Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

I ordered some of these off the internet over a year ago. They have ephedra and caffeine in them. I'd taken Metabolife prior to it being outlawed and I enjoyed the burst of energy it gave me and how alert I felt so when I found out ephedra was legalized again I decided to find some I could take. When I got them I took just one a few times but it made me feel weird so I quit taking them.

A couple months ago I started working with a personal trainer. When I started working out on my own I realized I was having a hard time being motivated enough to wake up and go to the gym. One morning I remembered the Green Stingers. I took two of them. Stupidly I also drank two cups of coffee. When I got to work the office was very cold so I drank a cup of hot green tea. Well, about an hour later one of my coworkers was in my office talking to me and this horrible feeling came over me - it felt like my heart was trying to burst out of my chest, I had a cold, tight feeling on the left side of my chest and my thoughts were racing like crazy. I stood up and shoved past my coworker and started pacing the hall - then I went to the lobby of the building and started walking in circles around the perimeter. My palms were clammy and I felt like I couldn't catch my breath. At one point my office manager came out and asked me if I was okay and I told her I felt like I was having a panic attack. She told me to go outside, maybe the fresh air would help.

I spent the next two hours walking almost non-stop. And praying. I thought I was going to die - seriously. I kept going back and forth over whether or not to ask my coworkers to call an ambulance. I kept trying to calm myself down by meditating and focusing on slowing my breathing. Every time I would consider going back in to the office I would get that horrible hot/cold, tight feeling in my chest and would think I was going to pass out. The thought of having to speak to anyone made me want to puke. I couldn't make eye contact with anyone. It was hands down the scariest, most horrible feeling I've ever experienced in my life. At some point I remembered I had one Xanax in my desk drawer so I finally worked up the nerve to go in and take it. Then I walked some more. Then I drank FOUR cups of Tension Tamer tea. I drank a lot of water and I ate a good lunch. I did not start feeling somewhat back to normal until the next day.

Needless to say as soon as I got home that night I threw the rest of the bottle away. I will NEVER take that stuff again!