I think i have a sugar free red bull addiction?!


Question: I think i have a sugar free red bull addiction!?
I drink 2 or 3 cans of sugar free red bull daily (because i don't like Coffee), in the mornings so i drink one red bull when i wake up for breakfast and then when i come home i have one and then later i drink another one!.!.!.!.it's really bad because if i don't have my sugar free red bull i can't function!! I feel tired and weak, sometimes i drink diet coke when i feel the red bull isn't working, i switch so my body doesn't get too used to it so the effect of energy doesn't stop working!.
I think I have low blood sugar but i'm not sure!.!.!.anyways, is it dangerous for me to carry this on!?!? thanksWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
it's definitely dangerous for you, especially if you have low blood sugar!.!.

here's a true story, that happened to me:

a few years ago, i was working day shift, and i went midnight bowling with a group of friends and didn't get home until 3am!.!. i drank 4 red bulls within 20 minutes!.!. i just chugged them!.!. b/c i knew i had to be up at 5am for work!.!.

when i came home from bowling, i tried to get a couple hours of sleep!.!. that didn't work!.!. i laid in bed, shaking as if i was having a seizure!.!. i never fell asleep!.!. my heart rate was around 150-160!.!. it felt as if my heart was about to explode from my chest!.!.

so do you think i'd give up the red bull!?!.!. nope!.!. i grabbed 2 more on my way to work and drank them on my drive to work!.!. i felt like i was drunk or high!.!. i couldn't even concentrate while i was at work!.!.

anyways, i kept this up for 2 years, constantly drinking 3 red bulls each morning!.!. 2 years ago, i wound up with really bad stomach pain and i was throwing up everything that i ate or drank!.!. even if i had a 8oz glass of water, i'd throw that up 5 minutes later!.!. i was so scared!.!.

my mom took me to the ER and they did some tests on me!.!. my blood work came back perfect!.!. everything was within the parameters!.!. nothing was elevated, so they didn't know what to look for!.!.

they sent me down for an ultrasound of my abdomen and it turned out that i had an ovarian cyst that had burst inside!.!. thank god it was a one time thing and i haven't had one since!.!. i was only 21 when it happened!.!.

ever since that night in the ER, i gave up red bull, soda, etc!.!. anything that is "carbonated"!.!. i refuse to drink it!.!. i'll stick with water, gatorade, and green iced tea!.!.

quit drinking the red bull!.!. it's hard at first, but once you have a "good enough" reason to quit, it'll be fine!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Duh it's dangerous!. Try eating healthier and heartier meals!. A large source of your energy comes from iron in food!. If you are low blood sugar-take iron pills! This will make you feel great again!. Try woman's one a day pills!. Those are great and cheap!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

red bull contains something which is very dangerous health !. i think it is called taurineWww@FoodAQ@Com

I had the same problem with energy drinks, i would drink one in the morning one with lunch and one at dinner!.!.!.!. I couldnt function without it!! Well i grew tired of always being tired unless i drank my energy drink so i just quit drinking them!.

At first it was real hard, for about 2 weeks i was tired all the time, but after that i started to feel better!. I woke up in the morning actually feeling refreshed and energized!. The craziest thing is that after i stopped i have more energy than i ever had when i was drinking them!. Get off them they do nothing more than make u more tired afterwards!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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