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Old 17-10-2010, 21:36
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Hi

Do drinks such as red bull actually work? I just tried it for the first time ever and don't feel any different let alone any more awake

Thanks
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Old 17-10-2010, 21:37
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Try jumping off Dover and see.
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Old 17-10-2010, 21:49
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Hi

Haha, no, i was referring to it keeping you awake, not giving you wings
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Old 17-10-2010, 22:21
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it did seem to give me more energy/make me more awake but i don't like the taste. pro plus is another thing you can try
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Old 18-10-2010, 15:15
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Doesn't affect me in the slightest.
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Old 18-10-2010, 15:22
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Relentless does it for me, but I never drink tea or coffee so it's hardly surprising I get a bit giddy from the caffiene. I only have it three or four times a year as well.
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Old 18-10-2010, 16:02
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It works for me. Too much caffeine is also exteremly bad for you, and after a few red bulls I can feel it!
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Old 18-10-2010, 17:09
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Energy drink does it for me, personally I like Asda/Tesco No Added Sugar Cranberry Energy Drink. Or Irn Bru 32
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Old 18-10-2010, 18:06
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Nope I can't say that it does!
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Old 18-10-2010, 18:15
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Downed six cans once to give it a try.
Did nothing for me. As it tastes vile, that was the last time I drank it.
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Old 18-10-2010, 20:45
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For my wife It does the total opposite and makes her fall asleep.
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Old 15-11-2010, 06:43
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It does absolutely nothing to me - even after numerous cans.
I just like the taste of it
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Old 15-11-2010, 11:31
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I had a few sips of relentless a few weeks ago. Scary stuff,my heart was pounding so much I thought I was going to pass out
I do drink alot of coffee so i'm used to caffiene but this was just horrible.
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Old 15-11-2010, 14:52
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It is coloured water nothing else, before you ask if you drink Iron Brew can you bend girders -no you can't
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Old 15-11-2010, 14:56
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it helped Vettel yesterday.
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Old 15-11-2010, 15:11
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It does if you're actually doing something. If I was just sitting at my desk drinking it, I wouldn't feel any different. I drink it on nights out, or festivals but otherwise it's too full of sugar to drink regularly.

It's a good hangover cure though.
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Old 15-11-2010, 16:04
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Good grief just the smell of it.


I need a bucket.. Most awful smell,just revolting.....:yawn:
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Old 16-11-2010, 02:32
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It does for me.

I used to use it to help me hit the ground running when going to work. I would have a can on the drive into work, by the time I got there I was wired (I don't drink coffee so it wa my equivalent).

I don't do it anymore however. One time I drank the equivalent of 2 cans (had a bottle of Tesco own brand) and when I got to work my heart was all over the place and I thought I was going to keel over at any time. Aside from that, there's the crash when the effects wear off. These are worse than if you'd not had any at all.

Now I only have the odd can when I really feel the need.
So yes, for me it does work, a bit too much. Useful stuff though if you need to be wired for a short time. I took it before a job interview and it worked wonders - not like Spud in Trainspotting.
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Old 16-11-2010, 23:52
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It is coloured water nothing else, before you ask if you drink Iron Brew can you bend girders -no you can't
Red bull contains; Taurine, Glucuronolactone, Caffeine, B-group vitamins, Sucrose and Glucose.
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Old 16-11-2010, 23:53
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It works for me, I like it with vodka.
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Old 18-11-2010, 13:20
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I had three Red Bulls throughout one evening once and the only effect it had was that it made me incredibly twitchy, like i couldn't sit still. It wasnt very good at the time because I was trying to get an important paper done (which I did finish eventually..)

Wouldn't drink the stuff again if I had to pull an allnighter, but tbh the result of my essay was bad enough that I will probably never do an allnighter ever again.
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Old 18-11-2010, 14:43
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Never tried it so I don't know but some of my friends swear by it. I wonder if this is the stuff my Marketing lecturer drinks when she's hyper?
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Old 18-11-2010, 14:54
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If you've an iPhone or Android you can test it out with heart rate app. Test your heart before. Down a few cans, wait 15 minutes and test to see if the caffeine has increased your heart rate!
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Old 18-11-2010, 16:08
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Hardly works for me. I mean, I'm Italian so I drink like 3 shots of espresso's (which is a lot of caffeine) and then I have 2 cups of Nescafe and other energy drinks.

For me its only Espresso that works.
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Old 19-11-2010, 23:09
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It does something - it wasn't allowed to be sold in the air traffic control centre I worked in.
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