--- title: "Man Suffers Grim Fate After Drinking Eight Energy Drinks Per Day" description: "A man who admitted to drinking eight energy drinks a day has lasting numbness throughout his body due to a stroke." date: "2025-12-12" modified: "2025-12-12" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/health-medicine/energy-drinks-stroke" categories: - "Health & Medicine" - "Medical" --- # Man Suffers Grim Fate After Drinking Eight Energy Drinks Per Day ![A man who admitted to drinking eight energy drinks a day has lasting numbness throughout his body due to a stroke.]() *Getty Images* Ever wondered what would happen if you swapped water for Redbull? One man did so you won't have to. First [spotted by *Gizmodo*](), a recently released [case study]() details the startling health issues of a man in his 50s who drank eight energy drinks a day. Described as "normally fit and well," the man suddenly had a stroke after consuming an average of 1280mg of caffeine a day, or over three times the [healthy limit](). According to the report, the man first noticed the side effects when the left side of his body went numb. He registered an astonishing blood pressure of 254/150, well above the threshold for "hypertensive crisis," which is 180/120, *Giz* notes. After his first three-day visit to the hospital, lingering numbness and continuing high-blood pressure ended up getting him readmitted. It wasn't until a complete examination of his lifestyle with his doctors that anyone thought to ask about his caffeine intake, which was soon identified as the soul cause of his stroke. "We attribute this patient’s stroke to the effects of his energy drink consumption because through thorough investigations using multiple diagnostic methods we ruled out any other identifiable cause," the doctors wrote. After going a week without any energy drinks, doctors said his blood pressure began returning to normal. After getting off the juice for good, the man has made a "complete recovery," though he does still have some lasting numbness on his left side. "I obviously wasn't aware of the dangers drinking energy drinks were causing to myself, \[I\] have been left with numbness \[in my\] left hand side hand and fingers, foot and toes even after eight years," the man said in the report. It's a pretty grim warning for anyone who habitually downs the high-voltage brews: you may enjoy the buzz, but your body might not. **More on health:** *[Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()