I screwed up and bought the wrong pop.

I have been off of caffeine for 12 years now,
health problems .

Well Saturday I got what I thought was no caffeine pop , and drank the whole liter with my evening pills,

16 hours later , no sleep and still jumpy as hell .

half spazzed out , a tiny bit shaky,

man that was annoying . I guess it could have been worse.

don't read labels like I do

LOL! Let us know how long you sleep once you crash.

That sounds awful. I know how you feel, though. I stopped any caffeine intake three years ago for medical reasons as well. About a month ago my wife made a pitcher of iced tea and I had several large glasses of it late at night, thinking it was the usual caffeine free types we have. Nope, it was caffeinated and I was up until maybe seven in the morning.

I drink that much tea at night, it's not "awake" I care about, it's peeing every time I roll over.

Wow, I can imagine how you feel. I can't even drink non-caffeinated soda after 5pm because the corn syrup is enough to keep me awake. I can't understand why you'd need to drink a whole liter, though.

I drink a liter of liqued every six hours , 80% of the time it's water.
Per my nephrologist .

But once a week I crave either lemonade or something.

Don t keep your Crest and your Preparation H in the same drawer.

I don't drink coffee. I only drink Diet Pepsi when we eat out. I do, however, drink a Monster energy every morning. I'll drink a couple on a long road trip and threw the 5 hour energy away.

I love being the next evolutionary generation of homo sapiens, the ones with ADD.
This superpower lets me drink caffeine and have the opposite effect, it calms me and if I have enough it actually makes me fall asleep.

bendable, if I recall, in the past you had a kidney removed? If so, I had my right one removed back in 1964 from a baseball injury where I collided with a runner. Having said that, I've always noticed that any caffeine products made me a bit more jittery, and especially now at 68yrs, even many of the meds I'm now required to take I'm a bit more sensitive to, especially any types of pain meds. I'm really resistant to taking pain relievers, and if necessary I usually have to request a very low dosage if prescribed.

Forget Cuban coffee, thats like rocket fuel to my system..additionally, I don't hardly drink alcohol as it's effects are amplified also.

my kidney did not get removed , high blood pressure just killed it

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my kidney did not get removed , high blood pressure just killed it

So your other kidney is doing all the work? Did the high blood pressure compromise the functioning one at all? Either way, no joy. I wish you well.

The remaining kidney is about 1/3 smaller than a healthy kidney.

The last six tests are consistently at
39 % - 47% functional .

The doc is fine ,just fine with that number, for the rest of my life.

I blame too many doctors for a part of my predicamint. I had five g.p.'s in seven years. None of them would talk to each other.

Had I known that a kidney doctor even existed 20 years ago , I'd be much better off now.

Earlier I sent a small prayer your way for good kidney health and longevity. Lord knows, mines taken a likin' and keeps tickin' after all these years. I know that there may be a few schools of thoughts about cranberry juice and kidney stones/health but, over the years I've found personally that if for some odd reasons I had a uncomfortable reaction to meds or definitely acetaminophen I flushed the kidney with cranberry juice and found it really helped.

Prayer appreciated, but
my kidney situation very close to optimal .
I am on final approach for this earth bound stint, I ' LL make out ok.

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I had a uncomfortable reaction to meds or definitely acetaminophen

that's weird
I take about three acetaminophen a month, to help me sleep at night.

That sounds amazing to me. I wish caffeine affected me.

It doesn’t. At all.

I hear ya. Gave up caffeine 5-10 years ago. I've accidentally eating or drank something with caffeine and been awake all night. If I really need it though, a half a cup of coffee, and I'm good for a solid 13 hour stent, no questions asked. Getting old sucks.