TIFU by drinking one Starbucks coffee and now I have an exam in 12 hours

Submitted by asian_sensation7 t3_10oz8zg in tifu

So I don’t normally drink a lot of coffee. But today I decided to just get a venti americano from Starbucks at only around 3pm.

And I started to feel the effects on my studying a couple hours later. It was a really good flow and I studied probably till 8 PM of deep learning.

I even had a 2 mile run at 8 then had dinner and went to bed by 10 which is my normal routine. But I just laid in bed not falling asleep. I would just be in a strange lukewarm state of wanting to fall asleep. And I am not exaggerating when I say that I was simply awake the whole night.

By 5am I realized I might as well have an early start to the day and get out of bed. But now I have a lab in 2 hours and my exam at 7pm. I really needed a good night sleep but now I’m already mentally exhausted. Uhhh. And it was literally only one cup of coffee too. What does Starbucks put in their drinks?!

Tl;DR I drank one venti Starbucks coffee and that prevented me from sleeping at all in the night prior to having an exam.

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Newwavhallucinations t1_j6hkfb8 wrote

Exercising that late, especially running can make hard for me to sleep.

That much coffee that late in the day is a bad idea too.

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kytheon t1_j6hjvdz wrote

You might have some extra stress from the exam keeping you awake.

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arnhdgs t1_j6ht84a wrote

A Venti Americano has four shots of espresso. Not the best idea at 3p, particularly if you don't drink coffee regularly. Be glad that you didn't have a Venti drip brew, there's even more caffeine in that.

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OkVolume1 t1_j6ig0ir wrote

The real FU is flexing that you can afford college AND Starbucks in this economy.

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arglarg t1_j6idjl2 wrote

Try to fit in a nap sometime before the exam, not too long though or you'll be even more tired. More coffee will not help, just in case you're considering that

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DukeCanada t1_j6ioc5y wrote

Only one thing left to do - drink another coffee to get through the exam.

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