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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: Corona on February 24, 2016, 02:25:44 PM
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As someone with a serious caffeine addiction I just have a random question; how do you take yours?
I have a cup of coffee in the morning, tea whenever I feel like it, and a terrible Coca Cola habit. I know that much isn't healthy (except for the tea) but I can't help myself.
How about you, MLPArena?
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Coffee in the morning and sometimes if I'm out and getting a hot drink. Otherwise tea. Stay away from the others.
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Mostly tea, but some pop too.
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I am trying to cut back to one 20 oz bottle of pepsi when I work (4 days a week). But just recently, I was drinking one can of soda for every 4 hours at work which would be 2-3 cans depending on my shift.
Pepsi is actually a step down beverage for me. I am a huge Mt. Dew addict. But I made a deal with my husband; if he quits eating after 10 pm at night, I will quit drinking my beloved Dew. On nights that he fails to stop eating after 10 p, I get my Dew the next day :P
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I am someone with a hardcore caffine dependancy, which is not good with my heart problems! I have heart palpitations and panick attacks and i have had ONE real cardiac arrest a few years ago which is hard to believe for a skinny little short girl under 25! I was born with a smaller heart, so it gets over worked easily and its very sensitive to caffine, cholesterol, and medicines.
I used to be a Monster addict. Like i remember when a sip would be enough, then it went to three cans a day and i got my license suspensed for heart problems on the road, very scary crashing into an electeical box over panic attacks from nervounes sof other drivers. I needed the drinks to keep me awake for my two back-to-back jobs including my overnight shift.
Now I have been drinking black tea and ocassionally coffee as a substitute. Its still not good for me but its certainly better, especially black tea. One cup of black tea versus 3 cans of monster is an improvment! Its just soooo hard to staycawake but i like to buy cute thinks and have extra money for emergencies with two jobs!
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Tea and chocolate. I don't (usually) seek out the caffeine though, tea is just one of the few things I still drink, and chocolate is chocolate.
Edit: Oops, I chose coffee instead of tea in the poll. Maybe I'm in need of caffeine right now. :facepalm:
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My caffeine intake is sporadic at best but if I do have it, it's probably going to be in pop.
Mountain Dew mainly. I never said my diet was healthy! :devious:
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I usually take 4 shots of espresso a day. Sometimes regular coffee before that, sometimes energy drinks after that.
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Excepting for a few pieces of daily chocolate, I avoid caffeine. I think I'm sensitive to it. If I had a root beer after 3:00pm, I wound up with insomnia.
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Coffee in the morning, sometimes one in the afternoon when I had to get up really early, never after 5 because then I can't sleep.
I drink Coca Cola in the summertime, but not very often, maybe once a month?
Green and red tea I drink all day, but I don't count it as caffeine intake because it doesn't affect my sleep, just my mental abilities. Green tea clears my head and helps me relax, it's soothing to hold a cup and inhale the smell, taking slow sips.
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I used to be a huge coffee fanatic, but stopped drinking it several years ago after having ~10 cups one day while working on an assignment... I was simultaneously coming down with the flu, and all the caffeine made me so much sicker I haven't touched coffee since. But I do seriously love Coke Zero. Every few months I get myself a can and say I'll just have one, which always turns into a week-long sleepless binge. Day to day I try to stay away from strong sources of caffeine, and stick to white tea.
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so far I'm the only one who doesn't drink caffeine xD
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Usually coffee and soda and probably more than healthy, (have a strong dependency/high tolerance) and on rare occasion some tea.
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I don't. ;)
I simply can't drink coffee, no matter how much sugar I put into it it still tastes awful for me. We don't buy branded sodas because they are too expensive, instead we mix syrup into mineral water. And the last time I tried an energy drink I felt like my heart is going to shoot out of my chest like a cannon ball. Never again.
Only tea if we had from yesterday but even then it isn't because of caffeine, but because my mouth feels drier than Death Valley.
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Arizona green tea. I'm a migraine ridden, useless zombie without it.
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Very strong black coffee and tea, especially if it's lapsang souchong! :heart: I really love keemun tea as well but that stuff seems to be like gold dust and something about ordering tea online feels really extravagant, even though it's my only option for getting that particular tea. XD
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I drink tea, but not because of caffeine. I do however avoid any tea except herbal after 10 pm or I will not be able to sleep.
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Tea ^.^
Love pkw xxx
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Cappuccino. Several times a day.
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Mostly tea, but I occasionally have coffee or cappuccinos.
