5hr Energy Shots

vCole

Anyone else drink these?

I drink them sparingly, maybe once or twice every 2 weeks.

Had one just now at work, (It's Monday! )

I'm all

nevolved

I have a 5 hour drive to where I grew up, it's made incredibly easy by taking one of those!

BeaverC32

I believe Braylon Edwards drinks them...doesn't seem to have helped him much this season though

networker050184

BeaverC32 wrote:

I believe Braylon Edwards drinks them...doesn't seem to have helped him much this season though

I've never tried them but have been thinking about it. I usually drink a Monster if anything (besides coffee of course) energy drink wise.

LarryDaMan

Diet Mountain Dew > 5 Hour Energy Shots

dynamik

networker050184 wrote:

I've never tried them but have been thinking about it. I usually drink a Monster if anything (besides coffee of course) energy drink wise.

That's my energy drink of choice as well. I get 24-packs of the sugar-free from Sams/CostCo. They're almost half price that way.

LarryDaMan wrote:

Diet Mountain Dew > 5 Hour Energy Shots

I remember one post of yours where you were talking about how you were just finishing up your fifth one. I looked at my clock, and it was 10 or 11AM. That's hardcore. However, you're a CISSP, and I'm not, so I guess there's something to be said for Diet Mountain Dew

jbrown414

I used them when I took a 13 hour drive to Georgia. The trip there I only used one and it worked great except on the return trip I used 2 a second one after 5 hours from the first and it made me really drowsy.

bwcarty

16oz Rockstar Sugar Free (white can) is what gets me moving in the morning.

At Mayhem Fest, I drank two 24oz bottles of the regular varieties and they kept me going the whole afternoon and night.

LarryDaMan

dynamik wrote:

I remember one post of yours where you were talking about how you were just finishing up your fifth one. I looked at my clock, and it was 10 or 11AM. That's hardcore. However, you're a CISSP, and I'm not, so I guess there's something to be said for Diet Mountain Dew

Yeah. I'm sure drinking 1-5 Diet Mountain Dews almost everyday is not healthy. I don't smoke or take drugs. I don't drink coffee and I try to eat somewhat healthy. The Diet Dew is my main vice. As for the CISSP, I studied too hard to give that tasty beverage any credit.

vCole

5hr energy drinks have less calories (a WHOLE 4!) then soda/energy drinks & no sugar. so pretty for me

gojericho0

BeaverC32 wrote:

I believe Braylon Edwards drinks them...doesn't seem to have helped him much this season though

Maybe thats why he has had the dropsies...hands are shaking to much

HeroPsycho

To quote Hot Rod:

"I'VE BEEN DRINKING GREEN TEA ALL DAMN DAY!!!"

I once was addicted to Diet Mountain Dew Code Red. I stopped because, and I kid you not, I drank so many of them (about six-eight cans a day) my skin started getting these weird red marks. Stopped drinking them and they went away. I thought it was weird until my coworker got hooked on them last year and the same thing happened.

I drink one a day now, and stick with Arizona variants of diet green tea otherwise. It does a good job of making me look like this:


Without the skin blotches.

deadpool287

there's actually a warning label on those bottles(5hr energy) the red skin blotches is a symptom of niacin flashes. i forget the full details but it had me paranoid for a while.

cbigbrick

I drink one ever so often. Sometimes I just drink a half of one. I'm not a soda drinker but I do enjoy coffee and the rest of the time it's just water. But they do work and I haven't had a "crash" from drinking them. I pick them up at Wally World.

snadam

BeaverC32 wrote:

I believe Braylon Edwards drinks them...doesn't seem to have helped him much this season though

the same can be said for Osi Umenyiora


Im a coffee drinker in the winter, and Rockstar energy drink in the summer. I go back and forth from red bull/Rocksar every now and then.

HeroPsycho

deadpool287 wrote:

there's actually a warning label on those bottles(5hr energy) the red skin blotches is a symptom of niacin flashes. i forget the full details but it had me paranoid for a while.

I was referring to Diet Mountain Dew Code Red.

I take niacin, and have seen what you're talking about. These marks though looked like someone took a very fine tipped red marker and marked your skin. Niacin almost looks like you're blushing or embarrassed.

ConstantlyLearning

Why not have a bowl of muesli and a banana instead of pumping that sh*te into you!

RussS

ConstantlyLearning wrote:

Why not have a bowl of muesli and a banana instead of pumping that sh*te into you!

Well said. As a personal fitness trainer a few years back I investigated several of the earlier versions (names withheld) and found them to be rather dangerous. A lot of what is in them stays in the bodys organs for an excessive length of time and is not excreted.
I belive that in 10-15 years we are going to have an epidemic of colussus proportions with people having organ failures.

You have to look sensibly at these sorts of things and realise that anything that cranks you up like they do can not be good long term. Usually what happens is that they loose their effectiveness and to compensate the user increases dosage to a level that causes real issues.

dynamik

RussS wrote:

You have to look sensibly at these sorts of things and realise that anything that cranks you up like they do can not be good long term. Usually what happens is that they loose their effectiveness and to compensate the user increases dosage to a level that causes real issues.

From the safety of my couch, I occasionally mix vodka and/or Jagermeister in. I'm pretty sure that cancels everything out and is OK for me

gojericho0

dynamik wrote:

RussS wrote:

You have to look sensibly at these sorts of things and realise that anything that cranks you up like they do can not be good long term. Usually what happens is that they loose their effectiveness and to compensate the user increases dosage to a level that causes real issues.

From the safety of my couch, I occasionally mix vodka and/or Jagermeister in. I'm pretty sure that cancels everything out and is OK for me

If you are a jager fan and haven't already...try it with rootbeer