Caffeine pills test day

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• Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  September 2018 8392 karma

  I would guess so? I don't know anything about caffeine pills. As long as they are legal, over the counter med or you have a prescription. Don't bring anything like ritalin that isn't prescribed to you.
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  Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  September 2018 8392 karma

  And not going to lie, there aren't a ton of people here old enough to know this reference, but I couldn't help but picture this:

  https://media.giphy.com/media/l0Iy6RfxFjVqP8NQQ/giphy.gif
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  MissChanandler Alum Member Sage ⭐

  September 2018 3256 karma

  Agree with all of the above. Make sure that if you're taking caffeine pills though that you aren't doing it for the first time on test day and you aren't breaking from your normal habits.
• tekken1225 Alum Member

  September 2018 edited September 2018 770 karma

  @"Leah M B" what show is that?
• samantha.ashley92 Alum Member

  September 2018 1777 karma

  Just make sure your PT with them at least twice with the same meal/break snack timing.
• tekken1225 Alum Member

  September 2018 770 karma

  @"samantha.ashley92" said:
  Just make sure your PT with them at least twice with the same meal/break snack timing.

  Okay, sounds good. Actually I don't even know if I should even take them. Caffeine literally does nothing for me anymore, haha.
• samantha.ashley92 Alum Member

  September 2018 1777 karma

  Omg I know how you feel lol
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  Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  September 2018 8392 karma

  @tekken1225 Haha it's Saved by the Bell. Jessie gets hooked on caffeine pills in that episode... it's a classic. Now, back to my rocking chair...

  https://media.giphy.com/media/DVytj5DEc7Uqc/giphy.gif
• tekken1225 Alum Member

  September 2018 770 karma

  @"Leah M B" said:
  @tekken1225 Haha it's Saved by the Bell. Jessie gets hooked on caffeine pills in that episode... it's a classic. Now, back to my rocking chair...

  Oh man, as a guy past 30, I feel like I should know the show, hahaha.
• Bamboosprout Alum Member

  September 2018 1694 karma

  @"Leah M B" said:
  @tekken1225 Haha it's Saved by the Bell. Jessie gets hooked on caffeine pills in that episode... it's a classic. Now, back to my rocking chair...

  https://media.giphy.com/media/DVytj5DEc7Uqc/giphy.gif

  Nice memes, grandma

  To be on topic, I can share with you my experience with caffeine pills. For my first actual test, I was told to practice with caffeine pills to get use to them. In combination with my anxiety for the test, however, this completely destroyed my sleep schedule, and on the day of, the caffeine pill made my already nervous hands literally jittery and heart beats audible. Thinking back on it, I should have understood that caffeine's effect on humans is not black and white. It's not just on and off. It's a gradient that can be shifted by external factors, like stress, nerves, and adrenaline. The human body, although it can get use to it's effects neurologically, can never learn to process them faster. On average, it takes about 12 hours to reduce half of any significant amount of caffeine in your body, no matter how immune to the effects you are. So what I'm trying to say is, for me, while I normally drink a lot of coffee and tea, and caffeine has no effect on me, because of my extra nerves, the coffee affected me in ways that never affected me before, and it was pretty terrible. Even trying to reduce my intake on the friday before the test did not really make any difference. My honestly recommendation would be to eliminate as many inconsistent factors as possible for the test, caffeine pills being one of them.

  For my next tests, I eliminated caffeine intake all together the week of the test, and only made some green tea for the day of the test. It takes about 30 minutes for caffeine to be absorbed into the blood stream, so I drank a mouthful while lining up to get in, and another mouthful at the start of the break, and that felt pretty good.

  Disclaimer: I cut my caffeine pills into quarters, so each serving was only 50ml of caffeine. Not much at all, but it completely wrecked me, because of the stress factors.
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  10000019 Alum Member

  September 2018 3279 karma

  @"Leah M B" said:
  And not going to lie, there aren't a ton of people here old enough to know this reference, but I couldn't help but picture this:

  https://media.giphy.com/media/l0Iy6RfxFjVqP8NQQ/giphy.gif

  
• tekken1225 Alum Member

  September 2018 edited September 2018 770 karma

  @Bamboosprout

  For me, personally, now that I think about this, I think I may need to undergo caffeine detox. No caffeine for a couple weeks at least.
  My tolerance has gone up so much for caffeine over the course of years as a student, that it really does nothing for me anymore. I can literally fall asleep 15 minutes after drinking 2 cans of Red Bull. It's kinda sad, really.
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  Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  September 2018 8392 karma

  @10000019 lol. Oh, Family Guy.
• Bamboosprout Alum Member

  September 2018 1694 karma

  @10000019 said:

  @"Leah M B" said:
  And not going to lie, there aren't a ton of people here old enough to know this reference, but I couldn't help but picture this:

  https://media.giphy.com/media/l0Iy6RfxFjVqP8NQQ/giphy.gif

  

  lol. I can't help but cringe a little while I chuckle.
• Bamboosprout Alum Member

  September 2018 1694 karma

  @tekken1225 said:
  @Bamboosprout

  For me, personally, now that I think about this, I think I may need to undergo caffeine detox. No caffeine for a couple weeks at least.
  My tolerance has gone up so much for caffeine over the course of years as a student, that it really does nothing for me anymore. I can literally fall asleep 15 minutes after drinking 2 cans of Red Bull. It's kinda sad, really.

  A caffeine detox might be good for you. Who knows? Try it and find out. I love my caffeine still, but it's good to know that I don't need it, can easily control my intake, and have a good idea of how it affects me.
  Hahahaha. Here's how an lsat student would resolve this contradiction. Remember how I said it takes at least 30 minutes for caffeine to normally get into your bloodstream and affect you? This is why coffee naps are such an effective tool. Most people actually get more sleepy 5-15 minutes after drinking a sugary caffeinated beverage.
• ajstephens93 Alum Member

  September 2018 edited September 2018 116 karma

  @LeahMB

  OMG the caffeine pills episode! You just made my day.