Woke up from night of coffee drinking, felt like I was having something similar to bad trip?

Question

My boyfriend and I were trying to stay up all night since it was our last night together for a long time, I drank one espresso and 2 cups of strong, strong coffee within 30 minutes. We fell asleep for about 3 hours, when I woke up I seriously felt like I was tripping out until I threw up. He didn't drink as much coffee as I did, he was fine. I usually drink 2 cups every other day, same coffee.

To define tripping out, my mind was somewhere completely scattered and I couldn't get it together, of course my heart was racing, and I was incredibly dizzy. I felt fine when I went to bed.

I'm thinking it was the stress of him leaving on top of the amount of caffeine, or what happened?..

Answer 1

If you have not yet, put this question in the Health Category as well!

I have heard that too much espresso can do you physical harm. In fact, when seeing espresso shots at this one gas station, it has a warning on the label only 2 a day or a sign that said two a day, because too much can make you "trip".

No, it's highly unlikely to do with the stress of your boyfriend.

Answer 2

Overdose of caffeine.  Same as taking some dexedrine pills which were handed out to American pilots in World War 2 so they could keep flying when they should have been sleeping. THe caffeine has a "rebound" effect on your brain.  It's a speed which explains the racing heart.

Answer 3

IT WAS CAFFEINE i had same thing happen to me i dont do caffeine only decaf some drinks with aspartame in them will do the same thing

Answer 4

It was definitely a combination of stress and too much caffeine. Stress and caffeine aggravate each other. It's happened to me.