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I like to brew tea on occasion, mostly green and black teas. I'm allergic to coffee. :(
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Of all of those, the only one I drink/take is pop (or soda, whatever! :P), so I have to go with that.
I don't actively think of it as drinking caffeine. I'm just kind of addicted. >.< I do have caffeine-free Coke I drink in the hours coming up to when I need to go to bed, though, so I do put some thought into it, I suppose.
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My top choice would be tea, followed by coffee. I keep a wide variety of teas and how much caffeine is in them (are they black, white etc?) often determines what time of day I'll have certain blends. Coffee is more something I have with my family then something I would normally choose for myself by myself.
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I chose no caffeine, but I do drink tea at restaurants. If we go to BWW, I might have a Pepsi. I stopped drinking caffeine when I was pregnant the first time, and the next time I drank some, I felt like I might have a heart attack! I drink decaf tea at home.
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tea though I try to avoid caffeine when I can. Its got some negative side effects I can live without.
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It's really bad, but I'm totally addicted to Diet Coke, I just can't wean myself off the stuff. I have about 2 500ml bottles a day, sometimes more- eek!
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In the form of soda preferrably Coke when it's not outlandishly priced and chocolate.
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Cappucino or caramel macchiato
Infusing tea longer doesn't affect it's caffeine content, BTW, just concentrates tannin more (makes it bitter).
Oh and i cannot drink Coke anymore, since i had chemo.. nowadays it tastes like turpentine for me... Yukkk!
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In short, I take my caffeine every way and as often as possible. :awake:
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I'm pretty addicted to Coca Cola but I'm really trying to cut back. I'm only drinking it on the weekends, with some minor exceptions.
Otherwise, my second choice is tea, though I don't drink it for the caffeine.
I'll have coffee maybe once every two weeks? I'm not a big Starbucks consumer but I'll go if someone else is (or if I'm really tired.) :)
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Wow lots of Coke people, like me! I drink Coke Life now when I can find it. I have cut back a lot now though I used to drink one every night at work because I work overnights. Now it's mainly V8 Energy that I have. I forgot to choose energy drink though because I think of it as a juice. When I first started working the night shift I took caffeine pills to stay awake.
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I don't like the taste of coffee, though I do like the smell. As for soda, I'll have a coke every couple of months, usually in pubs / bars if they haven't got juice or anything more exciting that doesn't contain alcohol.
I love tea, but I mainly drink infusions without caffeine. I'll have a cup of caffein-y tea every other day or so. I find it interesting that some of you mention how strongly caffeine affects you, because it hardly affects me at all. I can drink caffein-y tea in the evening and still go to sleep without problems.
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Although I hate to admit this, I mostly only drink Coke Zero except for at work when I drink water. I've had a Coke Zero addiction for many years now and this past year have hardly gone more than 3 days without drinking it. However, the caffeine isn't enough for those really grueling long work days but then again I mostly drink it because of the addiction...
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Last year I gave up soda (I would have one can of diet soda a day at lunch). Most of the time though I tried to make sure they were of the caffeine-free sort.
Now I just have a soda on occasion (like when we go out to dinner every other week). My only other source of caffeine was chocolate, but 2 1/2 weeks ago, in an effort to lose my baby weight from my youngest kid (who turns 5 this year), I cut out all refined sugar. It was hard the first two days, but now, it's not so bad.
I now enjoy food a lot more, and I've lost 5 pounds. So yay!
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I take my caffeine in the form of chocolate!
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I like coffee, Diet Dew, and the occasional Monster/Rockstar Punch if I can get a good deal since they can be pricey. I'll have hot coffee in the morning if I make it because I'm too impatient but I prefer iced all the way.
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I am someone with a hardcore caffine dependancy, which is not good with my heart problems! I have heart palpitations and panick attacks and i have had ONE real cardiac arrest a few years ago which is hard to believe for a skinny little short girl under 25! I was born with a smaller heart, so it gets over worked easily and its very sensitive to caffine, cholesterol, and medicines.
I used to be a Monster addict. Like i remember when a sip would be enough, then it went to three cans a day and i got my license suspensed for heart problems on the road, very scary crashing into an electeical box over panic attacks from nervounes sof other drivers. I needed the drinks to keep me awake for my two back-to-back jobs including my overnight shift.
Now I have been drinking black tea and ocassionally coffee as a substitute. Its still not good for me but its certainly better, especially black tea. One cup of black tea versus 3 cans of monster is an improvment! Its just soooo hard to staycawake but i like to buy cute thinks and have extra money for emergencies with two jobs!
