Did you ever drink a cup of coffee so strong that you monitored yourself for Behavioral changes for the next half hour?

I just French pressed something that looks like a cross between American crude and part of the atmosphere of Jupiter. I already ripped up my things to do list today and I'm arguing with the the neighbors because I didn't like the way they said good morning

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puck61

I like my coffee very strong! I had in-service classes in the 80's when I worked as a CNA in California, and I learned that an over intake of caffeine has often caused a misdiagnosis of mental illness! I can believe that.

Jibby · 56-60, C

@puck61 you know the benefits of really strong coffee cannot be denied any longer.. I think it's less than 1% of the population have to worry about a spike in blood pressure. Which subsides minutes after you have finished a cup. It's the equivalent walking really fast from the parking lot to your doctor's office. And guess what for... a blood pressure test

puck61

My blood pressure seems to be easily altered and I've had unusually high readings for that same reason!

Jibby · 56-60, C

@puck61 you know a lot of people stood on the backs of the Giants that studied blood pressure cholesterol and a lot of other effects of food and drink. They are starting to realize a lot of it doesn't ring true. There's a lot of the same opinion only because that's where the grants and funding were allotted. The internet is amazing it allows you to go behind the backs of the authority that really don't know a lot about a lot of things

puck61

Pain makes mine go way up, but normally I'm 120 over 70 and vicinity. I've had pain take it up to 187 over 150.

Jibby · 56-60, C

@puck61 you know I still don't understand why nurses real of my pressure numbers and tell me hey that's really good. To this day I have absolutely no clue to as what those numbers mean. I've had it explained many times and all I can think of is fractions from 4th grade and a lot of pain and tears

puck61

It's simple. The high number, or 'systolic' is the pressure when you heart beats, and the low number, diastolic, is the pressure when your heart is at rest between beats.