OREGON85
from OREGON
- Location
- Independence, Oregon
My wife is a nurse and sometimes sees energy drink users in the ER.
Monster makes me shake. Alternatives?
- Thread starter jsudar
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Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
My brother is a med student and sometimes sees dead water drinkers in labs.
Cause? Effect?
heheh
/poke
Cause? Effect?
heheh/poke
I was an energy drinker... 2 a day. Couldn't wake up without one.
I fixed that problem this winter. I feel more like a human and less like a zombie now days. Water rules. But then again I also don't work long late shifts. That'd be hard to do without some help.
I fixed that problem this winter. I feel more like a human and less like a zombie now days. Water rules. But then again I also don't work long late shifts. That'd be hard to do without some help.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
I've also done 12 hour graveyards... I was a walking Zombie when awake at night. Personally I do not deal well with sleeping days. I had to get just the right amount of sleep, which was 5.5 hrs for me. Any more or less and I didn't operate well at all. Even then, I usually started out the work night with one Red Bull and another at 'lunch' about 1 - 1:30 AM.
I think unless you are wired to function well working nights, there's not much you can do about it, just deal best you can.
One afternoon after working a12 hr night-shift, sleeping very poorly until 3 PM I was visiting with Parker... he asked me if I was alright... seemed pretty concerned. I wondered if he thought I was high...
I have no answers for you, except transfer to days. Working nights sucks ass, after 2 yrs of it I'll never do it again. It did bad things to my body & mind.
I think unless you are wired to function well working nights, there's not much you can do about it, just deal best you can.
One afternoon after working a12 hr night-shift, sleeping very poorly until 3 PM I was visiting with Parker... he asked me if I was alright... seemed pretty concerned. I wondered if he thought I was high...
I have no answers for you, except transfer to days. Working nights sucks ass, after 2 yrs of it I'll never do it again. It did bad things to my body & mind.
I've also done 12 hour graveyards... I was a walking Zombie when awake at night. Personally I do not deal well with sleeping days. I had to get just the right amount of sleep, which was 5.5 hrs for me. Any more or less and I didn't operate well at all. Even then, I usually started out the work night with one Red Bull and another at 'lunch' about 1 - 1:30 AM.
I think unless you are wired to function well working nights, there's not much you can do about it, just deal best you can.
One afternoon after working a12 hr night-shift, sleeping very poorly until 3 PM I was visiting with Parker... he asked me if I was alright... seemed pretty concerned. I wondered if he thought I was high...
I have no answers for you, except transfer to days. Working nights sucks ass, after 2 yrs of it I'll never do it again. It did bad things to my body & mind.
X2 I could not be offered enough money to ever work shift work again.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Not sure about his job, but where I worked we stood all night long. You can fall asleep standing up BTW...
BlackDog
one small mod at a time
- Location
- Proudly Deported to ID
I like the 5 hour energy shot... all of them though, Monster, 5 hour, etc... Make me all but lose bladder control, out of nowhere the urge to pee like a Belgian steed hits, and I have a half a millisecond to find somewhere... it can get interesting. Crew Cab with Trailer in Downtown Frisco say, rush hour traffic.. not the place to be at the verge of losing bladder control in 0-60 seconds flat.
I pretty much just stick with coffee/coke, but that would upset the hometeachers if'n I had some...
Look into Herbal stuff maybe, LDS friend used to be on a debat team in high school, long nights, lots of cramming, all the "heathen" (thanx fer the word Tacoma) classmates of his would do the coffe/coke/no doze/vivarin thing, him and his exalted teammates would do the Japanese thing, wait it was in college after his mission to Japan, sorry story took a seconmd to click, anyway, they would do rice bowls, and other high carb (or is it starch, that is sounding more right) stuff like the Japs would, and they cruised right through the night, with no ill effects the next day.. maybe power slam some teriyaki bowls, etc. on breaks? I dunno, just thoughts.
I pretty much just stick with coffee/coke, but that would upset the hometeachers if'n I had some...
