Well fellow Road Siders, time for a little story.
As some of you may know, I'm very much into athletic training. Between weightlifting, cardio, and fight training, I commit an average of 23 hours A WEEK to working out. Adding that to my 3 classes a semester and being in the military, I'm spread kinda thin. I've been training for a marathon and the NAGA championships, both coming up in March. I decided to take it to the next level, but I was just feeling so tired. So instead of taking a break, I decided to up my amount of pre-workout igniters.
I've been using Jack3d and C4 for a long time now. Since I committed to so many rigorous things, I assumed my body was ok to take more than normal. Well, there goes my ignorance.
Fast forward to Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend and it's Saturday. I take my girl out to eat with our friends and head back to their house to binge drink. I stepped out on the balcony and 5 hours later, I wake up in the emergency room with no idea what happened.
I had a seizure that lasted for 5 minutes and don't remember the next 5 hours of what happened due to a constant in-and-out blackout. Mind you, I am not epileptic nor have I ever had a seizure. Went to the neurologist this morning and asked what I had been doing differently. I'm sure you know what his suspicion was. This was about his 10th case of the same situation. And as of last week, these types of supplements have been banned for sale at military installations.
Moral of the story: it is NOT the supplement's fault, it is 100% mine. The constant rapid heart pumping, dizziness, anger spells, and headaches were ignored all for what? An exercise competition and a punch in the face.
CLIFFS: Trained too hard, took too many supplements, had a seizure, not epileptic. My fault. Now, let's get drunk:beer:
As some of you may know, I'm very much into athletic training. Between weightlifting, cardio, and fight training, I commit an average of 23 hours A WEEK to working out. Adding that to my 3 classes a semester and being in the military, I'm spread kinda thin. I've been training for a marathon and the NAGA championships, both coming up in March. I decided to take it to the next level, but I was just feeling so tired. So instead of taking a break, I decided to up my amount of pre-workout igniters.
I've been using Jack3d and C4 for a long time now. Since I committed to so many rigorous things, I assumed my body was ok to take more than normal. Well, there goes my ignorance.
Fast forward to Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend and it's Saturday. I take my girl out to eat with our friends and head back to their house to binge drink. I stepped out on the balcony and 5 hours later, I wake up in the emergency room with no idea what happened.
I had a seizure that lasted for 5 minutes and don't remember the next 5 hours of what happened due to a constant in-and-out blackout. Mind you, I am not epileptic nor have I ever had a seizure. Went to the neurologist this morning and asked what I had been doing differently. I'm sure you know what his suspicion was. This was about his 10th case of the same situation. And as of last week, these types of supplements have been banned for sale at military installations.
Moral of the story: it is NOT the supplement's fault, it is 100% mine. The constant rapid heart pumping, dizziness, anger spells, and headaches were ignored all for what? An exercise competition and a punch in the face.
CLIFFS: Trained too hard, took too many supplements, had a seizure, not epileptic. My fault. Now, let's get drunk:beer:
