I don't like energy drinks and I also feel a little sick when I see high schoolers and especially anyone younger than 15 drinking those things. As someone already said, we really haven't studied the long-term effects of drinking those things all the time, or even the effects of long-term caffeine ingestion.
I'm a coffee drinker and I am not ashamed to admit it. I do enjoy the flavor, but I also drink it because that's what we have around at work and at home. I do like the ability of caffeine to at least sort of wake me up, but more often than not I drink it because it's there. If I have an espresso drink, I usually don't have more than two shots, maybe three if I'm particularly tired. Any more than that, though, and I do start to get sick to my stomach. On my birthday a few years ago, I had 6 shots (4 regular; 2 decaf) and I began to feel so sick... never again.
But seriously, if I can make it through high school without being chemically altered all the time, so can (the all-inclusive) you.
EDIT: As far as seizures, I don't know if they would contribute to the likelihood of one, but I'm assuming that if someone is prone to having seizures, they should be careful with any stimulant. All the acids in those drinks, though, is not good for the stomach and if combined with regular stress, I'll bet we'll be seeing more younger people with ulcers. I don't know how those drinks would affect the kidneys, but considering the kidneys filter out a lot of the crap from our blood (and especially with caffeine being a diuretic), they might be working harder than normal. The heart would also be working harder than usual as well.
I'm no doctor or scientist, so these are my personal opinions.
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