Look into Herbal stuff maybe, LDS friend used to be on a debat team in high school, long nights, lots of cramming, all the "heathen" (thanx fer the word Tacoma) classmates of his would do the coffe/coke/no doze/vivarin thing, him and his exalted teammates would do the Japanese thing, wait it was in college after his mission to Japan, sorry story took a seconmd to click, anyway, they would do rice bowls, and other high carb (or is it starch, that is sounding more right) stuff like the Japs would, and they cruised right through the night, with no ill effects the next day.. maybe power slam some teriyaki bowls, etc. on breaks? I dunno, just thoughts.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
I learned to fall asleep standing up in a crowded bus in Costa Rica. It always made me wonder if I did anything else weird while standing there, since I could block out so much. Costa Ricans had some terrible organs, being one of the most renowned for their coffee. The doctors would just say too bad cause they had too much of it for too long, Sometimes as early at bottle ages as infants. I believe if the stuff(monster) can alter your state enough to cause the shakes then like you are doing it's time for a change. Seeds are cool cause they give you something to do.
Listen to what your body says, even if you are gaining poundage that can ultimately be a health concern but more than anything, my buddy that was a Rockstar Drunk he was super irritable while on the juice. That was very clear.
Wife has stomach issues and the specialist says that caffeine and anything carbonated will cause major damage to your insides. Jamba Juices have a natural pick up, something cold, and fruit sugars(like Goat said, even eat an apple).
Listen to what your body says, even if you are gaining poundage that can ultimately be a health concern but more than anything, my buddy that was a Rockstar Drunk he was super irritable while on the juice. That was very clear.
Wife has stomach issues and the specialist says that caffeine and anything carbonated will cause major damage to your insides. Jamba Juices have a natural pick up, something cold, and fruit sugars(like Goat said, even eat an apple).
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Not sure about his job, but where I worked we stood all night long. You can fall asleep standing up BTW...
I have spent most of a night shift at his job. I think he spends most of his night tasting water and typing on RME. You can fall asleep standing up for sure. I usually woke up when I hit the ground though
. When I worked graves at the power plant and I got sleepy I would just take a walk, He can do that at his work, actually I think he has to do that.
STAG
On my grind
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
so about my post about trying the "5 hour energy shot" stuff.. well I picked up a bottle tonight at wally world and was readin on it... 8,333% of the reccomended daily value of vitamin B12.. no that is not a typo... Eight Thousand, Three hundred and thiry three percent... Now I'm not a nutrician, but 8,000% of anything can't be good for you. (it was the "Super energy" version.. I guess this one has more energy versus the regular 5 hour energy...)
For some reason that made me laugh so dang hard
.no energy drink is good for you, but that is 8,333% AWESOME.
I have to know. Did you still drink it?
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Maverick
old-school
- Location
- Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
Water and seeds. Jalapeno flavored. Mmmmm.
Brett (driving all day tomorrow, er, today)
Brett (driving all day tomorrow, er, today)
Maverick
old-school
- Location
- Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
Do they have Jalapeno spitz?
Excedrin is also my friend on occasion. As is Diet Dr Pepper...but mainly for a nice beverage, nothing to count on. Seeds are proven.
Got a new bag in the X, waiting for the drive home tomorrow from Partly Sunny SoCal (stopping for lunch at the St. George Cafe Rio)
And I am glad that the water treatment dude is staying awake.
Brett
Excedrin is also my friend on occasion. As is Diet Dr Pepper...but mainly for a nice beverage, nothing to count on. Seeds are proven.
Got a new bag in the X, waiting for the drive home tomorrow from Partly Sunny SoCal (stopping for lunch at the St. George Cafe Rio)
And I am glad that the water treatment dude is staying awake.
Brett
projektdotnet
Cruiserhead
- Location
- Layton
Rockstar punched is a fav of mine, also monster khaos, as stated before drink water as much as possible. I found when I gave up caffeine for a month it took about a week to withdraw from it, headaches and drowsy all the time, lots of water. After the first week I woke up without needing caffeine and felt more energetic through my full shift.
STAG
On my grind
- Location
- Pleasant Grove
For some reason that made me laugh so dang hard
no energy drink is good for you, but that is 8,333% AWESOME.
I have to know. Did you still drink it?
No i didn't buy it I just saw it on the shelf and was reading the label because I remembered that I posted in this thread.. my personal weakness is Dr. Pepper
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
pickle flavored sunflower seeds
or apples, oranges anything that makes your mind focus in order to eat it.
or apples, oranges anything that makes your mind focus in order to eat it.