With all the hormones and whatnot inside. Dopamine, adrenaline, melatonin, whatever. Also, there’s this Hunter S. Thompson bit on the… pineal gland?

If it had an effect on you, wouldn’t it be a really messed up high, all over the place? With uppers, downers etc mixed? (Not including the emotional implications of eating raw human brains.)

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      1 year ago

      Shamefully, no. I was pondering my melatonin fruit gummies after lots of coffee, though. Coffee tends to get me a bit high sometimes. (I hadn’t eaten any gummies after the coffee, I was just thinking about them.)

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        1 year ago

        melatonin is a horomone and doesnt get you high just regulates how you should sleep

        coffee or caffeine inhibits your bodies ability to relax ur muscles (by mimicking adenosine i think) but doesnt make you high or more awake (like people seem to think). could cause a heart attack tho but that’s super rare if ur a normal person.

        i take it you havent dabbled much in the drug world, so id remain ignorant. its more blissful. but if you really want to dabble please research yourself and not news articles. actual studies. news articles will lie and propagate misinfo.

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          1 year ago

          I have a bevy of prior drug experience and still consider the way excess caffeine makes me feel to be what my idea of a mild high is.

          The mind and body work hand in hand. Change one and the other feels it!