has anyone here tried the 5 hour energy shots?

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 2:04am

so i need to stay up the other night on a drive from LA to San Diego... so i'm not a big coffee drinker and i didn't want to try an energy drink like Red Bull.. so i decided to try the 5 hour energy shot... and it definitely worked... i wasn't wired or hyper or anything but i was awake... i took it at 10pm and i couldn't really sleep until well past 4am... anyways... before i took it i was scared that there might be side effects... i didn't have any but when i told my friends i took it they kind of freaked out... does anyone know if these little shots can pose a health problem?

[feinstein9]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 2:45am

I took them fairly frequently for a while and didn't have any problems. Your friends probably freaked out because it does sound kind of sketchy. I haven't heard of anyone having problems with it though, although everyone's different. If you have a heart attack... well, that could be a problem.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 3:21am

well yeah... they presented their worries that i might have a heart attack... and that just made me paranoid!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 10:22am

how did you down it? they taste disgusting.

Updated On: 12/13/08 at 10:22 AM

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:01am

I heard they knock the shift key right off your keyboard, replace your punctuation with ellipses and insert the word so at the beginning of all of your thoughts.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:10am

you needed this to stay up for a 1 3/4 hour drive?????
How old are you, 95????

Good God, what is happening to kids today?

I wonder what kind of drugs you'd need for a drive between LA and SF...

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:16am

I've tried them. They do give you a nice boost, but honestly I prefer cocaine.

[Dein Herr]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:24am

Also, ecstasy.

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:37am

It's illegal--as well as very dangerous--to drive while sleep impaired. My uncle swerved off of the Belt Parkway and crashed into a tree in the early nineties. He wound up with a tracheostomy tube in his throat and lost his voice. He also wound up choking to death on the tube and having a heart attack while alone in the house. He was staying with my parents (recuperating after the accident and subsequent surgeries) and I was the one who found him dead.

Be careful.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:20pm

SO who cares if i type with all ellipses and begin my sentences with so... deal with it... damn half you people on this message board are pricks for no reason...

SO i jut took it like i did any shot... i downed it.. it wasn't as nasty as i thought it would be

SO yeah the drive was only an hour or so... but i've been doing that drive for the past 8 years... and it's BORING... i usually drive up to Los Angeles to visit friends and i'm out and about all day... and I only like to make the drive at night so as to miss all the traffic... and the last few times i've been driving past 10pm i get a little sleepy because i don't rest during the day...

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:05pm

Sounds like you're a little jacked up on something right now Mr.Cranky-Pants.

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:59pm

Mark this on the list of threads that have turned nasty.

I wish there was a thread where we could just bitch and complain to our hearts content.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 12:53pm

hehe Sally, those last two posts were great.

I repeat....anyone needing something to keep them awake for a 1.5hr drive from LA to SD has bigger issues and needs to see a doctor, or a shrink, or based on your last entry....BOTH!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 1:57pm

"I wish there was a thread where we could just bitch and complain to our hearts content."

Have you SEEN the 'Shut Up' Thread?!

Complain Away!

Updated On: 12/14/08 at 01:57 PM