This is very interesting, I've always wondered why they put 2 grams of Taurine in energy drinks, never made any sense to me.
Today when I went to work I felt pretty awful, 2nd day of pod withdrawal and already I could barely function at work. I felt miserable and wanted to go home, I'm in enough pain as it is when I'm not withdrawing... Anyway, I tried one of those Taurine laden energy drinks and wanted to see if it would help my mindset for the day, maybe kill some of the anxiety I felt from withdrawing.
Sure enough, I felt somewhat better. Sure, there's caffeine, which many might think would cause any effects that were noted, but I remember when I drank my coffee during my last withdrawal episode it never helped a damn bit. Also I have zero tolerance for GABA effecting drugs.
Or maybe it was just plain placebo. I dunno.