# 5 Hour Energy shots **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849 "2010-04-30T17:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/1 "2010-04-30T17:41:20Z")
Has any ones used these before. Did they work or waste of time. Notice any positives or negatives ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/2 "2010-04-30T17:49:25Z")
I don’t believe into them. If you read the ingredients besides scaring you to death (I’ve never seen %'s that high on a product) you will see how they essentially overload you with Vitamin B12 by giving you 3 months worth in one 2oz drink (8333% percent of recommended daily dose IIRC, yes 8 THOUSAND). This gives you a niacin flush [http://www.mens-total-fitness.com/niacin-flush.html](http://www.mens-total-fitness.com/niacin-flush.html) as it warns you on the label, and it’s not FDA approved, other than that it also gives you shot of coffee essentially judging by caffeine levels. To top it off, it’s got the placebo effect going for it by calling itself “5 hour energy” which will put you into a mindset that you will have energy for a the next 5 hours. The placebo effect is practically the reason you don’t crash, because there is really nothing to crash from. At least energy drinks are upfront about what they will do to you, give you a ton of different ingredients and caffeine to make you feel energized one way or another. I’d rather stick to tried and true basic caffeine or my favorite tasting energy drink, at least I’ll enjoy the 16oz I paid the $3 for instead of paying $3 for a shot of something that tastes like shit. Which brings me to my next point, I wouldn’t buy it just because of the outrageous markup and profit margin going on the product. $3 for 2oz shot?! That’s equivalent of paying $24 for a can of redbull. ---
**Author:** ![dc2nick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dc2nick/32/6289_2.png) [@dc2nick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dc2nick)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/3 "2010-04-30T17:50:04Z")
Ive taken them a few times. seemed to work I took an extra stregnth one once tho, and I felt like my heart was gonna explode. I couldnt sit still ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/4 "2010-04-30T17:55:00Z")
Read the label then shit brix…:rofl If you like OD on B & B12, this will be good for you then… ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/5 "2010-04-30T17:55:01Z")
Read the label then shit brix…:rock If you like OD on B & B12, this good for then… ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/6 "2010-04-30T18:07:59Z")
I’ve found that cocaine works much better ---
**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/7 "2010-04-30T18:12:51Z")
I usually just drink monster java’s(mean bean) because I like they taste. Oddly enough, I dont like coffee. And x2 on the coke ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/8 "2010-04-30T18:13:39Z")
I’m a stim junkie… The effectiveness of a 5 hour energy (or any other caffinated product) is going to be determined by how tolerant you are of caffeine, and how much food is in your stomach. Overall though, I’d rate it as a decent energy product with minimal crash, but fairly weak to someone that has a medium/high tolerance of caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![Neo187H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/9 "2010-04-30T18:14:57Z")
> [@2008 STi](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-sti/31541/2): > > I don’t believe into them. > > as it warns you on the label, and it’s not FDA approved, other than that it also gives you shot of coffee essentially judging by caffeine levels. NO supplement or energy drink is FDA approved. Other than that though, they do seem to work exactly as advertised. I never bought into the advertisment either until I got one for free from a friend and figured why not try it. If anyone has tried the energy drink Spike puproduced by Biotest, a supplement company, the extreme seems to taste and work just like that except in a more concentrated dose. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/10 "2010-04-30T18:17:20Z")
Oh, and FWIW, the strongest energy drink that you can find in most stores is NOS in the plastic bottle, 347(ish)MG of caffeine! ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/11 "2010-04-30T18:17:41Z")
> [@Dating?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dating/31513/47): > > NO supplement or energy drink is FDA approved. Don’t interfere with my political campaign :lol That’s irrelevant as my point still stands, 5 hour isn’t approved :tongue ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/12 "2010-04-30T18:19:16Z")
I \<3 Monster ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/13 "2010-04-30T18:30:52Z")
If you want energy but don’t want to go completely overboard on the B12 or caffeine, just take vitamin B complex sublingual, thats what I take at work if I’m having a rough morning and it gives me energy to keep going, but no crash or jitters. You can find it at any drug store. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/14 "2010-04-30T18:34:07Z")
5 Hour energys never did shit for me. When I worked at FedEx, one point I dident get any sleep during the day for my shift, I took 2 of them figureing ehh wtf, dident do a damn thing for me. Few weeks back I took 1 figuring ehh wtf ill give it another shot… still nothing. Then again I drink a shit ton of caffeine and my tolerance to it is extremely high. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/15 "2010-04-30T18:35:50Z")
> [@2008 STi](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-sti/31541/9): > > 5 Hour energys never did shit for me. When I worked at FedEx, one point I dident get any sleep during the day for my shift, I took 2 of them figureing ehh wtf, dident do a damn thing for me. Few weeks back I took 1 figuring ehh wtf ill give it another shot… still nothing. > > Then again I drink a shit ton of caffeine and my tolerance to it is extremely high. If you can handle it, take a week off from caffeine, and that will pretty much reset your tolerance. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/16 "2010-04-30T18:38:35Z")
Works better than Redbull on road trips. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/17 "2010-04-30T18:38:58Z")
Ive gotta drink 2 to feel anything and they wear off real quick. I was trying anything to stay awake when I used to have to go to Warrensburg early in the morning a year or more ago. At one point I was drinking two 16 or 20 ounce energy drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/18 "2010-04-30T18:39:20Z")
> [@Some pics of the fleet...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-pics-of-the-fleet/31527/40): > > If you can handle it, take a week off from caffeine, and that will pretty much reset your tolerance. Yeah, a year or two ago I decided to try to give up soda/coffe and much of my caffeine intake. The first couple days were hell, terrible headaches and I was very irritable. After that thou I flused my body and drank a shit ton of water, I drank almost solely water for 3-4 months, best thign I ever did, then I relapsed and want to try to kick it again. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/19 "2010-04-30T18:40:46Z")
> [@chris beniot and family found dead](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chris-beniot-and-family-found-dead/31463/84): > > Ive gotta drink 2 to feel anything and they wear off real quick. > > I was trying anything to stay awake when I used to have to go to Warrensburg early in the morning a year or more ago. > > At one point I was drinking two 16 or 20 ounce energy drinks. Epic PJB post is epic ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849/20 "2010-04-30T18:42:25Z")
> [@hook up at Audi anyone ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hook-up-at-audi-anyone/31534/11): > > Yeah, a year or two ago I decided to try to give up soda/coffe and much of my caffeine intake. The first couple days were hell, terrible headaches and I was very irritable. After that thou I flused my body and drank a shit ton of water, I drank almost solely water for 3-4 months, best thign I ever did, then I relapsed and want to try to kick it again. Yep, honestly if I could go back a few years, I would of never touched any kind of energy product. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-hour-energy-shots/251849.md?page=2)