Coffee... what does it do to you?

AARRRGH

It would be fair to say I am continuously fighting my addition to coffee. I love it but it ****s me up.

For years I thought the flicker from computer screens was making me feel ill. I even went to the doctor about it. He thought I was crazy... So after years of worrying was I epileptic or something, I discover it's all the coffee I drink when I'm sitting in front of a PC...!

Another weird one. I've had a pain in my chest (bottom of left rib) for years. I just assumed (hoped) it was a cyst or something. After giving up coffee for a while, I now notice the pain has gone away. It was god damned coffee AGAIN screwing me around for years.

Anyone else experience things like this? It's a lovely liquid but it can't be good for us...

Pigman II

Yes, I can honestly say it's ****ed me up more times over the years than booze.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

nescafe = scum, should have their offices raided and the management thrown in jail for their bastard drug peddling ways.

drank a whole pot before one of my leaving cert exams and was tweaked for the whole thing.

Jigsaw

I've drunk a lot of coffee in the past but I found that through time, if anything I got used to it. It didn't give me that buzz any more. I've even graduated beyond Pro Plus.

ejmaztec

I drink gallons of the fu*king stuff every fu*king day and it it does me no fu*king harm whatsoever and I'll do anybody who says it does!:mad:

Lands Leaving

It's fine for me, just keeps me awake if I have it late.

Tha Gopher

Can honestly say I have never tasted the stuff. Have only drank tea maybe twice in my life as well. Just dont get refreshment from a warm drink. Beer, water, ice cold coke is the job.

Sir Oxman

dublindude wrote: »

It would be fair to say I am continuously fighting my addition to coffee. I love it but it ****s me up.

For years I thought the flicker from computer screens was making me feel ill. I even went to the doctor about it. He thought I was crazy... So after years of worrying was I epileptic or something, I discover it's all the coffee I drink when I'm sitting in front of a PC...!

Another weird one. I've had a pain in my chest (bottom of left rib) for years. I just assumed (hoped) it was a cyst or something. After giving up coffee for a while, I now notice the pain has gone away. It was god damned coffee AGAIN screwing me around for years.

Anyone else experience things like this? It's a lovely liquid but it can't be good for us...

Christ! Thank fcúk for that (saves me a trip to the docs)<---seriously...

pretty-in-pink

Coffee I hate, and for some reason it makes me sleepy. Now diet coke...have an awful addiction. when I try to cut it out all together I get the shakes, pains, dizzy, irritable, paranoid......

ast

I completely broke my addiction to the stuff, apart from the mug of espresso I need to ever morning in order to function.

jb91

dublindude wrote: »

Another weird one. I've had a pain in my chest (bottom of left rib) for years. I just assumed (hoped) it was a cyst or something. After giving up coffee for a while, I now notice the pain has gone away. It was god damned coffee AGAIN screwing me around for years.

Anyone else experience things like this? It's a lovely liquid but it can't be good for us...

I used to drink Red Bull (1-3 cans a day) to wake me up and I often felt a tightness in my chest. Then one night I had a palpitation (heart rate went through the roof) for no reason.

I went to the doctor the next day and she told me to go to the hospital. I had blood tests, an X ray etc and the only explanation they could find was all the caffeine.

leninbenjamin

Caffiene supposedly lowers the risk of Parkinson's in men.

ivanthehunter

makes me wanna sh1t
gives me heartburn
keeps me awake but no too aware..
read that pregnant folk drop kids too soon on coffee
heard that its the worst thing for drinkin after or with alcohol- f-ups ur liver

Colonel Sanders

I hate the stuff, never got the whole obsession with the stuff. Coffee, the smell of coffee, coffee cake and coffee flavour sweets make me sick.

You can't beat an auld cup of tea!

humbert

When I was drinking a lot of it I felt brilliant for the first half of the day and then felt absolutely awful for the second half, both tired and depressed. Massively cut down and feel much better all round.

Pherekydes

ejmaztec wrote: »

I drink gallons of the fu*king stuff every fu*king day and it it does me no fu*king harm whatsoever and I'll do anybody who says it does!:mad:

Doesn't it make you prone to violent outbursts?

ivanthehunter

some mags somewhere claimed that it was a wonder drug and that men that drank it 2x daily had a lower chance of heart failure, cancer, tooth decay..??

AARRRGH

humbert wrote: »

When I was drinking a lot of it I felt brilliant for the first half of the day and then felt absolutely awful for the second half, both tired and depressed.

Yeah, me too. After having a cup I feel on top of the world, but later in the day I feel a bit depressed.

humbert

ivanthehunter wrote: »

some mags somewhere claimed that it was a wonder drug and that men that drank it 2x daily had a lower chance of heart failure, cancer, tooth decay..??

The label on the coffee jar perchance?

AARRRGH

ivanthehunter wrote: »

some mags somewhere claimed that it was a wonder drug and that men that drank it 2x daily had a lower chance of heart failure, cancer, tooth decay..??

Most University research is sponsored by industry. I would imagine the coffee industry sponsors all kinds of "positive benefits of coffee" research.

Pepe LeFrits

Gives me the horn, tbh

Mossy Monk

The two times I tried coffee I almost got sick.

Pepe LeFrits

You're a curious individual, Mossy.

ejmaztec

Slow coach wrote: »

Doesn't it make you prone to violent outbursts?

Not until I've finished drinking it, I don't want to break my receptacle.:cool:

Pigman II

I had some coffee thanks to this thread. I'm gonna feel pretty ****ed up in the morning , if I even wake up that is.

binhead

OP are you talking about real coffee or brown water?

Cos that instant sh*t isn't coffee, it's caffeine tinged bin water.

