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Maybe. However, caffeine is a moderately effective smart drug with no side effects, and is fairly commonplace. I don't think this causes pressure to take Adde
by coderzach 13y ago
Maybe. However, caffeine is a moderately effective smart drug with no side effects, and is fairly commonplace. I don't think this causes pressure to take Adderall (more effective, slight side effects).
- analog31 13y agoAFAIK caffeine is a diuretic, interferes with sleep, and gives me the shakes at a high enough dosage. I'd consider those things to be side effects. Pushing up against an unacceptable level of side effects is what probably forces most of us to moderate our dosage.
- babby 13y agoCaffeine is only a mild diuretic, and only for those who haven't built a tolerance to it. You're right though, Caffeine sure does have side-effects, especially withdrawal effects.
- gnaritas 13y agoYou may be a slow caffeine metabolizer, its common.
- majkinetor 13y agoThose side effects are trivial. Everything has side effects or lets just call them effects, since drugs don't do what you want them to do.
- VonGuard 13y agoThese drugs do exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetam You can get them from India, and I know a number of coders who've taken them to very great effect. However, there is a very real downside: lack of sleep. I know one guy who went off the fucking deep end with paranoia and deceit after taking this stuff for around a year, non stop. He slept, but not much. From what I can tell of my friends who take these drugs, they're great for the occasional week of crunch, or 48-hour coding binge, but as a daily thing, be very careful to stop and rest your body from the stuff after a week or month.
- greenfieldprod 13y agoCaffeine is addictive and has physical/mental side-effects.
- aianus 13y agoCaffeine reduces appetite