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Originally Posted by jpfieber  I was addicted to caffeine in college as I often had to pull all-nighters to finish projects. I found that a two-liter of Mountain Dew was just the right amount to keep me up, but not so much that I got the shakes (was an architecture student so I needed to still be able to draw, and Vivarin and NoDoz gave me the shakes). Once I graduated I gave it up cold turkey and I'm glad I did. When I see the dependence that those around me have on it, it makes me appreciate that I no longer need to rely on caffeine. On the rare occasion though that I have a can of caffeinated soda, I really get wired, in a not so fun way (seems to affect the intestines too  ), so that doesn't happen too often! |
Yeah, right now I'm Computer Science student at the University of Vermont, and it's definitely easy as a college student (a CS student even more so) to become addicted to caffeine. When you've got a strange class schedule and a strange eating schedule, it's nearly impossible to wake up at the same time every day, so a lot of people drink tons of coffee on those earlier days to make up for it. Also, when you want to be out late on the weekends enjoying yourself like you should, there's no way you're waking up before noon the next day. I've gotten myself down to about 1 or 2 cups of coffee a week (sometimes less), and I usually reserve them only for those days where I had a really bad night's sleep and I can't find the time to take a nap. I do still enjoy soda though, but the amount of caffeine in a soda isn't enough to really affect me unless I drink it within a couple hours of going to sleep.