If you're gonna get junked up on coffee get a pot and brew some real stuff. I have one cup a day and it's just perfect, Lavazza, mmm mmm.

And buy a diddy pot and some diddy cups so you only have an expresso, just the one, starts the day right and won't make your heart explode through your left shoulder.

AARRRGH

binhead wrote: »

OP are you talking about real coffee or brown water?

Real coffee for example, the beautiful stuff Insomnia makes...

WexCan

Jigsaw wrote: »

I've even graduated beyond Pro Plus.

Used to live on Pro Plus. Doesn't do a thing for me now.

tman

It makes me poop lots...

Think I'm going to give it up now actually. I only really drink it in work, but I get through gallons of the stuff throughout the day... can't be good for me:o

AARRRGH

tman wrote: »

It makes me poop lots...

I vaguely remember reading something along the lines of this is because your liver is producing bile to eliminate the caffeine, and then you need to **** the bile out...

It also messes with your adrenal glands as well.

Defo causes some unnatural happenings in your body!

condra

Give me the scuts.

DublinWriter

dublindude wrote: »

For years I thought the flicker from computer screens was making me feel ill. I even went to the doctor about it. He thought I was crazy...

I've noticed that younger people see the flicker on PC screens that are set to a relatively low refresh rate.

I remember once showing one of the guys in the office something on my PC and he said "Jesus! How can you watch that screen!". I didn't notice anything, but he could see a flicker.

Try setting your screen refresh rate > 60 Mhz.

Mossy Monk

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

You're a curious individual, Mossy.

I will see that as being a positive statement.

togster

Gives me serious palpatations. Well that and smoking i guess:(

cance

i found since i quit smoking, coffee is definately my new vice.

I cant function before 10am unless i have my 2-3 coffee's when i start. I dont really drink it on the weekends though so i suppose i'm not that addicted to the stuff.

Lola123

I'm currently trying to wean myself off my daily latte's (never drink normal coffee, i dunno why).
It gives me spots and makes me feel sick. And if I have about 4 I'm high as a kite...and the caffiene comedown is awful! All shaky n stuff.

Kazu

i have a odd cup not and again

it makes me sleepy

Hagar

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Caffiene supposedly lowers the risk of Parkinson's in men.

Not really, if you drink enough you just get used to your hands shaking all the time.

Kazu

I'm currently trying to wean myself off my daily latte's (never drink normal coffee, i dunno why).
It gives me spots and makes me feel sick. And if I have about 4 I'm high as a kite...and the caffiene comedown is awful! All shaky n stuff.

if it makes you sick why drink it

a cup of dog ****e would do the same thing

cance

Hagar wrote: »

Not really, if you drink enough you just get used to your hands shaking all the time.

Lol, it prepares your for the outcome

david1two3

binhead wrote: »

OP are you talking about real coffee or brown water?

Cos that instant sh*t isn't coffee, it's caffeine tinged bin water.

If you're gonna get junked up on coffee get a pot and brew some real stuff. I have one cup a day and it's just perfect, Lavazza, mmm mmm.

And buy a diddy pot and some diddy cups so you only have an expresso, just the one, starts the day right and won't make your heart explode through your left shoulder.

On the subject of Lavazza I had a friend who worked in A coffee joint in Soho and asked her to use my Lavazza to make a cappuchino, she did and the result was the finest smoothest coffee I have ever had.

I decorated the kitchen for one of the directors of the Priory rehab 12 years ago and used some of his coffee which was hidden in the freezer, it turned out he was paying £24 a half pound. offered to replace but his friends said not to bother

Until 2004 it was a banned substance in cycling and probably other sports .Its a dangerous substance if you cant control it.I take two strong ones before my 80 mile sunday ride along with loads of other stuff,sometimes it turbocharges me and other times I am just to full but it definately does enhance performance.

Lawless_Samurai

Can't drink Coffee but absolutly love the smell of it.... Is that weird?

Cathmandooo

Too much of it makes my hands shake, i have to do a detox from coffee every few months, and yet I always go back to it!

AARRRGH

cance wrote: »

i found since i quit smoking coffee...

That's hardcore man. Respect!

cance

dublindude wrote: »

That's hardcore man. Respect!

ok point taken

Megatron091

It gives me an enormous sense of well being...



for about ten minutes then the depression kicks in..

L31mr0d

Yeah, I can only take coffee in small doses. I usually have 1 large cup of percolated coffee in the morning and that will have to do me for the day. I get really bad muscle fatigue and cold sweats, my left eyelid twitchs and I actually find it harder to concentrate if I drink more than my coffee in the morning.

I used to be ok with 3 or more coffees a day but I think the pots of coffee I used to drink in college made my body reject it now.

We used to have a trick in college where you could fill 5 espressos into a mug and you would only be charged for a black coffee when you got to the counter. A month of mugs of espressos gave me the worst headaches and eyelid twitchs i've ever had. Ever since then my body hates the stuff.

Funny thing is I can drink pots of tea and my body doesn't care. Pity I can't stand the stuff though

AARRRGH

Yeah my body reacts a bit different to tea as well.

They say coffee is full of other chemicals, so maybe it's not just the caffeine...

Dr_Teeth

I dunno about coffee specifically, but caffeine really affected my sleep - it would take me an hour or more to nod off. It also gave me fierce headaches if I didn't have any for more than a day. I've quit taking the stuff altogether now!

jor el

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Can't drink Coffee but absolutly love the smell of it.... Is that weird?

Yes it is, extremely weird. You should seek some sort of medical help.

I hate the taste and smell of coffee, it's horrible stuff. I don't see the obsession with it myself, or why some people can't even start a day without a cup, or cups, of the stuff.