Intoxi'Kath'ing Whispers

I have never been tolerant with caffeine. Still am not and most probably will never be. Took coffee once during my exam period to give me that extra boost of mental focus. I was very alert but I could not study at all. I could barely sit down and my hands were shaking like that of a person with Parkinson's. Hence, I have always been careful with drinks like coffee. However, last Thursday I got over-dosed with caffeine. Went to gym and took a full dose of a pre-workout (containing caffeine and other stimulants), forgetting I had already taken something with caffeine at about 5pm that same day. And that made it worse. I began to feel hot and started to sweat. My heart couldn't stop beating fast and my head was throbbing like crazy. To add to the effects I already felt ,we were doing leg workouts. Blood rushed to our legs more than to our heads. Experienced a bit of dizziness and I felt like I was walking in a dreamland. As if everything I was seeing or doing was not real. At all!...

Subang Jaya is a well known hotspot for dengue cases. But I would have never expected myself to become another statistic. It all happened quite suddenly. I was well one day (even went out for a drink), the next day I woke up with a high fever (39.4 degree C), throbbing headaches, breathing difficulties and rashes all over my body. I felt like total crap. Slept throughout the morning, with my mom and sister occasionally sponging my hot body with a damp cloth to keep the body temperature down. Mid afternoon, my parents took me to see the doctor to find out what's going on. My mom had to literally support me from the house to the car. I dropped on to the car seat and slept. When we reached the clinic, again I had to be supported to the clinic from the car. I literally fell asleep on the clinic's sofa in the lounge. I was just so tired and groggy. Just before the doctor was to see me, I felt nauseous, so I went into the bathroom. There, you could say that I almost slumped onto...