Just..... don't.

Ok, ok... so context. On a particular Thursday, I had an exam. I wanted to do well on this exam so I utilized the SI session my professor provided us to study and ask questions.

The session ended at 11:30 PM and I finally went to sleep at midnight.

Needless to say, I was worried that I was gonna fall asleep right in the middle of the exam, and I had a history of being groggy for THAT class previously (I definitely know that my professor saw me jolt my head in an attempt to wake up several times, across a few classes.) I didn't want to sleep during this exam, so came up with the worst idea.

I decided to drink an energy drink.

At the time, I thought it was a good idea. I would get the extra boost of brain fuel and energy to get through the exam. I made a lot of mistakes, I made so many mistakes.

First mistake, not listening to my friend's warning. I watched her pour the energy drink in a cup so it looked like water, an hour and a half later, it was still practically full cause she said her hand started shaking after a few sips.

Second mistake, the energy drink itself said that there were two cups of coffee worth of caffeine in that thing and there was a warning against pregnant women (I'm not pregnant, but a warning at all is already concerning) but I still bought it.

Third mistake, my friend was not kidding. After taking two or three sips, my hand was already shaking. I was crazy to me how fast that drink hit me, but I still kept drinking.

Fourth mistake, the more I drank, the crazier I felt in my stomach and head. My stomach felt ever-so twisty-turny and nauseous without actually needing to puke, and I got a headache distinctly on the front-left side of my head. The feelings were subtle, but still something I haven't felt before.

Fifth mistake, joking about feeling like I'm on drugs instead of, I don't know, DOING something about it. At this point, I drank half the energy drink and I legitimately felt spastic.

Sixth mistake, chugging the rest of that energy drink bullsh*t before the exam.

It was at this point that I had an epiphany: it felt like I developed ADHD. I don't have ADHD, but during that exam, I imagine that THAT is what it would feel like. I couldn't sit still for sh*t, I was spastic as hell, I was shakey all over, I was flying through that exam (doing one part and leaving it half-way if even a single part confused me, going to the next part and leaving that half-way to do the first part, rinse and repeat) until I realized that I finished the exam 30 minutes earlier than I usually do... and I don't think it was a good thing. I felt so crazy that I think I did my exam too quickly and halfheartedly, the damn energy drink was meant to help me and it ended up being a detriment.

Finally, the cherry on top of all my mistakes... I forgot my phone in the other building. I was in one building in between classes cause there's a lounge there and I took my phone out... and forgot to put it back. The upside is that my phone was there and was not stolen, as well as the fact that me running at full speed for my phone ended up using some of the excess energy I had, so by 12 that afternoon, I finally chilled out somewhat.

Now, where was I going with this... oh yeah. N e v e r A g a i n .