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My first year in college I had a french press (a kind of coffee maker) and a tin of breath mints that had caffeine in them. One night, trying to finish a projec
by iamthepieman 12y ago
My first year in college I had a french press (a kind of coffee maker) and a tin of breath mints that had caffeine in them. One night, trying to finish a project, I drank an entire quart of strongly brewed coffee (~500mg)and ate the caffeinated breath mints like popcorn (30mg each)[0]. I recall walking down the dormitory hallways with extremely heightened senses. I was hearing whispers on the other side of closed doors and watching a fly buzz past me in what seemed like slow motion. I could feel the carpet texture through the soles of my shoes and time seemed to slow down.
At the time I thought it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and vowed to repeat it sometime.
Thinking back I realize I was probably experiencing mild hallucinations and could have been on the verge of collapse.
edit: Added caffeine estimates.
[0]Can't believe I found this. http://www.wegotcoffee.com/mints/zingo.php http://www.wegotcoffee.com/mints/zingo.php
- hobs 12y agoI know this feeling exactly. I one time consumed 2.5g of caffeine on a very VERY stupid dare. Me and another kid were trying to bluster each other and each were one-upping the other, though we had a hard limit of 3g. He had 2g and started crying, shaking, and rolled up in the fetal position. In retrospect we should have taken him to the hospital, but he was fine. The experience reminds me a lot of the movie Donnie Darko mixed with the futurama episode of Fry drinking 200 cups of coffee; it felt like you could see the animus of someone being projected into the future, and everything was practically at a standstill (like the time I was in a car accident). We had a few pick up games of various games at this LAN we were at while doing this, and I won every one of them having to do with twitch speed even if the person had 5 yrs experience on me in a game and I had never played it before. Not something I would repeat voluntarily, but it was an interesting experience.
- iamthepieman 12y agoIt's still one of the most memorable experiences of my life. It was very similar to the reaction you get when in physical danger. I skidded half way down an icy ravine while skiing. I'm sure it took all of 10 seconds but It felt like 10 minutes.
- cryptoz 12y agoThere's an episode of Futurama where Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee, and experiences similar hightened sensations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Big_Boys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Big_Boys
- sitkack 12y agoI refer to that experience as going "trans-dimensional" while the senses are heightened the mind/body split seems to be much larger and time is definitely not monotonic. Same, 2-3 french press carafe 1/3 to 1/2 full of fresh ground coffee at the rate of one carafe per hour. While traveling take caffeine pills to stave off headaches since the coffee routine as been disrupted.
- iamthepieman 12y ago"while the senses are heightened the mind/body split seems to be much larger " Exactly this. I remember feeling like I was looking down on myself from just above the top of my head. I had an acute awareness of "seeing" my whole body, not just my arms, feet and the tip of my nose like a typical first person perspective.
- sitkack 12y agoTo me it is like wearing a mask and playing puppet master with ones own body.
- otakucode 12y agoCaffeine withdrawal is not what causes the headaches from coffee cessation. It's something else (so far as I know unknown) in coffee that causes that.
- sitkack 12y agomy extra strength placebos are doing there job, don't Jones my fix.
- mmagin 12y agoTypically people get mild auditory hallucinations after they've been awake for 30 hours or so. Sounds like what you might have been experiencing.