Personally I will say that I tried *every* energy drink at my local grocery store and they never did anything for me besides a light case of the jitters.
My first NitricOxide,
No-Xplode, it was crazy good and when I was top dosing with 3 cups my first cycle it was like nothing I had ever experienced before.
For me, there is a world of difference between the two. If Energy drinks could do what real NO2 products do, they would. That'd be awesome, to have a serious NO2 product for sale in the grocery store, so easy to get and cheap.
I know some people are really sensitive to caffeine but not me, sodas and crap I cheat food more than I drink sodas, lol, never make me jittery or have energy. If anything, Mt Dew slows me down big time, feel sluggish.
But I know what you mean by your original statement.