Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and was not aware of the drink’s caffeine content, which exceeded that of cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined, according to a legal filing.

Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and was not aware of the drink’s caffeine content, which exceeded that of cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined, according to a legal filing

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5821·
    1 year ago

    I drank a monster energy once (well, to be precise, about half of one.),back when energy drinks were still relatively new and there wasnt as much common knowledge about them as there is today.

    Just that half of a can was enough to make me feel like I was going to die.

    My resting heart rate was over 150bpm, was shaking with tremors, and cold sweating. I genuinely thought I was gonna die.

    And I have never so much as touched another one, and will never touch another one, for the rest of my life.

    They are incredibly dangerous and shouldnt be something any kid or idiot can walk into a store and buy with couple bucks.

    and I have absolutely no idea how there are people that exist out there that can drink 6-10 of them a day without spontaneously combusting from tremor induced cellular friction.

    • Stuka@lemmy.ml
      294·
      1 year ago

      They are not incredibly dangerous, not be a long shot.

      They can be dangerous to a very small subset of people with preexisting conditions and that’s about it.

    • DillyDaily@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      I have absolutely no idea how there are people that exist out there that can drink 6-10 of them a day without spontaneously combusting from tremor induced cellular friction.

      A few years ago my doctor put me on beta blockers to try and manage my migraines. My blood pressure was always within healthy limits, usually around 110/70, on the beta blockers it dropped a little bit, but nothing drastic. My heart rate on the other hand?

      Resting, it was 41-45 bmp, sitting and fidgeting it was 54-58bpm, and walking around it was 65-73. I’d have to really push hard at the gym to get it to 100 and it would drop back down so suddenly when I stopped I’d often get blue lips when doing cool down stretches.

      My fingers and toes were always blue, I had chilblains in the middle of the summer.

      When I asked my doctor if I should try Alpha Blockers because they don’t effect your heart he said “just drink a can of redbull 3-4 times a day”

      So that’s what I did.

      It wasn’t until I changed doctors and she asked me about my tea and coffee habits that it fully dawned on me just how much caffeine I was having.

      I completely forgot tea has caffeine, I’d have 5-8 cups a day, plus 3 no-doze pills, 2 red bulls and a ristretto on most work days. On weekends I’d have 3-4 teas, 2-3 red bulls, 2 coffees and a caffeine based pre-workout.

      My resting heart rate during all this was about 58bpm…and I slept like a log.

      Anyway, my new doctor was horrified and I’m on alpha blockers now. Still no migraines, I’ve had to cut out everything caffeinated except 3 cups of tea a day, my resting heart rate is 67bpm…but now I have orthostatic hypotension which kinda sucks. Not as bad as taking trucker crack just so my he would remember to beat. I also struggle with intermittent bouts of insomnia now, which is weird.

      • jandar_fett@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I, too am horrified that an actual doctor with a doctorate in medicine would suggest that a patient pound multiple energy drinks instead of I dunno, using medicine that you even suggested.

    • blue_zephyr@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      I used to chug multiple of those on the way home from school and didn’t feel a thing. I think we lose much resilience with age.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I am not, and was not, sensitive to caffeine in any way.

        Hell, that can be proven just by the embarrassingly large amount of Mountain Dew I drank a day during that era of my life, which had absolutely zero effect on me.