Best ways of staying awake?

irishboy21

I've been going to bed about 6ish lately. I'm up at 10 in the morning (4+ hours away) so I'm going to try stay awake till I get a bit of sleep about 2ish tomorrow afternoon.

I'm not to tired at the moment, but I'll get tired about 6ish. I plan to play poker online & sort out a few things I need to do online.

What's the best way to stay awake?

SoupyNorman

Keep checking to see if someone has replied to your post would do the trick i'd imagine...and looking at the time it has worked a charm!

Nickibaby*

Drinking coffee lots of it helps

sioda

Tea with large amounts of sugar.

irishboy21

Well I done it anyway, awake but tired.

Terry

cold feet. nobody can sleep when their feet are cold.

Capt'n Midnight

cold water on wrists
eating an apple
bright light

Sleep is kinda essential. Don't overdo it.

Rhyme

Read a thrilling book... the suspense will keep the sandman away

MonkeyTennis

drink water

qz

Staple your eyelids to your eyebrows. A bit extreme maybe, but it works.

AnTaoiseach

get an annoying, giddy girlfriend.
or take cocaine
your probably better off with the girlfriend tho

cormie

Go for a jog and get some fresh air into your lungs, will wake you right up! Just a little one around your road:)

Fast_Mover

dont forget to stretch!!:D

MonkeyTennis

sorry double post

Aporia

splash cold water on your face
open windows
drink coke/take coke
don't read that will make you sleepy

connundrum

Don't close eyes.

This guy seems to know a bit about it ~ http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/21/sleepy.brain.ap/index.html

the_syco

BF2 Game'age

astro

Try cooking pancakes.

lyrama

EATING! Seriously, after midnight trips to the fridge scouraging for food and picking up left overs you won't be able to fall asleep:D .

Ruu_Old

cold shower or any kind of shower, someone to keep you company. preferably a female who wants alot of action.

MarinoMark

Had a blocked nose last week, got sudafed at the chemist,took 3,nose unblocked,sleep impossible, effect like 50 expressos...Weird !!

amazingemmet

Dexedrine or effexor work pretty well, you can keep going for 40 hours get 5hours sleep then do it all again, great stuff really

MarinoMark

Or maybe consider buying a microwave bed,They are expensive, but you get 8 hours sleep in 3 minutes.....

johnnyrotten

pikey mikey wrote:

cocaine

Idiot!

Terry

amazingemmet wrote:

Dexedrine or effexor work pretty well, you can keep going for 40 hours get 5hours sleep then do it all again, great stuff really

efexor make me sleepy. or maybe it's the xanax. or the combination of both.

FranknFurter

Amazingemmet, I hope that was a joke. But just in case,.........
Effexor is more likely to *make* you sleep, it only causes insomnia in 3% of patients.
Besides, it is NOT a medication to be "played with".
Unless prescribed by a doctor.

spiderlegs

Coffee and lots of noise...take all teh elements that you need to sleep adn make sure you don't have them...e.g. if you need silence to sleep get yourself some loud music.

Terry

FranknFurter wrote:

Amazingemmet, I hope that was a joke. But just in case,.........
Effexor is more likely to *make* you sleep, it only causes insomnia in 3% of patients.
Besides, it is NOT a medication to be "played with".
Unless prescribed by a doctor.

indeed. horrible withdrawal from it.

amazingemmet

FranknFurter wrote:

Amazingemmet, I hope that was a joke. But just in case,.........
Effexor is more likely to *make* you sleep, it only causes insomnia in 3% of patients.
Besides, it is NOT a medication to be "played with".
Unless prescribed by a doctor.

Ok got it mixed up with something else then, just got the names from the list of chemicals they give to bomber pilots on long sorties.

arbeitsscheuer

Anything high in sugar content works in the short-term, as in hours.
Also, the mere act of eating will keep you awake longer anyway, as the body will be more unwilling to fall asleep before metabolising the bulk of whatever it is u scoff down.

Chocolate, sweets, coke (as someone else said), lucozade... All good.

Houston Griffin

Besides chemical stimulants like caffine or Adderall, I'd recommend leaving your environemnt for a short walk or a jog when you begin to feel like falling asleep. When I'm pulling an all nighter writing papers, I'll leave the apartment to walk a mile to the 24 hour gas station for cigarettes or Coke, and come back feeling refreshed. If it's winter, it helps not to dress warm enough for the walk, as the cold has a reviving effect. Sometimes I'll jog just enough to get the blood pumping and the endorphins fired up. Follow that with a cold shower, and you're good for another few hours.

Cosine

the_syco wrote:

BF2 Game'age

nice

But all I've ever needed to do was keep meself occupied (no dirty comment I swear) and I can stay awake. Recomend a proper C&C session

Franky Boy

qz wrote:

Staple your eyelids to your eyebrows. A bit extreme maybe, but it works.

Didn't work for me.They call me stictch face now.

Cosine

Did you use the plain staples or did you use the coloured ones?

Capt'n Midnight

amazingemmet wrote:

Ok got it mixed up with something else then, just got the names from the list of chemicals they give to bomber pilots on long sorties.

Bomber pilots tend to have some incentive as well to stay awake so it's not all chemicals. Also my uncle met a guy who served on the Russian front. And he said the worst thing was not the risks or the cold but the lack of sleep. Amphatemines (speed) widely used but you don't sleep afterwards.

Ever see Tom and Jerry ?
Tom used matchsticks to keep his eyes open and in the end had to paint eyes on them to convince the maid he was awake.
BTW: Hattie McDaniel won an oscar in the 1930's despite Halle Berry's hysterics to the contary. And that was probably before Halle's mother was born. And besides Halle's mother, Judith Ann Hawkins, was white :rolleyes:

Sarky

Loud music, fresh air, and tea.

deimos

Shine a light on the back of your kness.

jtsuited

coke(both types), sweets, cigarettes and any type of fruit. no dairy products. loud music and a stressful life help too!