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Ripped fuel?

TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
edited May 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I want to go off of energy drinks for my caffeine / buzz needs (cheaper than an adderall script :winky:) and I've heard that caffeine pills alone can give me the shits.

There's supposed to be something called 'ripped fuel' but it got reformulated and sucks, but there's something else that's almost as good. I can't remember any of this crap.

I just want a buzz/aggression feeling like I get from Monster and german industrial, in pill form, probably available from GNC.

Halp.

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  • Durandal InfinityDurandal Infinity Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    OK while I do not support any sort of substance abuse for "studying or energy" purposes.

    Pseudo-ephedrine (sudafed) 12hr NOT SUDAFED PE this shit is behind the counter, Caffeine pills, or pure Ephedrine HCL (vasopro) will buzz the fuck out of you and make you feel like superman. keep in mind it is as close to amphetamines you can legally buy, and if you aren't using it correctly can take a big toll on your heart and temporary nervous system

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    OK while I do not support any sort of substance abuse for "studying or energy" purposes.

    Pseudo-ephedrine (sudafed) 12hr NOT SUDAFED PE this shit is behind the counter, Caffeine pills, or pure Ephedrine HCL (vasopro) will buzz the fuck out of you and make you feel like superman. keep in mind it is as close to amphetamines you can legally buy, and if you aren't using it correctly can take a big toll on your heart and temporary nervous system

    How do I use it correctly?

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  • Durandal InfinityDurandal Infinity Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    directions on the box of course. I was using it to help me cut off weight before I bodybuilding competition, but do what the box says. and don't have it less then 12-8 hours before bed it will mess you up

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    If its the sugar or the cost of energy drinks that put you off, nothing like the good ol' fashioned way

    Penguin Mints and chocolate covered espresso beans are also all kinds of awesome.

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    Coffee makes my mouth taste bad, my urine smell like coffee, my tastebuds grow longer, (when I drank coffee, I literally shaved my tongue. It's only scary the first time and it kinda cuts down on the length of the 'hair' forest of tastebuds so food gunk doesn't get trapped there.) and I get a jittery rush from it that energy drinks don't give me. Some of them just make me feel peppy, while Monster's formulation (and maybe my body chemistry's reaction to it) gives me something like a miniature Incredible Hulk trip.

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Also, this might open a can of worms, but one of these is a pretty good pick me up. Definitely not good for you though. Not as bad as smoking it, but not good for you.

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    I always figured if I wanted to smoke, I could just get nicotine patches instead.

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  • oldsakoldsak Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You could always buy powdered caffeine and mix it into some other drink. It's dirt cheap. It's the leftover when they make decaffinated coffee.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    oldsak wrote: »
    You could always buy powdered caffeine and mix it into some other drink. It's dirt cheap. It's the leftover when they make decaffinated coffee.
    Better still is to chop a couple lines. Not a longterm solution, but it works.

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  • purplebubblespurplebubbles Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I'm a nurse and I'm telling you to leave the Sudafed and cough syrups well alone - if I have to tell you why, then you have rocks for brains.

    Caffeine in moderation is fine for you, but it seems that if you are requiring so much of it that you can't afford the energy drinks it requires to "get a buzz" from it, I don't think we should be advocating ways for you to do this, because it is not safe.

    Caffeine in excess can cause tachycardia (increase in heart rate) which in the long term can result in long term heart damage, it can cause nervousness, agitation, sleep disturbances and long term issues with your kidneys as it is a diuretic. Basically, it is possible to overdose on the stuff and give yourself a cardiac arrest. As somebody that has worked in the ER and seen this first hand, perhaps you need to cut back and go for a run to get your buzz?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Tostitos wrote: »
    my tastebuds grow longer, (when I drank coffee, I literally shaved my tongue.

    I have never heard of this and it sounds horrific.

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  • MephistophelesMephistopheles Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Willeth wrote: »
    Tostitos wrote: »
    my tastebuds grow longer, (when I drank coffee, I literally shaved my tongue.

    I have never heard of this and it sounds horrific.

    Glad I wasn't the only one. I'm calling shenanigans though.

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    Nope. Google Image search "hairy tongue" for some D:. Mine is not as bad as some of the more horrific ones before shaving, but enough that I finally said to myself, "Hey, Tostitos, you could take a bic to that.

    I'll make a video of shaving my tongue as proof, if you guys give me money. I'm such a whore.

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    I'm a nurse and I'm telling you to leave the Sudafed and cough syrups well alone - if I have to tell you why, then you have rocks for brains.

    Caffeine in moderation is fine for you, but it seems that if you are requiring so much of it that you can't afford the energy drinks it requires to "get a buzz" from it, I don't think we should be advocating ways for you to do this, because it is not safe.

    Caffeine in excess can cause tachycardia (increase in heart rate) which in the long term can result in long term heart damage, it can cause nervousness, agitation, sleep disturbances and long term issues with your kidneys as it is a diuretic. Basically, it is possible to overdose on the stuff and give yourself a cardiac arrest. As somebody that has worked in the ER and seen this first hand, perhaps you need to cut back and go for a run to get your buzz?

    I had a five dollar a day energy drink habit at one point and I had never been so productive in my life. I quit because of the cost and all the sugar I was mainlining into my body. My body likes lots of caffeine. It is my friend.
    ben0207 wrote: »
    oldsak wrote: »
    You could always buy powdered caffeine and mix it into some other drink. It's dirt cheap. It's the leftover when they make decaffinated coffee.
    Better still is to chop a couple lines. Not a longterm solution, but it works.

    I have a chemistry major friend. He's done lines of freebased caffeine. I don't know why in the hell anyone would need to freebase caffeine but he did it for the hell of it. It's hell on the sinuses apparently and doesn't give much of a rush. Now, taking a pinch of pure caffeine powder and swallowing it gives you a brief narcotic-like high, or so I hear.

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  • LondonBridgeLondonBridge __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    You want this:

    http://www.1fast400.com/?products_id=2231

    I take it and it does give me energy in the morning and thats the only time you should take it. Works great and doesn't feel like other caffeine pills.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited May 2008
    Tostitos wrote: »
    I had a five dollar a day energy drink habit at one point and I had never been so productive in my life. I quit because of the cost and all the sugar I was mainlining into my body. My body likes lots of caffeine. It is my friend.

    Sure it is. You're not an addict right, that's those other guys who can't get through life without stimulants.

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  • TostitosTostitos __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    Quick, stage an e-intervention on me! :lol:

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited May 2008
    I don't care what you do with yourself, you can die in a hole tomorrow for all I care. Keep your stupid shit off my forum.

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    Tostitos wrote: »
    Quick, stage an e-intervention on me! :lol:

    Okay. Step 1 is to stop enabling your problem.

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