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Need to stay awake

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  • 08-01-2015 2:16pm
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    thelad95
    Registered Users Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭


    Ok so I got about two hours sleep last night but need to stay awake all day. Has anyone any tips on how to do this? I've already had three cups of coffee and am trying to keep moving around but whenever I sit still I get drowsy.


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    jester77
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    thelad95 wrote: »
    Ok so I got about two hours sleep last night but need to stay awake all day. Has anyone any tips on how to do this? I've already had three cups of coffee and am trying to keep moving around but whenever I sit still I get drowsy.

    Don't sit still


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    Ken Shamrock
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    Power naps, Vit-Hit, Excercise, crack one out, do exciting things etc


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    FatherLen
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    cocaine's a hell of a drug


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    KungPao
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    Go outside every hour for a blast of cold air.

    Go to the jacks or walk around the office if you feel the eyes getting heavy. Just keep moving.

    Go for a coffee.

    Eat loads of sugary ****e.

    Drink loads of water.

    Or just go home and crawl into your warm, welcoming bed and drift off to dreamland. ahhh.


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    AboutaWeekAgo
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    Speed is your best bet. You'll get a **** load of cleaning done as well.


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    Egginacup
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    thelad95 wrote: »
    Ok so I got about two hours sleep last night but need to stay awake all day. Has anyone any tips on how to do this? I've already had three cups of coffee and am trying to keep moving around but whenever I sit still I get drowsy.

    Why do you need to stay awake? Are you dealing with the public? Coffee is not going to keep you awake if you are exhausted. It will only make you nauseous.
    If you can skive off and have a 30 minute nap then that's the best thing.


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    faceman
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    Thinly veiled "I got the ride last night" thread.


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    KungPao
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    AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »
    Speed is your best bet. You'll get a **** load of cleaning done as well.
    Or any other high-intensity action flick really. Stay away from period dramas though. Zzzzzzz.


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    fizzypish
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    Bob.Carcass wrote: »
    Power naps, Vit-Hit, Excercise, crack one out, do exciting things etc

    Wouldn't this increase sleepiness?


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    calanus
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    I have the exact same problem today too. Power naps are the only way. I just had one during lunch on a couch in a quiet part of the building.


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    ScumLord
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    I didn't sleep at all last night. Sleep is for the weak.


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    KTRIC
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    Have you tried heroin OP ???


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    Ken Shamrock
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    fizzypish wrote: »
    Wouldn't this increase sleepiness?

    Not if he's in school/college and he has to crack one out stealthy. Call the teacher over and you gotta be done before they get there etc


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    KungPao
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    Bob.Carcass wrote: »
    Not if he's in school/college and he has to crack one out stealthy. Call the teacher over and you gotta be done before they get there etc
    Teacher, I have this quest..ohhhhhhhh, ahhhhhh....awwww, this question about...awwwwwwww, **** ahhhh, the Romans...awww, Jesus.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Antihistamines are good.


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    kjl
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    thelad95 wrote: »
    Ok so I got about two hours sleep last night but need to stay awake all day. Has anyone any tips on how to do this? I've already had three cups of coffee and am trying to keep moving around but whenever I sit still I get drowsy.

    I don't know maybe meth?


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    Magico Gonzalez
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    Cold water around your face.

    Very spicey food.


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    ElvisChrist6
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    Have you tried heroin OP ???

    That'd sort of have the opposite effect. If you want to stay awake, gear's not your fella!


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    KTRIC
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    ElvisChrist6 wrote: »
    That'd sort of have the opposite effect. If you want to stay awake, gear's not your fella!

    Eh what ?? stay awake :confused:


    I thought this was recommendations for some good gear. :o


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    pragmatic1
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    Go out and get some fresh air.
    Interact with other people.
    Don't binge on sugary food, you'll just crash after the initial sugar rush.


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    RDM_83 again
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Antihistamines are good.

    Non Drowsy obviously? (so basically a little bit of legal amphetamine analogue).
    Its not going to be that bad OP, I'd drink coke (non diet/zero) to keep the caffeine and sugar levels up between cups of coffee eat small amounts of junk constantly but no big amounts of food, keep cold and also put on some pounding tunes.


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    #23
    Philo Beddoe
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    Have you tried contemplating the inherent meaninglessness of existence?


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    chakotha
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    As in another 5 hours? Think of '24'.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Can we assume from the lack of further posts on this thread - and the hours long gap in the users posts since this thread - that he failed?


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