too much caffeine

So I drank 8 500 ml bottles of diet coke in about 3 hours (approx 6/7 pints?)
(yes, I know that was probably stupid)

I now feel pretty shit. A bit shaky, a bit sick to my stomach, a bit light headed and "spinny"

I read Yahoo answers and from everything I read there it isnt enough to be really dangerous and most of the answers say there isnt anything much you can do but wait to feel better.

But would eating/drinking (water) help at all?

My heart feels normal and Im not like physically shaking or anything, my muscles just feel kind of weak and I generally feel shit.

 

I had a little too much coffee this morning/afternoon and felt kind of the same way. I don't know if there's anything scientific to it, but I had a baked potato and feel just fine now. For me, I think it was too much coffee/caffeine and not enough of anything else. Hope you feel better!!

 

I'm guessing you're at work now, but usually when I drink too much caffeine (too many cups/hr, too many shots of expresso in my drink) a nap tends to help. Napping gives my body time to process all the crap out of my system.

 

7:30 in the evening, English time .... I'd hope he's home, or on the way.

Yes. Napping sounds good.

Mind you, if you're too wired for napping, then see if you can eat something, lay back and rest - preferably with compelling high quality distraction - film to put your focus outside yourself. And have your telephone nearby in case you just want to have a chat with a friend. That can keep your focus outside yourself too - sometimes better than films. That should get you past the peak and down the other side.

Good luck with that. I have a periodic sensitivity to coffee, which sends me over the top with only a couple of mouthfuls. It's definitely not fun when it happens. DO say when it eased off, OK?

Take care.

 

Its a public holiday in the UK, so no work. I tried lying down for a bit but felt too wired to nap. Ive drunk a load of water and I do feel less "swimmy" now... but still feel like crap. I just dont know why I do stupid things like this to myself.

 

OK, so three hours since your first post. Therefore about two hours to go, though some of your first bottles-worth has passed that mark. Let's assume you are over the worst by now, and that there's still a bit of feeling like crap due what your body has had to put up with.
Dare I say that thinking about something slightly higher than a nun on a bicycle might speed up the process of your recovery?

 

When I used to consume caffeine and my body went out of whack, I'd usually drink whole milk to settle it down. I don't suggest overhydrating yourself, it'll wipe out everything else in your system and make you just as shaky.

 

I just feel really shit now, but without the other symptons. Gonna have an early night and hope I feel better tomorrow.

 

Woke up with a headache, a stomach ache, and still feeling tired... but all the shakiness and dizziness is gone. Hopefully Ive learned my lesson.

 

Talking about learning lessons, in my history, one evening of gin kept me away from it for twenty years, and cautious from then on. I'm sure you'll only have to look at a can of it or number of cans in a bottle, and to remember your safe threshold.

On a warm day, a wide lipped vaccum flask of vacuum mug can give you more cold sips per pouring.

Stomach calming foods and drinks sounds like a good idea, and I am glad you are OK.

 

If you can't handle high amounts of stimulants.. then feed your body. A lot of people take stimulants and forget to eat.

I'm not even going to say what's in the N.O. boosters and/or stimulants I take.

 

Kingston and Sudbury Ontario are test markets for new sizes of Timmies coffee. What was the small is now the extra small (8oz.), what was the medium is now the small (10oz.), the large is now medium (14oz.), the extra large is now large(20oz.) and the new extra large is 24oz. of coffee.
When this goes global there will be a lot of people ODing on caffeine.

 

Yeah, to be honest - lesson learned I think.

Ive drunk too much coke and got a bit of a head buzz before, but nothing like that.

When I was reading online about people taking twice as much as I had to drink and feeling like theyre dying (and probably people with 2/3 my body weight...) I realised I could have felt a LOT worse, but that was bad enough for me.