Using No-doze for first time & have q's

[crazycanuck]

Oh dear TSP ..

Perhaps i'll just stick with really strong chocolate coated coffee beans..That and quite a bit of coffeeeee the day before/day of...

[jelee1311]

I've used no doze and it made me sick & jittery,have you tried black cherry shot blocks? They have 50mg caffine for 3 of them and they have other good stuff in them.They didn't make me sick.

[Pip]

I get jittery and queasy on anything like No Doze as well. Once upon a time my husband bought some caffeine-based party pills when we were planning to be out at a dance party all night. The packet said to take 3-4 so he took three and had a fantastic night. I took the remaining pill and spent the night with the jitters and major paranoia and feeling very sick. I couldn't sleep for 24 hours. The effects were supposed to last for six. Turns out I'm extremely sensitive to caffeine! If you're going to try it I'd do what you suggest and start with a portion of the pill only.

[crazycanuck]

Ummm nope nope nope..i'll pass on the no-doze...Your stories are freaking me out

I think i'll try flat coke instead. At least I have a clue about what i'm drinking!

I tried to order some Mocha cliff shots but they're out of stock *sniff*
If anyone sees them in a store in the next few days or so, please let me know!

[Catrin]

I have tried No-Doze in years past and had similar reactions to those reported here. Chocolate covered coffee beans, gu, or cliff shots would be kinder choices I think...

[OakLeaf]

If you can find NON-standardized guarana supplements, try those.

The only active compound in guarana that the US acknowledges is caffeine, so when they standardize it, they standardize the caffeine content. I don't know about Australian forms. But there must be other active molecules, because the boost I get from guarana is very different from caffeine.

Wide awake. Alert. None of that caffeine edge. And after five hours, I just come down and I can go to sleep (unlike caffeine, which even in beverage form will keep me up 14 hours from the last ingestion).

[PamNY]

I had a negative reaction to No-Doz similar to what others have described. And I drink lots of coffee and tea; my body is no stranger to caffeine.