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I drank too much coffee in an effort to be more productive, but I have gone beyond that and reached a state of slightly higher consciousness, but my thoughts are racing and I can’t work because the world seems so small and I’m thinking amazing thoughts that can’t be put in words and don’t worry about me, I’m safe, I just had one extra cup, but how do I erase that one cup so I’m back to the just slightly enhanced version of myself instead of the rambling, racing version I am now?
Are you sure it was coffee?
Try alcohol. It has the opposite effect of coffee. But just don’t tell any of the anti-alcohol people in the Purim thread 🙂
On Pesach, I usually try to drink soda to erase the effects of the 4 cups of wine. I’m not sure if it’s ever been that helpful though.
Take a picture of it, open Photoshop and use the eraser tool.
The Wolf
That’s an excellent question RebYidd23.
I would take a Benadryl because it makes you a bit drowsy and is mild. 25mg to start. Maybe 50mg.
Alcohol would impair your functioning ~ but that’s your call.
Glad that you’re okay now 🙂
The antidotes for a mild overdose of caffeine I’ve read about are drinking water and exercise, as in taking a brisk walk.
I think the posts suggesting alcohol or any depressant to counter-act the effects of caffeine are meant tongue-in-cheek.
lightbrite,
I would take a Benadryl because it makes you a bit drowsy and is mild. 25mg to start. Maybe 50mg.
Hmm. In another thread you castigated WolfishMusings, and by extension the majority of Jewish parents, for allowing his older children to have a sip of kiddush wine, using brain health as your reason. Yet here you suggest using a drug that has substantial brain impacts for purposes other than for what it was intended?
Benadryl should not be used as a sedative. Potential side effects of Benadryl include short term memory loss, confusion, drowsiness, etc., all brain impacts. Overuse of it has even been linked to dementia.
Wasn’t mention overuse. Mentioned one time use.
My doctor, neurologist and further specialties, also a former NIH researcher, actually told me that I can take it for muscle pain, and trouble sleeping on occasion.
I did not castigate Jewish parents for allowing older children to sip kiddush wine. They were talking about giving children alcohol on Purim. Close to drunk but not officially drunk.
Anyway. Say what you like. Don’t need to explain when words are twisted.
Thanks for the opportunity still
The proper answer is really, ask your doctor.
not really twisted. you werent answering Joseph who gives out limitless purim wine, you were addressing wolf who said he lets them have wine at kiddush. i actually had the exact same thought as Avrum.
I thought he was talking about serving kids wine at Purim. My bad.
SL: Assuming you meant me and not twisted.
Do as you please. You want wine. Do your thing. Grape juice works too. All depends on what you want.
It’s not like my parents didn’t give me wine. I also thank G-d didn’t turn out to be some incoherent who knows what.
Maybe some people do it because wine doesn’t taste good when you’re a kid, at least imho and depends on the wine. Made it less appealing when I got older.
I did not castigate Jewish parents for allowing older children to sip kiddush wine. They were talking about giving children alcohol on Purim. Close to drunk but not officially drunk.
No, you explicitly said that you were addressing me (you mentioned me by name). See below.
I *never* allowed my children to get drunk. Heck *I’ve* never been drunk in my life. I don’t keep hard liquor (or anything besides low-alcohol wine or, occasionally, a liqueur) in the house. And I don’t have any alcohol at my Purim seuda. And yet, you chose to single me out as causing damage to my children.
The Wolf
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(Just for reference, since it’s in a different thread:)
Joseph asked me (in my response to saying that I allow my adult children some kiddish wine):
Wolf, aren’t you breaking the law by serving your 20 year old guests alcohol?
My response was:
Perhaps. But I’m not actually endangering them as I would be if I allowed a 13 year old to get drunk. If you can’t make that distinction, then I feel sorry for you.
To which Lightbrite responded:
Someone does not need to be visibly drunk to be impaired and have brain damage from consuming alcohol… especially a teenage or young adult whose brain is still developing until mid-20’s.
If you cannot understand that, then I feel sorry for those who look up to you as you serve them alcohol.
And, when asked who that was addressed to, she responded:
Wolf who had just said this to Joseph…
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lightbrite,
Wasn’t mention overuse. Mentioned one time use.
Understood, although we don’t know how often RebYidd23 needs a coffee antidote. My “rant” about the Benadryl was more of a rhetorical recapitulation of the wine issue anyway (though everything I said is true).
I did not castigate Jewish parents for allowing older children to sip kiddush wine. They were talking about giving children alcohol on Purim. Close to drunk but not officially drunk.
WolfishMusings stated quite clearly that he does not serve wine at his Purim seuda, and thinks doing so is wrong.
Joseph asked if he served underage guests wine at his Shabbos kiddush (and incorrectly implied that it was illegal). WolfishMusings confirmed that he did.
Enter your flaming response directed solely at WolfishMusings.
I’ll accept your explanation and interpretation at face value, though it’s somewhat undercut by your follow-up post that stated that you don’t advocate anyone drinking any amount alcohol before their mid-20s – which suggested a moral equivalence between Joseph’s stated practice and WolfishMusings.
Anyway. Say what you like. Don’t need to explain when words are twisted.
Thanks for the opportunity still
Just because you don’t like my calling out your response does not mean I twisted anything.
lightbrite,
I thought he was talking about serving kids wine at Purim. My bad.
Ok. But why did you only direct your ire towards WolfishMusings, and not Joseph?
LU-
Reposting deleted posts is cause for blocking. Reposting deleted posts in order to take advantage of a perceived glitch in the administration is just plain poor character.
Hi Wolf, sorry that I hurt you.
I do not know how good of an apology this is/will be.
I want to apologize to you as a human.
For my own emotional safety (this may not be an issue for you, but as you may already know, for me this is a heated topic), I can no longer go into what was said and etc.
What I can do, of course, is apologize for hurting you. I do not want to cause anyone, including you, suffering with my words. That is not okay.
I am sorry and hope that you can forgive me. Also, I realize that instead of chiming in on a discussion between you and another poster, I can instead guard my tongue. In retrospect, you’ve been posting here for many years. You and Joseph probably have a rapport, and I don’t know your backstory, nor enough about you to gauge your tone. I really jumped in with heat and it was inappropriate. You got offended, understandably, and I really mean it when I said that I am sorry.
I even discussed this thread with my therapist last week, and didn’t come back to it until reading LU’s message to me on another thread. I am glad that I did come back because it gave me the chance to reach out to you in peace.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lightbrite
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LB – YOU are a superhero!!! I hope that only helped and didn’t harm you in any way.
I am glad I had the opportunity to be moiser nefesh for you and Wolf. And I really hope it helped.
Shkoyach!
Lightbrite,
Thank you, but an apology really wasn’t necessary… just an acknowledgement that you mixed up my position and Joseph’s. 🙂
The Wolf
Wolf – actually, that wasn’t what happened if you read her previous posts on this thread and my explanation (although parts of it were deleted, I think it still should be possible to figure it out.)
I once had 2 coffees, a five hour energy, and a red bull in order to be more productive. I was 30 miles down the highway before I realized I left my car at home
lol
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