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    Default 5-hour energy shots?

    Who's tried it? How well do they work for you?
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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    It's caffeine. It works like caffeine.

    Honestly the one thing that gave me more energy was cutting out the shit. Once my body got used to existing without caffeine I didn't need it anymore. regular diet and excercise made caffeine absolete.


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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    Well since you asked, I'll tell you without the lecture: they work great for me.

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    Mm, yeah... sorry. They work, yeah. I'm just saying they leave you REAL groggy the next day.


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    They definitely work! I can stay up all night with one of them and I drink double espressos daily.

    Sometimes I'll only do a half (or less!) when I need a boost and want to be able to sleep. The full one really fucks with my system because I'll need a sleeping pill to finally sleep with it or I don't sleep very well. The only time I really do that is when I work in Las Vegas and want to adjust time zones and be able to stay up and be peppy til 7am their time.

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    I did half of one last week, gave me energy without being too pepped up and I slept fine.

    I did a whole one last night, no difference in my energy level but I slept like shit, this is why I'm up at 6am this morning!

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    ew, so it's just the caffeine that gets you up? I was thinking it was one of those drinks that have megadoses of vitamins.
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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    they never work for me. i wish they did because i drink red bull at work and i feel so unhealthy drinking it.

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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    I never got anything out of them, but I'm not that sensitive to caffine. Stackers and mini-thins work well, IMHO, but they make me all jittery.

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    It is a megadose of B vitamins and you can get them without caffeine...they work for me
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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    They come in decaf as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk View Post
    They come in decaf as well.
    ah, awesome.
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    yeah its the b vitamines and niacin that work. it onyl has as much caffiene as a mountain dew or cup of coffee....they work for me, but the first 15 minutes afte ri drink one, i sweat and get real hot. not sure why.

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    They don't work for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i.breathe.in View Post
    but the first 15 minutes afte ri drink one, i sweat and get real hot. not sure why.
    Its called a niacin flush...I get it too. It even warns you about it on the bottle!

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    Default Re: 5-hour energy shots?

    is that a bad thing or?

    eeek.

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    It's not bad. It's just what happens to people when they take niacin in larger quantities. Its like opening up your veins for full blood flow capacity.
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    Yeah it isnt bad. Like TM said..just a reaction to your blood circulating faster...kind of like what Viagra does!LOL It only lasts a fewminutes for me so no big deal. The meds I"m on make me hot all the time anyway now(when I used to be freezing when it was like 80 degrees!! Now I'm sweating at 60 degrees.Ugh...oh well...at least I'm alive!lol)

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    I usually go to Smoothie King and get a small Light N Fluffy with three caffeine boosters instead of 5 hour energy or Red Bull right before work. You get 2 servings of fruit AND you're totally pumped.

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    They taste like feet!

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    girls at my old club in portland used to buy tons of them and call the "crack shots"....... a girl would buy like 10 of them before work (there were only 6 girls on shift) and then resell them to the other dancers, management got pissed about that for some reason. It's not like she was making a profit, she was just supplying.

    i have never tried them, no desire to. Anything that blue has got to be bad for you.... they're bright freaking blue!!!
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    The ones I've done have never been blue....I"ve never seen a blue one!They are always like a light orange or clear.

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    I like them. Usually have a couple in my work bag in case there's a slump in my energy during my shift. They don't make me jittery, or hyper, just more awake if I'm tired. I think the berry and orange flavors are pretty good.

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    maybe it was a different flavor??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post


    Mm, yeah... sorry. They work, yeah. I'm just saying they leave you REAL groggy the next day.
    Aww, you're forgiven Lizzie.

    I don't find that they make me groggy the next day. It's probably different for everyone; some people I know find it doesn't do jack shit.

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