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What gives you energy besides caffeine?
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If I know a day is going to be longer, and stranger, than usual.
I take a B-complex vitamin with breakfast.
I take a B-complex vitamin with breakfast.
Probably a good idea; but, blood tests show that I have an overload of B in my system.
Probably a good idea; but, blood tests show that I have an overload of B in my system.
Are there side effects to that?
You know, I should probably look that up because I don't know.
The problem I had with that is that I had been taking a B supplement for years & my blood test results on that were WAY off the charts on the high side; which can't possibly be a good thing.
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Okay here we go:
"Vitamins are required for life. A minimum daily dose of each vitamin is necessary to maintain good health. Significantly exceeding this dose, however, can cause illness. In general, the symptoms of vitamin toxicity include nausea, gastrointestinal problems like constipation and diarrhea, hair loss, rashes, and nerve damage.
It is unusual to overdose on vitamins through megadose supplements, but people sometimes receive an unsafe dose of some vitamins by combining fortified foods with supplements.
As B vitamins are often given as supplements and found in fortified foods, there is some risk of taking too much B vitamin. There are eight B vitamins; thiamine, ribovlavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, folic acid, and cobalamine. Each functions as an enzymatic cofactor or is a precursor to an enzymatic cofactor enabling many of the basic functions of metabolism in the body.
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Heart or liver damage if you take way too many. Just like with potassium or magnesium, both in huge quantities can cause a heart attack or a stroke.
I suppose I could say just coffee for me, but it doesn’t really do much, i even nodded off while holding a cup many times.
A proper sleep makes the biggest difference I think, but that’s something I don’t get a lot of. I do take a B complex now and then, and at the moment I’m also on iron tablets since my levels have been low. Still, I think good food and decent rest are the best things for energy, even if they’re not always easy to manage.
I have cut out soda completely these days. I didn’t have them often before either , but now I don’t touch them at all.
A proper sleep makes the biggest difference I think, but that’s something I don’t get a lot of. I do take a B complex now and then, and at the moment I’m also on iron tablets since my levels have been low. Still, I think good food and decent rest are the best things for energy, even if they’re not always easy to manage.
I have cut out soda completely these days. I didn’t have them often before either , but now I don’t touch them at all.
I don't take caffeine knowingly. It's why I don't drink coffee or even energy drinks too. This is because caffeine makes it practically impossible for me to sleep at all in the night.
I started doing something weird in the mornings when I make my decaf... I've been testing how much regular ground coffee I can add to my decaf grounds in the coffee maker and so far it's 1/8 of a teaspoon to the 2 scoops of decaf. Science LOL
Getting into deep conversations with people about random stuff - like when someone's genuinely passionate about something weird and nerdy, I could listen for hours. Also those moments when I'm working on a project and everything just clicks, you know?
Music is huge too - put on the right playlist and I can suddenly tackle stuff I've been procrastinating on for weeks. And weirdly, cleaning/organizing gives me this weird burst of energy, like I'm literally clearing mental space too. Oh, and being around water - beach, lake, even just a long shower - something about it just resets my brain. Sleep obviously helps but that's boring lol.
Music is huge too - put on the right playlist and I can suddenly tackle stuff I've been procrastinating on for weeks. And weirdly, cleaning/organizing gives me this weird burst of energy, like I'm literally clearing mental space too. Oh, and being around water - beach, lake, even just a long shower - something about it just resets my brain. Sleep obviously helps but that's boring lol.