Major congratulations to you—that is a HUGE improvement and an even bigger accomplishment! Addictions can be really, really hard to beat and I'm super impressed!
as for me, I don't actively need or use caffeine on a daily basis. I don't like the way it speeds up my heart, because it feels similar to anxiety and tricks my brain into feeling like I'm anxious until I am, ha. >_<
I do like tea but I try to find decaf for this reason, though I've occasionally had coffee in an emergency when I really need to be able to stay up in school after an all nighter, and I could see that happening again when I go back next semester.
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I love that the option was soda. Everyone up here calls it pop. I just can't seem to call it that. It's been 24 years. So good to know it's still soda to someone else. :P
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I picked coffee and soda, but I also checked the "No thanks!" box.
I like coffee and I especially love diet coke, but not for the caffeine. I don't need caffeine because it doesn't even work on me. One coffee does absolutely nothing, two coffees do absolutely nothing, and when I take a third cup of coffee (which is rare) my legs start to shake and I get dizzy. So no energy shot from coffee for me. XD
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IV drip. ;)
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I used to have it in coffee and iced tea, but now I can't have any. I miss it. :(
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I'm not huge into coffee, I enjoy it occasionally. However sweet tea is a different story lol. Pretty much every day for every meal.
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I love that the option was soda. Everyone up here calls it pop. I just can't seem to call it that. It's been 24 years. So good to know it's still soda to someone else. :P
Where I'm from it's always soda or the brand name. When I went to college in Indiana it was pop. When my roommate asked me to pick up pop I had no clue what she was talking about.
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I make my own coffee in the morning and drink black tea the rest of the day. I have a small Italian stove top pot that my friend bought me as a moving out present. It makes a small volume of strong coffee that I mix with a mug full of milk that's been heated also on the stove. It's the best way to get coffee shop coffee in the kitchen imo so I don't mind. The ritual is actually quite soothing in the morning. I grind the beans too!
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Coffee and the occasional energy drink (I like Relentless when I can get it). I never used to like coffee, until about five years ago when I started to get a taste for it. Now I enjoy comparing different coffees and I love a good cappuccino :)
I don't like tea at all, except green tea, which is quite pleasant to drink.
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I put my vote down for coffee and tea, although I do eat chocolate sometimes too (but never for the sole intent of the caffeine in it.) I definitely drink coffee most, though, but I've been trying to cut back as I'm quite sensitive to it - I hate being too jittery and having that terrible "anxious" feeling. :yikes: However, I do like taking it to help me get through the day - especially when I have to get up so early for school. I like tea as well, but I don't crave it as much as coffee (I love drinking it to wind me down before bed most). I'm down to one mug on the average day (half a cup in the morning, half a cup in the afternoon) and occasionally a mugful of decaf at night when I want that coffee flavor. :good:
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mostly caffeine pills. I'm not really a coffee or soda drinker, no particular reason. I have some occasionally.
I try to caffeine detox every couple months to reset. It sucks but I find myself needing more and more to stay alert.
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Coffee for me. :coffee: I drink tea almost daily as well but not for the caffeine, I prefer herbal infusions anyway. But tea goes as well. Black, green, any sort really. I usually have tea in the evening before I go to sleep, coffee in the morning and afternoon around 4-5 pm, sometimes at lunchtime too. I'm not overly sensitive however, I don't like having coffee after 5 pm but it rarely affects my ability to sleep.
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I used to drink coffee all time, but now it just ramps up my anxiety. I can no longer handle it. But I drink lots of soda. I really need to cut back on it. So many calories.
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Diet soda only. I cannot stand coffee!
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Very VERY occasionally I will have tea - normally in the winter when I am freezing and want something warm to hold in my icy hands :biggrin: But normally I drink Pepsi Max, to the detriment of my teeth and the monetary cheer of my dentist.
Also I suffer immensely from acid reflux, and for some weird reason, Pepsi Max is the only carbonated drink that doesn't set off that nasty burning feeling in my stomach. Go figure.
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I love tea of all kinds :heart: I also love coffee (but I cant have that too often these days as it doesn't love me back = insomnia :yikes: ) and my fave is chocolate :choc: , although I drink/eat none of them for the caffeine fix
occasionally I'll have soda but its very rare and energy drinks make me feel pretty ill
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I have coffee every morning and maybe sometimes an energy drink or some soda or tea!!
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I never need to consume caffeine unless I have the opening shift at work in which case I drink a Monster (energy drink) because I'm not a fan of coffee or tea. I do like caffinated sodas as well but I feel like they don't give me enough energy compared to a Monster.