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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on February 23, 2009, 11:33:17 AM
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Well, that explains some things. ::) :hyper: :uhsure:
Coffee May Cause Hallucinations
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Double-shot lovers take note—the world's most popular psychoactive drug may have a disturbing hidden effect on some of its habitual users.
Heavy drinkers of coffee, tea, energy drinks, and other caffeinated beverages are more likely to hallucinate, hear imaginary voices, and even sense the presence of deceased people, a new study suggests.
Among the 200 test subjects, those who consumed the equivalent of seven cups of coffee a day were found to be three times more likely to have hallucinatory experiences than those who consumed less than a single cup a day.
Lead author Simon Jones, a psychology Ph.D. student at Durham University in the U.K, is intrigued but cautious about the connection.
"This hasn't shown that caffeine causes hallucinations, though the data are consistent with that idea," he said.
"It could also be that people who have hallucinations are more anxious and worried, so that causes them to consume more caffeine."
Ubiquitous Drug Packs Punch
Caffeine is much loved for its ability to quickly increase alertness, boost energy, and improve mood.
(Read "Caffeine—What's the Buzz?" from National Geographic magazine.)
The massively popular drug's effects have been explored intensely.
Some studies have revealed possible benefits such as relief from pain and headaches and the easing of asthma symptoms.
Others have suggested possible correlations between caffeine use and cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, and osteoporosis.
The FDA lists caffeine as a food additive "generally recognized as safe," and most experts agree that moderate consumption of up to 300 milligrams a day (one to two 12-ounce coffees or six to eight 12-ounce cans of soda) is not dangerous.
more (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/48489104.html)
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I know coffee makes me think I feel good for a little while. Pure foolery.
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I know coffee makes me think I feel good for a little while. Pure foolery.
My doc took me off caffeine a few years ago. :bawl: Caffeine withdrawl ain't fun.
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I run on the caffeine every day like a car uses gas, however I don't care for the taste of coffee, so I get mine from Diet Coke. Or am I just imagining that....
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Well, I got excited there for a second...but I don't drink enough coffee.
I watched an episode of Mark and Olly last night on Travel Channel. They are now in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. They visited a Shaman that made them a coctail of Black Ayahuasca. A tea that made them trip for 24 hours. Everything had a face and everything came alive.
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And here I just thought that the voices were from all that brown acid I was hitting...silly me.
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THANK GOD!!!!!....All I gotta do is give up coffee and that black dude in the Whitehouse will go away.....it's been a nightmare, I tellya.
I'm gonna sue Juan and take his donkey.
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So basically........wait......coffee makes you see dead people? Freakin' rad! Although now I feel a bit jipped -- I drink a pot or so every day and I haven't seen squat. lol I do enjoy the heart palpitations though ;) :p :mental:
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THANK GOD!!!!!....All I gotta do is give up coffee and that black dude in the Whitehouse will go away.....it's been a nightmare, I tellya.
I'm gonna sue Juan and take his donkey.
LOL H5
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So basically........wait......coffee makes you see dead people? Freakin' rad! Although now I feel a bit jipped -- I drink a pot or so every day and I haven't seen squat. lol I do enjoy the heart palpitations though ;) :p :mental:
I see stupid people... They are everywhere.... they work in DC.
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I see stupid people... They are everywhere.... they work in DC.
:lmao: I am doubting less coffee will fix your problem ;)
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:lmao: I am doubting less coffee will fix your problem ;)
you you you...
you mean to tell me that they are REAL????
ohh nooooos. We are screwed.
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you you you...
you mean to tell me that they are REAL????
ohh nooooos. We are screwed.
Looks like we're all gonna have to switch to whiskey in the mornings ;) lol
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Looks like we're all gonna have to switch to whiskey in the mornings ;) lol
heh.... I made that switch years ago.
:rotf:
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heh.... I made that switch years ago.
:rotf:
:lmao: Now that, is funny!
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:lmao: Now that, is funny!
Well, I heard about this hair of the dog thing many years ago.
I looked and I looked and I looked....
I never could find any bottled dog hair.
But I found that whiskey worked just fine. I've been using it ever since.
:cheersmate:
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I see stupid people... They are everywhere.... they work in DC.
No, they just collect paychecks there. Work is a completely separate issue. If you've seen them working, you are definately drinking too much coffee. :-)
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So basically........wait......coffee makes you see dead people? Freakin' rad! Although now I feel a bit jipped -- I drink a pot or so every day and I haven't seen squat. lol I do enjoy the heart palpitations though ;) :p :mental:
Me too. I drink a ton of coffee!
Now, I do know why WE sounds excited when he tells me he's headed to the coffee shop though.
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Wow, that explains so much for me now......
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I don't think I've had hallucinations from too much coffee, unless I count when I've been awake for 30+ hours and have been drinking coffee alternating with Diet Coke. However, I do know that drinking some before going to sleep can cause very strange dreams. ::)
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WOOOOWWWWWW did you guys see the size of that chicken?
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WOOOOWWWWWW did you guys see the size of that chicken?
Put the coffee down, step away slowly ;)
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Me too. I drink a ton of coffee!
Now, I do know why WE sounds excited when he tells me he's headed to the coffee shop though.
coffee doesn't make me hallucinate. well, waitaminnit. how do I know you people are real? :nunchuck:
some of these people
have been acting odd
lately.
:thinking:
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coffee doesn't make me hallucinate. well, waitaminnit. how do I know you people are real? :nunchuck:
some of these people
have been acting odd
lately.
:thinking:
For some, it's not an act. :innocent: :tongue: