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Poll: Should I sleep?Yeah, even 3.5 hours will be helpful! (81) 70% No! It's not worth it (35) 30% 116 total votes Your vote: Should I sleep? (Vote): No! It's not worth it
(Vote): Yeah, even 3.5 hours will be helpful!
Well, the thing is. I live in Finland, and I gotta get up for work in exactly 3 hours 45 minutes. I went to bed in time but i've been unable to sleep so far. Should I try to sleep and get a little bit of rest or should I just straight up go ladder it up on SC2B and drink a shit ton of coffee tomorrow to stay awake?
EDIT: I will decide in 13 minutes! Please TL, give me your opinion on this matter :D
EDIT#2: Poll added
 
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
Hmm you should add a poll to make it easier to look at final results.
I say "yeah you should."
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If you've been unable to sleep so far... SC2 instavote 
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I can usually stay awake for most of the day after pulling an all nighter, but I also find that even getting 2 or 3 hrs of sleep helps. Seeing how u haven't been able to sleep I dun think you'll b able to fall asleep any time soon unless ur actually feeling tired/sleepy so i'd say just ladder all night!
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United States335 Posts
Going to sleep now you risk sleeping through work. Stay up, play SC, drink too much coffee and then crash hard as soon as work's over. Not worth risking it.
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On May 27 2010 08:43 synapse wrote:If you've been unable to sleep so far... SC2 instavote
SC2 antivote :D
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Just play SC2, it'll keep you up till you go to work
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Yeah, I don't really feel tired at all i'm honestly pretty sure I couldnt get any sleep at all within an hour. Oh well, I guess i'll just ladder it up and start making some coffee haha :D
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Even a 30 minute nap goes a long way towards being able to stay somewhat productive.
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On May 27 2010 08:47 oxidized wrote:
Even a 30 minute nap goes a long way towards being able to stay somewhat productive.
Oh really? Because whenever I take a "powernap" I feel even more tired and I just want to sleep more and I really have to fight to stay awake 
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I don't drink coffee so I'd have to try get to sleep, no matter how little.
If you've done it before then go ahead but try not to do it regularly, there are some pretty bad effects on your health in the long term.
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Naaaaaah. Go play some SCII or watch some BW Vods (recommend the latter) and if you happen to stumble upon a TvT... well, it's all the better.
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if you have the control to get up after those 3 hours of sleep than I say sleep but if not and you're likely to just hit the snooze button than I say stay up and have some coffee then go to bed early tomorrow.
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Stay up and play starcraft all night. It's totally worth it.
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sleep.. it'll be worth it
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On May 27 2010 08:57 d(O.o)a wrote:
if you have the control to get up after those 3 hours of sleep than I say sleep but if not and you're likely to just hit the snooze button than I say stay up and have some coffee then go to bed early tomorrow.
Yeah I have to say that has happened to me so many times that it isnt even funny! I just hit the snooze button and then in the morning im like erhmm.. why didnt my alarm go off? Another time I fell asleep and the bathroom floor, missed 3 classes right there heh. Good times
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On May 27 2010 08:59 FreshVegetables wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2010 08:57 d(O.o)a wrote:
if you have the control to get up after those 3 hours of sleep than I say sleep but if not and you're likely to just hit the snooze button than I say stay up and have some coffee then go to bed early tomorrow. Yeah I have to say that has happened to me so many times that it isnt even funny! I just hit the snooze button and then in the morning im like erhmm.. why didnt my alarm go off? Another time I fell asleep and the bathroom floor, missed 3 classes right there heh. Good times
Yeah I'm also like this so I find it best to have some caffeine and play some video games because if you do homework you'll probably fall asleep (unless that'll work for you). Good luck and definitely go to sleep extra early tomorrow!
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Sleeping just a little bit goes a long way to make you more refreshed compared to nothing at all. Pulling all-nighters will wear you down eventually. So do it!
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don't pull an all-nighter. but I voted "it's not worth it" ^^ Just to see your blog about your day tomorrow!
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sleep, work will be hell if you don't
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if you havent been able to fall asleep for several hours you might as well get up and do something else, maybe after a while you will feel tired again and be ready for a brief nap b4 work.
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if you are not sleeping right now you will go trough hell tomorrow, trust me
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On May 27 2010 09:14 Vain wrote:
if you are not sleeping right now you will go trough hell tomorrow, trust me
Well, I guess we'll see that tomorrow then I'll update tomorrow once I get home and let you know how it was and general feelings. Maybe you people can learn something from this haha
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you are going to regret it 
sleep please :O
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United States24758 Posts
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the key to good rest from what i've read is to wake up while your brain is in one of the certain states of sleep. don't remember off hand which particular state, but this is the reason why sometimes you can sleep for a long period, and still wake up less refreshed than a night of little sleep.
there are entire programs that show you how to attain good rest by using only "powernaps" but with an average work schedule it is pretty much impossible to be able to get into the rhythm.
edit: to stay 100% on topic, i have pulled many-an-all-nighter and rarely is it ever worth it. it can ruin your sleep schedule and make you super irritable. it really sucks having to pull another all nighter after the first one just to be able to go back to sleep at a regular hour.
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i don't think you should.
in my experience, if i'm up for a long time and take a short nap (1-2 hours) i end up being a lot more sleepy when i wake up. i'm usually not sleepy after i pull an all-nighter, and can function properly for about 40 hours before i need sleep.
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you're gonna be tired anyway, why don't you just stay up =)
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United States24758 Posts
On May 27 2010 10:03 irishash wrote:
the key to good rest from what i've read is to wake up while your brain is in one of the certain states of sleep. don't remember off hand which particular state, but this is the reason why sometimes you can sleep for a long period, and still wake up less refreshed than a night of little sleep.
I think what you meant is to wake up when your brain is between deep sleep cycles... basically when you are in the lightest sleep. This can be tricky to accomplish and I experimented with a cell phone program to help with this. You place it in your bed with you and its accelerometer determines when you are rolling over and when you are still... from that it can tell when you are transitioning between sleep cycles and attempt to wake you at the least painful time... kinda unsure if it really works or not though.
Someone else once told me a trick to try to avoid your alarm going off while you are in deep sleep is to make a point while setting your alarm right before going to bed to say to yourself in your mind what time you are planning on getting up. For example "It's 11pm now, and I'm getting up at 6:30am tomorrow morning." Supposedly, research has shown that you are more likely to be outside of deep sleep at your waking time if you do this somehow... although I haven't seen the actual research.
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i've found that sleeping less than an hour completely kills me. i can barely stand after that nap. if you're going to sleep, make it 3+ hours, or not at all.
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On May 27 2010 11:06 majesty.k)seRapH wrote:
i've found that sleeping less than an hour completely kills me. i can barely stand after that nap. if you're going to sleep, make it 3+ hours, or not at all.
Exactly my thoughts! I sorta gambled if I should sleep or not. Now that I have like 1 hour left till I should get up, and I dont regret my choice. I'm sure tomorrow will be a hellish day and I realize I will be counting hours and drinking loads of red bulls. Oh well, if I remember i'll let you know how my day was, so if u guys see "what a shitty day" or something similar, check it out haha!
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United States24758 Posts
From experience...
Staying up a second day is very difficult if you are relying solely on drinks and things like that.
Staying up on a second day is not difficult if you are pumped/excited. It's hard to create this artificially but you can lessen the blow by inventing ways to look at the day from this perspective, or make some kind of a deal with yourself... I guess every person varies but it's a suggestion.
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On May 27 2010 11:19 FreshVegetables wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2010 11:06 majesty.k)seRapH wrote:
i've found that sleeping less than an hour completely kills me. i can barely stand after that nap. if you're going to sleep, make it 3+ hours, or not at all. Exactly my thoughts! I sorta gambled if I should sleep or not. Now that I have like 1 hour left till I should get up, and I dont regret my choice. I'm sure tomorrow will be a hellish day and I realize I will be counting hours and drinking loads of red bulls. Oh well, if I remember i'll let you know how my day was, so if u guys see "what a shitty day" or something similar, check it out haha!
actually, i'm more interested in the second day. the day directly after the all-nighter goes pretty well for me most of the time. but then the second day i once slept through half a midterm >.>
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Does your work require you to be totally alert or can you just look like a complete zombie and no one gives a shit?
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As a person who's pulled a huge number of all-nighters, I have to say that even a few hours of sleep will make a huge difference.
You'll feel like shit waking up, but otherwise you'll start getting really, really tired around 25-30 hours without sleep (though usually if you can get through a small window of exhaustion you'll get a second wind and be OK for a while after).
Anyways my vote goes to sleep.
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sleep is the best, i dont know why people dont like it more
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On May 27 2010 11:37 nayumi wrote:
Does your work require you to be totally alert or can you just look like a complete zombie and no one gives a shit?
Well, i'm a mover (summerjob) so its physically quite rough which I hope will help me to stay awake. And no it doesnt matter if im zombie there, all that matters is that I do my work.
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You'd be surprised how much those 3 1/2 hours will help you.
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United States24758 Posts
On May 27 2010 11:52 Rkie wrote:
sleep is the best, i dont know why people dont like it more
While that's true I guess... I'm not sure how it's relevant. Having trouble with sleep isn't necessarily because you don't like it... usually people having trouble sleeping are craving it yet not getting it for one of various reasons.
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im more refreshed after sleeping a little amount(1-5 hours) than a huge 8+ hour snorefest, i didn't know anything about those sleep cycles though O_o.
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I feel like the less I sleep the better I am the next day.
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Hi again! I just woke up after 11 hours of sleep. and I gotta say you were right, after 12.30 PM my day was pure hell. My vision started lagging in a similar fashion when ones drunk. Now I have a problem again, it's 1 AM and I woke up an hour ago or so. How the heck am I gonna sleep when ive got work at 8 again... meh.
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3.5 hours is enough, you just need 2 hours at least to justify sleeping or not.
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jesus if its that bad go take some pills. mutliple all-nighters are just murder.
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