I’ve always been an ephendrine man, but I have to admit that I was rather impressed when I tried Red Bull for the first time a few weeks ago.
I mean, I wasn’t as impressed as I was when I drove perfectly, and at the precise speed limit, for 21 hours straight on $15 worth of methamphetamine, but this thread is devoted to legal drugs. Besides, meth is shit; I’d never do it again unless similar circumstances arose.
I discovered last time I had a cold that non-drowsy Contac C prevents me from, well, getting drowsy! For 24 hours! You can’t catch a buzz from it. But my sleeping patterns are screwed up from time to time, and if I take two before I go to work, I won’t be tired all day, and I won’t need a nap in the evening. And I won’t have to blow my nose, even once.
I do not advocate taking medicine for other than its intended purpose. It’s nothing like Benzedrine, but it keeps me awake.
The old Dayquil (with pseudophedrine) works wonders for me. I don’t use it much for fear of building up a tolerance or (worse) dependency, but I freely confess to having used a gel cap now and again to stay on top of things for a final or midterm.
I seem to be particularly sensitive to it; most of my friends don’t get as much effect.