. With stimulants? I can sit there at my desk, happy as a clam.
- That's just stimulant withdrawal. The whole jittery restless leg thing. I seen studies linking rls to ADHD and one study pointed out symptoms lessen with stim use. However the studies don't further examine this connection. Is Big pharma blocking the studies? The peer reviewed study should be done on rls on ADHD medicated people vs ADHD non medicated. If the studies are not done it shows they don't want people knowing what some of those stims they prescribe can do to you if you are not careful.
  
  That shit will change everything about you if you are not careful. From your brain to your gut micro flora biome that shit can seriously change you. And I've had people who had 0 knowledge of my use tell me I've changed. And it's scary when someone randomly tells you one time that you've changed. And you've been noticing you've changed but were wondering what exactly changed and if it's just in your head or if anyone has noticed. And I was going to get into how it changes you but I won't I'm sure for anyone who cares they can find it on Google. Just know it's like the glassy eyed dog saying I'm fine while everything around him is on fire burning. The eyes represent having recently ingested a stim. And I will say it's scary when someone randomly tells you you've changed. And you're not sure what they mean until you quickly realize what they meant. Your voice is more monotone and flat than ever. You barely have any emotions to things around you the emotions you do have is mostly anger caused from an overinflated ego and withdrawal. Or it's just a pure blissful state where literally anything can happen right now and you wouldn't give a shit because you on that dose. On top of that. You can barely take a proper shit anymore because the natural microbiome flora in your gut has been completely devastated from whatever the fuck stim. And they say the gut is connected to the brain. I'm saying it seriously changes you people.
  
  All that from one pill 2 or 3 times a week. I can't even imagine if I went ahead and did it everyday as recommended. They(doctors) even recommend you to just power through some of the negative symptoms for weeks because they say over weeks they gradually get better the more tolerance you build. They want you to take that shit until you forget what you are normally like. Like that meme of the dog where everything is burning down around him and he's just big glassy eyed saying I'm fine.

it's interesting seeing a bunch of anxious people go exacerbate anxiety with caffeine. so many fuckin annoying encounters

Yeah they really should be on Adderall like a fucking adult.
- Adderall is so much more chill than caffeine

Weightloss pills!

I just got to the dentist after having too much coffee, so this definitely tracks

He makes your gums bleed, so you attack back with coffee breath. Nice!
- My dentist is honestly awesome and good at not doing that or poking where it hurts. It's why I drive 2 hours one way for these appointments.

I don't need you calling out my 2:00 AM Tuesday ritual.

I read this mid sip of coffee at my workststion.

i'll admit to almost spitting out my energy drink snorting

Lightweights lol. Anyway I'm not getting any thinking dinner unless my caffeine to blood ratio is at least 2:1.

I need my brain to jitter; not my body. 😬

Honestly for the best. Without my trifecta of amph+caffeine+nicotine (vape ofc smoking is eww and unhealthy) I don't think I'd bother getting out of bed but that's just an ADHD moment.

Try 400 and just stand around gawking

Sounds like a plan. Jacking up your heart rate and increasing your blood pressure aren’t great things to do before you start rigorous activities.

Or just...don't,?

Ffs grow up and find some self control people.

You just put so many psychiatrists out of business
The amount of people addicted to caffeine who don't even know it is crazy high.

The costs of withdrawing for some are higher than others, so for these people quitting isn't just a day or two of headaches, and possibly their life doesn't afford them the luxury of going through the pain and low productivity

Many factors play into it rather than just low self control, in case you're wondering why you got down voted.
- Also self control is not a fun thing to think about.
Self control is a road to many abilities, some of which are considered unnatural, such as not drinking coffee. My personal favorite is to connect to points in space time together, to create a hole to crawl from one side to the other, for example, to connect the university of Tubingen and Boulogne-sur-Mer.