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What do people do?
I had a 16 hour workday yesterday, 5 hours sleep and back again today for a 10 hour day today.
I finished my caesarian section list early this morning so I'm in the library posting on dakka instead of sleeping at study desk here. :(

I'll have a coke zero at lunch and go for a run when I get home but what do you guys do when your tired ++++ at work?

Coffee, black. Bawls, if you can get it.

Having worked some severely long hours lately, I found that psyching myself up for the work mentally really helped. If I hadn't given myself little pep talks, I wouldn't have made it. For me, knowing about the long hours beforehand is key to keeping up the energy levels. Plus, knowing that I can play the martyr afterwords keeps me going too.

I have also found that staying away from artificial sweeteners has really improved my energy level. I drink very little soda now, but I've actually lost weight (~5 pounds) in the two months since I laid off the aspertame/sucralose/saccharin.

I sit on the web most of the time. Failing that I watch movies, or paint models. Just depends on how busy we are any given day. Failing all of that, I just sleep >.>...

Being a firefighter pretty much rocks.

Does school count as work?

When I'm tired and I know (I clap my hands! Not really) I just fall asleep on my desk. I seriously couldn't give two sh**s of what my teachers think, because I never truly miss anything important.

I used to fall asleep in class all the time at school.

University was worse. I got glandular fever in my first year of my first degree back in 1995 and was sleeping up to 20 hours per day. THAT was fatigue like have never known before or since.

Got 7 hours sleep last night so feeling much better today.

There is no real substitute for sleep. Moving about helps, as does eating some fruit. Its just difficult.

Woah, Glandular Fever in University. That would screw you something fierce!

Troll forums

Dakka
Bolter and chainsword
40kwreckingcrew.com
atlantis-comics.com
boards.cityofheroes.com
druchii.net
privateer press forums

...and read books

Being a Deputy Sheriff is super boring. At least we have intarweb.

I have a sort of hyperactive narcolepsy, I am under permanant caffeine overdrive and I can push myself to 16+ hours easy but would go home and crash and there is no way I would be waking up.

I found NOT eating and drinking caffeine & sugar would work for my long-arse cab shifts (11-14 hrs)
I found if I ate anything it would put me straight to sleep
though driving that long with no food is not so good for the shaking hands
or the stomach lining

remember tip your cabby

Getting bored with the internet as we speak.

Think I'll bust out my "Hordes" rulebooks.

Oh, for the glory of being a soldier....

I bought caffeine pills for the first time last night. 100mg for 10c each, where was this for the last 10 years.

They feel kind of funny, though. I like drinking tea because I can drink it steadily all day and I can get a bit of a buzz from it. But I get tired of making it, and I can't brew it like coffee.

So wake up and take a pill, works for me. After that I can drink tea as necessary.

Cigarettes help me stay awake... Haha. Silly addictions. =\