# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDxbwbASNbU
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25599462-smeharbinger-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-19T19:54:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

Freshman Nico Henry walked into school after checking in at the attendance kiosk. It was far past 7:40 a.m. and there was no doubt he’d already missed his first hour English class to sleep an extra hour, just like how he missed his math class the day before. His missed assignments are yet another thing he’ll have to add to his to-do list which will probably carry over into tomorrow. 

He’ll have to stop at CVS after school to get a few Monster Energies to help him get through the night and just push through the spikes of anxiety that the caffeine in the Ultra Peachy Keen Monster drinks can cause. He knew he was just repeating a similar pattern that has warped his skewed sleep schedule into a never-ending cycle. But he couldn’t stop.

“I’ll end up having more stuff to do and I get really anxious, so I stay up a lot later, and I can’t get myself to sleep,” Henry said. “Then when I finally sleep, I sleep for too long, which leads to me missing class and needing to stay up again to make up for that. It never really catches up.” 

Teenagers are often warned about the dangers of consuming addictive drugs like nicotine and fentanyl, but one of the most consumed drugs in the U.S. is often overlooked — caffeine.

Though caffeine consumption among teens has been normalized and its effects are often reduced to simply preventing healthy sleep, its addictive properties can lead to teenagers heightening their mental illnesses and becoming susceptible to physical effects from headaches to heart arrhythmias. 

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