NOS ENERGY DRINK!

[pauly j]

Today my coworker bought me an energy drink called "NOS!"  I gladly accepted it and drank it, and "WHEW", I got a caffeine jolt like never before!  I have recently cut down on my caffeine intake, and as most of you may know, my anxiety is at a 95% recovery!  Well, let me tell you the 5% anxiety, came knocking hard on my door!  About an hour, or two after drinking this thing, I could feel my anxiety creeping in, luckily this was my therapy day!  After meeting with my therapist for 45 minutes, I was feeling well! 

Driving home, I could feel the low-level anxiety, once again, starting to creep back in!  Of course, the "wannabe" anxiety guru that I am, went immediately to doing the "diaphragm breathing", along with "positive self talk", so that the anxiety level would not escalate into anything more!  Did the deep breathing for about 10 minutes, and was feeling some better! 

I called my friend and asked him what was in this "jarring" energy drink!  He told me it had 357mg of caffeine!  "WHAT?"  I couldn't believe I drank all that caffeine at one time!  I try to limit my caffeine to under 60 mg/day!  That was 6X the amount!   I had a hard time trying to suppress this anxiety that was trying to get a grip of me, but luckily I had the tools to stop the onset of it before it escalated into a panic attack! 

Lesson learned!  Never drink anything, unless you know what the ingredients are, especially if you are drinking an energy drink, and are caffeine sensitive!

[Kristen1]

Did you read the warning signs on the bottle??? Horrible!!