Energy Jelly Beans?

Has anyone tried these?  Yesterday I was in a (long & boring) meeting at work in the late afternoon.  My coworker brought these to our meeting saying it would help him not fall asleep.  He offered me some and initially I refused saying that I can't have caffeine or sugar alcohols (manitol, sorbitol, xylitol).  He read the ingredients section and said it didn't include any of my danger ingredients.  So I ate 5 jelly beans. Today I am so sick!   L   Ugh, I feel like death.  I have been up since about 4:30am PST with D, cramping, major nausea and bloating.  I have to RUN to the bathroom.  It's sickening.... I feel like I'm prepping for a scope, it's that bad. Now I don't know if it was these jelly beans or something else that is making me so ill.  My lunch yesterday consisted of a Subway sandwhich, later I had the jelly beans, and no dinner because I was already feeling a bit sick.  Maybe it's the stomach flu...?  Is that going around? So now I'm home sick today from work and I can't even sleep. Thanks for listening, I had to vent.  Update - I removed the link because I no longer think it could be them.  Probably food poisoning instead. Co-Moderator for the IBS Forum Please donate to help HealingWell continue to help us..... www.healingwell.com/donate Post Edited (7Lil) : 1/26/2007 4:51:22 PM (GMT-7)

Maybe it was food poisoning from the Subway.  Ugh, it sounds horrific, I can't imagine 5 jelly beans doing that to you.  How are you feeling now?  I hope you didn't go to work!

UPDATE

I think it's food poisoning... I have just gotten worse and worse by the hour.  Water is going through me like a garden hose.  I'm starting to feel dizzy and I do have a slight temp, 101.  My mom is on her way over to take me to Urgent Care.     I just hope I don't have an accident on the way, or in the waiting room.  Wish me luck! 

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So I'm home and hydrated again. Doc gave me fluids via IV, some diluted Gatorade, and an anti-D shot. They also took a stool sample and said they'd call me if they find anything. I'm not really sure what that means. Anyway, I am feeling better - but still no where near 100%. I'm hoping to finally get some sleep.
Thanks everyone!

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Thanks, scared!!
LOL about the anti-D shot... I'm not even sure exactly how it works. I got some anti-D meds and anti-nausea meds. I'm not sure which was which because I got some via IV and another via a shot. Either way, it worked. I was able to sleep peacefully last night. We don't even know exactly what the problem was - if it was food poisoning or just a bug.
Well, thanks again... I am back in action.

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There's been so much e. coli and rotovirus going around, that many doctors are probably on the lookout for it--hence your stool test. Could have been contaminated lettuce on your sandwich. At least they've got to consider that as a possibility.

Have you reported the incident to your local health department? It should be recorded that you suspect food poisioning from the Subway so that someone will go to inspect it and make sure that the employees are washing their hands, the kitchen is properly cleaned, and that the meat and other ingredients are not expired. If other people have complained, then they will know that something's wrong and launch an investigation of the restaurant and of its ingredients; that's how they've been finding all these problems with lettuce and spinach and bad meat--from people reporting their suspicions of food poisioning and the place where they ate.