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| Caffeine can impact teens in unknown ways. Photo by Sylvar via Instagram/CC |
by Mairead O'Riordan
Everybody,
at one point in his or her life, knows the feeling of sleeping through the
alarm. While they are scurrying to get
ready for their busy day, they might not realize that they forget to make a
coffee or tea until they start to experience some of the side effects. The most common symptoms that can occur from
missing your daily dose of caffeine are a headache and sleepiness.
If a person forgets
to take their daily dose of caffeine, his or her body will start experiencing
the uncomfortable side effects. Caffeine
withdrawal is now recognized as a disorder because caffeine can be as addictive
as drugs. The body starts to depend on
the caffeine in a mild way but it does not harm the body nearly as much as more
addictive drugs would. Once a people
start working caffeine into their daily routines, their bodies becomes used to
the ways in which it helps them become more alert. This makes it hard work it out of their lives.
Many young
kids start consuming caffeine on a regular basis whether it is from soda,
energy drinks, or coffee and tea, making it hard for them to cut it out of
their life. Kids today start consuming
caffeine when they have to stay up late to finish an assignment and end up not
getting a lot of sleep.
What people
don't actually know about caffeine is it is actually doing the opposite of what
they want it to do. They think consuming
caffeine will keep them alert throughout their day, but the more caffeine that
is consumed throughout the day, the more health problems can occur. Too much caffeine intake can actually cause
anxiety, dizziness and insomnia. Also,
if a person is just consuming caffeine then it can cause acid reflex and heart
burn to occur. The biggest problem that
can occur with too much caffeine is dehydration. Dehydration, in most cases, may cause a
person to get a headache, but someone who does not know they are dehydrated
might think they need to have more caffeine, and, as a result, making their
symptoms worse.
People,
especially young kids, who are addicted to caffeine, should start to consume
less of it each day until they do not depend on it anymore. Water is the best drink to have throughout
the day because it keeps you hydrated and also keeps you alert just like
caffeine does. Depending on how much
caffeine a person has a day, their detox may last a few days or a few weeks;
but, eliminating it from your everyday life will be worth it in the long
run. Nobody should have to depend on
caffeine, and, when it is completely gone from someone's life he or she will feel
so much better without it!
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