How to stay awake?

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**ineptus astartes**

youre waht, Darko's age? 14?

**black templar**

im 15

**olympia**

bombboy1252 wrote:So I took a nap mid day yesterday, and I couldn't sleep tonight and I have classes in the morning, besides coffee is their any other tip on staying awake.

In my days as a long-distance driver I found that it was impossible to fall asleep while brushing my teeth. Try it.

**MrDwhitey**

"Well officer, see, I'm a long distance driver and I found brushing my teeth kept me awake."

"You hit fourteen different cars."

The image of someone brushing their teeth whilst driving, for hours on end.

**bombboy1252**

biccat wrote:I always find staying awake easier after 6-8 hours of continuous, uninterrupted sleep.

You should try that.

Gee I wish I could have thought of such a masterful plan as this...

**Akroma06**

Ya know I feel old now a lot older. The biggest thing might be drink lots of water and do something to keep you active. Like a workout, but it doesn't have to be just that. Try basketball or jogging. Pretty much anything to work up a sweat for an hour or two a day. Caffine can be addictive and the withdrawls aren't pretty. Energy drinks and the like are filled with sugar which isn't great.
Water + exercise can do wonders for helping you stay awake. The idea to get into a routine helps your body adjust. It doesn't have to be as extreme as that but I try to get up about 7am and go to sleep by 11 or 11:30pm.

**Wyrmalla**

Eat Frosties...lots of Frosties. The sugar'll tide you over for hours if you keep at it (though you may want to kill yourself eventually due an inibility to sleep).

**chromedog**

Sin_Un_Nombre wrote:I think the biggest thing besides caffeine is to find something to do. If you occupy yourself, the time will pass more quickly, and before you know it, it will be time for your class. At least that's what works for me. Plus caffeine.

Jon

This +1.

I used to go out clubbing all night (I'm old now, so don't do it anymore).

I normally start to fade around 2am.
If I'm with the right company, then the group vibe keeps us going.

I've been known to keep going for 12 hours (past the normal point of sleep) with just this and no other external chemical stimulants.

**lord commissar klimino**

ok. go to your fridge. get ice. put it down your back and the front of your pants. pick it up afterwards. run outside and hit the 1st person you see with the ice. run up and fight them. win. go drink some pure caffeine and then head to class. stop outside class door. scream as loud as you an and then run in place,then enter and you will be awake.

**murdog**

A couple of strategies:

One, if you're super tired and have access to caffeine, pound some and then lean your head back while sitting up for about half-hour/forty-five minutes. Not so much sleeping as dozing. You will wake just as the caffeine is kicking in and will feel refreshed.

Two, I've always found it easier to get through a really tired day by keeping track of how many hours it is until I can hit the sack hard. Say you get up at 7 and have class all day, but you know that by 7 tonite you will be free to crash out, then tell yourself: 12 hours. I can do 12 hours. 11 hours. I can do 11 hours. 10 hours... etc. Works for me.

It can be pretty hard to stay awake in a class though. Sit up straight, wear your most comfortable clothes, and make sure you won't be hot. Doodle bigtime.

**PraetorDave**

Go for a walk. My friend calls it "urban exploring". Just walk around. For hours. Its great. Though watch out for cops, they don't like people urban exploring between the hours of midnight and 8 am.

**bombboy1252**

PraetorDave wrote:Go for a walk. My friend calls it "urban exploring". Just walk around. For hours. Its great. Though watch out for cops, they don't like people urban exploring between the hours of midnight and 8 am.

funny story.....I used to do that when I couldn't sleep, than my dad found out I snuck out and thought I was on drugs.....so he put padlocks on the doors for a few months so I couldn't sneak out....come to think of it. That's not a funny story at all.

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murdog wrote: Doodle bigtime.

I'm terrible at drawing, and whenever I draw I think theirs people looking at what I'm doing, and I don't want them to know I'm a terrible at drawing.

**templeorks**

Just puke in the morning and stay home no more poblem.

**murdog**

Nah, I'm saying DOODLE. Don't matter what comes out, just DOODLE it.

**olympia**

MrDwhitey wrote:"Well officer, see, I'm a long distance driver and I found brushing my teeth kept me awake."

"You hit fourteen different cars."

The image of someone brushing their teeth whilst driving, for hours on end.

I forget to say that you should floss with amphetamines.

**doodyougotpwwwnd**

exercise and eating right.

**bombboy1252**

ya, I don't eat much..let alone eat right. and I exercise plenty going up and down all the stairs at my school.