Current Events > Those who drink multiple energy drinks to get through a work day

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have you tried other alternatives to keep your energy up?

like narcotics? NO!

I have my coffee at home in the morning

About every other day I have an energy drink from the gas station on my lunch break as well

The days I don't have one I'm ok but I'm pretty tired by late afternoon. Such as today.

A redbull lasts me about 4 hours

I would rather die than give up my energy drinks.

Itt: a tween tells adults how to get through the day

Just be awake more. Boom. Just have more energy. Boom.

no one on fandom.gamespot.gamefaqs.com is less than 35 years ago. it is definitely possible to get through a 10-12 hour shift without energy drink and perform well on a weekly basis :) :) :) :)

Fable posted...

I would rather die than give up my energy drinks.

For a lot of us this is how it's gonna go lol.

For years I've been having Bing, which is a local product to Colorado, instead of Red Bull or monster because it is slightly better to ingest than those. But all that caffeine & such has to get pissed out eventually, & you need to have good uptake of other healthy foods to balance it if the caffeine is a must

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

no one on fandom.gamespot.gamefaqs.com is less than 35 years ago. it is definitely possible to get through a 10-12 hour shift without energy drink and perform well on a weekly basis :) :) :) :)

What the fuck is this post even saying

I stopped with most caffeine about a year ago. I have a soda every once and awhile, but no energy drinks or coffee.

I bought a red bull for the first time in a year last week and I got like a quarter of the way through it and my body was like nah bro

Espresso has more caffeine than any energy drink.

If I drank energy drinks, I'd fall asleep in an instant.

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Have you tried just having more time so you can sleep more?

but I can't eat well because I am too busy to food prep a decent meal for myself every week! I gottta get my sour patch kids flavored energy drink! yeah! also my spouse is too busy too so they can't cook us decent food either! busy! busy! busy! gotta wait 20 minutes every day for that Starbucks!

I switched to coffee/hot tea when I moved to a cooler climate and its had a health benefit

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

making your own tea/coffee COOL!
getting starbucks NO!

I dont buy or drink that sugary bullshit except around winter time for seasonal flavors. 99.9% of the coffee I drink is black.

Coffee

Just sleep and eat better

Coffee and energy drinks just make me more tired for whatever reason, but I still drink them because I like the taste lol

But usually if I get a good night's sleep I don't need anything anyway.

have y'all tried smelling salts

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If you need multiple energy drinks to make it through a standard workday, you're doing something wrong with your life (eating, sleeping, screen time, lack of exercise, etc)

it sounds like a contradiction , but going to the gym helps!

hereforemnant posted...

For a lot of us this is how it's gonna go lol.

For years I've been having Bing, which is a local product to Colorado, instead of Red Bull or monster because it is slightly better to ingest than those. But all that caffeine & such has to get pissed out eventually, & you need to have good uptake of other healthy foods to balance it if the caffeine is a must

Can't be asleep if you're up to piss every twenty minutes

Yes and no. I've suffered from sleep disorders all my life more than literally anything.

Unstoppable flip-schedule I simply couldn't break as a child. I'd be exhausted all day and afternoon, and wake the fuck up like a bat out of hell at 11pm onward. I have been known to hit that "stride" and stay awake perfectly content for 2-3 days as a kid. No one figured that one out.

Regular old insomnia as a teenager. On and off pattern.

Gained weight and got depressed in my 20s, instantaneously got apnea and needed a machine basically the biological second I hit 20.

Old as hell now and I'm a diagnosed hypersomniac with nacrolepsy.

My tedtalk. Yes, I need caffeine to survive some bullshit 8-12 hour shift every single day.

Euripides posted...

If you need multiple energy drinks to make it through a standard workday, you're doing something wrong with your life (eating, sleeping, screen time, lack of exercise, etc)

Euripides posted...

If you need multiple energy drinks to make it through a standard workday, you're doing something wrong with your life (eating, sleeping, screen time, lack of exercise, etc)

My old job was pretty hectic

It wasn't uncommon to switch from working day shift to swing shift to midnight shift or vice versa every 2-3 weeks. especially if you were single lol. tho ill admit that going from day shift to swings or mids was always a godsend because of the extra free time. it just sucked whenever i went from swings to days or mids to swings. iirc mids transitioning to days was not a thing.

I once went from working midnight shift to swing shift to day shift within a 1 week period (cuz I also worked the weekend). I got to go home a few hours early the days before the change in schedule to adjust but im unable to just change my sleep habit that quickly. So I did end up really tired the following day and chugging like 3 monsters and smoking a lot of cigarettes lol. Also this was in the military tbf (tho not combat related). I know this situation is not likely to happen in most regular jobs

Euripides posted...

If you need multiple energy drinks to make it through a standard workday, you're doing something wrong with your life (eating, sleeping, screen time, lack of exercise, etc)

Could just be because you're having to work so much you aren't able to get enough sleep or nutrition or exercise. So it's just a never ending cycle.

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This blows my mind, because most energy drinks I've ever had tasted like melted skittles mlxed with industrial chemicals.

energy drinks help but they aren't a requirement :)

I did that when I was working at Dell in one of their factories. The hours were 5am - 3:30pm and I was working another job at the same time. I was always super sleepy. Then one day I projectile vomited the red bull in the bathroom and I never drank another energy drink again.

I used to drink 2-4 energy drinks a night to get through my night shift job... About a year or two ago I switched to Gamersupps... Since it's an energy powder that goes in water... One cup of that at the beginning of the shift gets me through the rest and I drink more water at work...

Just drink more coffee. Energy drinks are unhealthy and probably do longterm damage to your body

yes

coffee

I'm jealous of people who actually feel the affect of caffeine.

I only have a nice cold RockStar once in a while now

but coffee, I cant quit