eli5: Since caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy and only blocks the chemical that makes you sleepy, what causes the “jittery” feeling when you drink too much strong coffee?

Question

eli5: Since caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy and only blocks the chemical that makes you sleepy, what causes the “jittery” feeling when you drink too much strong coffee?

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Answer 1

ChubbyEmu explains it better than I ever could. And probably better than anybody here ever will.

[https://youtu.be/wj_AOzSSDMM](https://youtu.be/wj_AOzSSDMM)

The next link is him explaining it in much greater detail, but also not eli5