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I 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.



It'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.




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