that would be sent for toxicology examinations (Schmidt, Farna, Kurcova, Zakharov, & Fric, 2015).
DSM-5 Criteria and Severity According to the DSM-5 manual, a person is showing signs of caffeine intoxication if they are developing: restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia, flushed face; dieresis; gastrointestinal disturbance; muscle twitching; rambling flow of thought and speech; tachycardia or cardiac arrhythmia, periods of inexhaustibility, and psychomotor agitation (DSM Library, 2015). In severe cases of caffeine overdose, a person had experiences four days of uncontrollable vomiting, diarrhea, intermittent loss of consciousness. The EMS services found two empty bottles of No-Doz tablet in the patient’s home. The patient also
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In 2009, the FDA tool action on caffeinated alcoholic beverages (Rosenfeld, Miholov, Carlson, & Matia, 2014). People can be addicted to caffeine. Caffeine is used in prescriptions and over-the-counter medication. People with heart problems should not use caffeine because it makes their hearts work too hard, and with people with anxiety problems or panic attacks may cause the person to feel worse (Rosenfeld, Miholov, Carlson, & Matia, 2014). Caffeine is a diuretic, which means that caffeine will make your body lose water. People should drink extra water when they are not working out or use medications that use more caffeine, so that your body will not get …show more content…
In children and in the elderly, caffeine took iron and other nutrients out of their bodies, causing their bodies to needing other nutrients to be put back in their bodies (Gardner, Ruxton, & Leeds, 2007). When a person drinks too much caffeine, they often forget to do events with family members. People may feel edgy, jittery, shaky, they may also feel tired, and be depressed. A person may not desire to hang out with family members, in which will add to the stress of family members (Behling, 1997). A person that has too much caffeine may not know how to deal with complex situations, leading a person not to deal with stress in a positive