I drank Redbull, and now I'm afraid I'm going to die or something... please help?First and foremost, I have Panic Disorder pretty badly... yeah I know I'm dumb for drinking Redbull in the first place! I was using it to stay awake to get into a normal sleeping schedule, so I've only had about 3 1/2 or less 8 oz cans in 2 days. I also drank them slowly, because caffeine tends to make me nervous. So all in all thats about 300mg caffeine in 2 days, which I don't think is much. I was curious about the levels of Ginseng in the Redbull, so I decided to look it up on Wikipedia... Well half way down the page there's a cardiovascular section that I just had to read... (I have a BAD fear of my heart!) and I read that it causes a healthy young adult to temporarily have the same risk factor as an evaluated heart disease patient! I INSTANTLY had a MASSIVE panic attack! I ran upstairs to my mom (I'm 16, male) and pretty much frantically shook and waited to die. I was almost crying, it was horrible. I've had these like this before, even worse in some cases, but with this one I was thinking the panic would definitely cause a heart attack or something combined with the chemicals in the Redbull. I finished the Redbull at about 12AM, (started at 9:30, took sips every now and then) and I felt fine. Around 1:30 I saw that wiki page and just FREAKED completely out. It's now 4:30AM and I'm still having a lot of anxiety, flowing in and out of panic attacks... I'm pretty much terrified that this will kill me in conjunction with whatever chemicals are in the redbull! Am I wrong? I seriously need some help here. I wasn't able to count my heart rate, but I estimate it was around 180-200BPM, which I've had before a few times. It didn't stay like that for more than a minute or two before I was able to calm down, but it was TERRIFYING. Is this stuff gonna kill me since I had that redbull? I'm really afraid of that right now... From what my doctor has seen, I've got a pretty healthy heart, and I've never done any stimulants or anything... I'm a really big guy, which is also part of what scares me. I'm overweight, weighing about 250lbs, 6'2" with a huge structure. I've been trying to diet and what not for a while now, so I know I'm not eating too much junk food or anything... and my cholesterol was borderline high last time I had it checked, and my triglycerides were only slightly borderline. I just don't know what to do! I'm still extremely nervous about the effects of the redbull... IF there WERE any effects from it that could be dangerous, would they be gone after 4 hours? Right now I'm just feeling extremely tired, but I'm too anxious to sleep, so I'm pretty much stuck here... I'm sorry if I'm coming off as annoying, I've just got a bunch of adrenaline running through my system and its making me VERY nervous and hyperactive. I'm really afraid I'm going to die... I'm TIRED of feeling like this! It's been over a year now and it's gotten NO better! I take75mg zoloft everyday which helps SLIGHTLY... but still I have these periods of feeling horrible like this... BAH!
Answer by Simple Minded
If you have panic attack and zoloft, you have to avoid redbull and coffee and tea completely, if possible. Go to rest and sleep. If you still have a fast heartbeat, go to emergency room immediately.
Answer by Atomic ninja
DUDE! relax you'll be fine, but don't panic or you'll go into shock.
Answer by peanut
any effect of the caffeine will have well and truley peaked by now so you don't have to worry about having a heart attack.
I have had 2 panic attack when I was younger but I never had a significant problem with them, tho I do know they are very scary.
I would reccomend trying some yoga or tai chi as it has a wonderful calming effect on a persons mind, but also your anxiety sounds severe so maybe consider joining a group or getting some counselling to source the root of it and learn to overcome it.
All the best :)
Answer by Reynolds
ha ha dude your not going to die when i skated id drink like 3 bfc monsters and 3 red bulls with some vitamin water and a whole pack of energy gum smoke some weed drink another red bull steal 3 more and 2 bottles get drunk drink a red bull dude your not going to die if the doc says you got a good hart your not going to die i smoke siggs to and im 16.... im not dead yet
last time i had that bad of anziady was when i took a anti depressant with some PCP didn't know i was takein PCP tho but was up for 24 hours till i just crashed from runing around Tucson all day and night chill the fucc out
Answer by jd
Marc, you are not going to die. I also suffer with anxiety, so telling you to relax is like telling someone with asthma to simply breathe. When you have any anxiety attack, common sense and the ability to reason are next to impossible. About the energy drinks, try to avoid them - along with soda. You don't need the caffeine or calories in those things. Since you are slightly overweight, I would suggest cardio - start jogging, jumping jacks, jumping rope, etc... Those activities are good for your heart - and your doctor says you have a healthy heart. Exercise helps many people with anxiety issues. Next time you see your doctor, you will need to let him know you are still having these periods...you might need a higher dosage, different medication, or possibly a drug like ativan to help you when you have an attack. You are going to be fine.
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