Energy Drinks
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on 4/13/09 at 2:43pm
what do you consume to stay up & function correctly?
i haven't ventured past good ol' coffee/expresso and red bull, but at
a certain point i'm awake but really not efficient :(





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I think I've said this
I think I've said this before, but it beats red bull, coffee, and espresso, especially if you're not used to it. Not sure about cocaine, but at least yerba mate is cheaper.
Try to get the looseleaf variety if you can as it's a lot stronger... if you can't find that, sometimes Trader Joe's (depending on the location) has the tea bag version. That's ok but I think the loose leaf one is way better / stronger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate
80-Hour Energy
Just saw this in a grocery store by the check-out the other day. You spray it up your nose and one squirt is supposed to be good for four hours I think. Never tried it, but I'm sure taking 4-5 doses at one time would get you through anything. Eventually someone is going to develop something where no one ever sleeps and we'll all go mad.
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Legal, please.
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Well
Well, there are varying shades of legality and long term effectiveness. Dosk's suggestion of Yerba Mate is probably your best bet for an effective, sustained stimulant. You could also look in to caffeine pills for shorter bursts (though those do nothing for me), or consider adderrall if you're finding your productivity lagging. Honestly though, a glass of cold water can be 10x as effective as coffee at times
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Stick with Espresso with a
Stick with Espresso with a little sambuca
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Adderall + coffee. I swear
Adderall + coffee. I swear to god if the coffee guy downstairs started crushing up 10mg into each cup, he'd put everyone else out of business. The come-down from a caffeine pill is too hard, and you look like a tool drinking an energy drink. Stick to the good shit-- coffee to get you up, and an amphetamine salt to keep you going. Enjoy.
adderall is legit when you
adderall is legit when you really need to pound through work at 4am (esp when you're a SA trying not to fuck up again)...i used this a few times over the summer.
there are newer ones out that are a bit stronger like metadate cd and vys....but really try to use sparingly and in the smallest dosage possible. i started using this stuff way back in early high school but did a good job of only using it when i really needed it (finals, etc), but i have seen too many of my friends start off with 20mg being enough, to them needing 70mg every few hours. no way this stuff can be good for you in the long term, so use sparingly and in small doses, or not at all if you don't need it
One of the best ways to
One of the best ways to maximize the effect of stimulants is to use them sparingly. I've cut out my caffeine intake. At first I thought it was impossible to go without morning coffee (I was like a zombie well into the afternoon), just replace it with something else. I drink a protein shake or OJ instead, don't feel any different.
When I've had a brutal night and need to be at top efficiency in the AM, or when its 5 PM and I have to knock out a shit ton of work before morning, I'll use stimulants. And then its like rocket fuel. I take 1 normal sized can of redbull and crush up anywhere from 5 to 10mg of adderall, and mix it in with the redbull. Sometimes Ill just chew the adderall and drink the redbull after. I typically kick some major ass for the next couple of hours. As a result of dubbed this concoction "bonus juice" and rightfully so.
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whoa, a surprising number of
whoa, a surprising number of you have done adderall. or maybe i just go to a goodie-two-shoe school.
so adderall with coffee-- what about the powder with coke or tea?
how does it react in carbonated soda? curious.
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you can do it with whatever,
you can do it with whatever, i'll crush up a 20 or 30mg XR (the beads inside), and just lick the tip of my finger and dip it once/twice in the power, down it with some water, and I'm good for a few hours. combine with a redbull if you really need to power through, but usually i don't need that (that and a redbull would start to make my heart pound uncomfortably)
i'm not doctor, so i don't know how it reacts w/ carbonated stuff, but really use the smallest possible amount. so if you feel it with just water, don't take coffee/redbull....limit this stuff bc you will thank yourself later when they find out that these stimulants give you leporacy or something
i had a friend nearly overdose on adderall, spent a rough night in the hospital drinking charcoal or whatever they give you (granted this was when we were pretty young/stupid)....moral, don't take more then you need
I know some people who have
I know some people who have a rotation between: caffeine, cocaine, weight loss pills and adderall/focalin. They use caffeine for 3 weeks, cocaine 2-3 times a week for 3 weeks, 3 weeks of weight loss pills, and then adderall 2 times a week for 2 weeks.
Personally, I like sipping on nitric oxide throughout the day to keep me going on 3-4hrs.
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How easy is it to get your
How easy is it to get your hands on adderall as an IB analyst?
you'll probably have an
you'll probably have an analyst who is on prescription for addy or something similar, just buy or bum them from him
one of the interns last summer had a script, and one of the 2nd yrs was going crazy for them, taking like 90mg a night....nuts
go with adderall or 5 hour
You fucking kids these days...
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I've started taking copious
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How much?
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you can get yerba mate at
I sip some purple drank
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purple drank