by tt010101 on February 22nd, 2007

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Do caffeine pills actually work?

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by Mister Rogers on March 2nd, 2007
Although caffine pills sort of work as taking coffee, they will not be a permanent substitute to a full night's sleep. Therefore, if you want to function at your top level, grab a night of sleep, because there's nothing in the world that would defeat a full 8 hours of ZzZ.
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by onkponk on February 22nd, 2007
Yes, they give you an almost instantaneous burst of energy that lasts for a good amount of time.

But be warned!

I am not a coffee drinker, nor do I drink much soda of any kind, let alone the caffeinated ones, and on a long drive (19 hours) my wife and I both took some generic caffeine pills so I wouldn't fall asleep at the wheel and she could stay awake to help me. We were so full of energy!

After about three hours (the package said to wait 'till then) we needed some more and took another dose and it had much less of an effect. Then, later that night we both had serious bouts of paranoia - not just fear, serious paranoia!

But they do work.
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- I took two and they did nothing. How many did you take?
  
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  by tt010101 on February 22nd, 2007
- Only 1 each of the 2 times. Remember I said I don't really ever drink any caffeine.
  
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  by onkponk on February 22nd, 2007
- Yeah, but neither do I...
  
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  by tt010101 on February 23rd, 2007
- How much caffeine did the pills you took have in them? The ones I took were 200 milligrams.
  
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  by onkponk on February 26th, 2007
- I took 100 milligram ones.
  
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  by tt010101 on February 27th, 2007
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by Simply msFortunate on February 22nd, 2007
Yes. I would know, too - I almost od'ed on them when I was a senior in high school. One handful of No-Doz is not the most productive way to make yourself alert.
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- Yeah, I take No-Doz and they don't actually do anything. I took two, and the packet said take only one, but it didn't do anything. Well, it kind of did, but that's just placebo. How much is safe, and what's too much?
  
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  by tt010101 on February 22nd, 2007
- Not sure how much caffeine you consume on a regular basis, but 3 is probably the most you should take.
  
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  by Simply msFortunate on February 22nd, 2007
- Doesn't matter. I've figured out they don't do anything: I took six and no effect.
  
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  by tt010101 on March 3rd, 2007
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