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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
The obvious solution is to have a glass of coffee in the morning but I don't drink coffee. I'm trying to avoid drinking caffeinated soda in the morning on a regular basis. What are some possible solutions to this problem? I'm seriously concerned an accident will happen eventually, but unfortunately I can't arrange to get more sleep on most nights.   | ||
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Schones_Chaos
United States226 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20019 Posts
seriously its fucking awesome | ||
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
Energy drink: every morning? Will I die? | ||
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
but ya you need more sleep anyways 3 hours is deathly low even if u 'make up for it' on weekends | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
I find energy drinks to lose effect after multiple uses and be unpleasant first thing in the morning if you want to stay awake for the whole day, because eventually almost everyone crashes (haha, pun not intended... Sorry that was a pretty bad one in this context...). Sleep more if you can. Eat a full breakfast. Good luck. EDIT: Hot tea, from those packets. I like Earl Grey Tea the best, but there are many different kinds you might like. It's personal preference. I personally don't believe in OTC caffeine pills that you see at convenience stores, I once took like 6 and it had 0 effect. Can't be too healthy if it works for you either way. | ||
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OverTheUnder
United States2929 Posts
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
On October 18 2007 11:59 micronesia wrote: Tea: I can try it but it doesn't seem to really work and is a bit of a pain. I'll get back to you. Energy drink: every morning? Will I die? I'm in the exact scenario as you are I average in about 5-6 hours a sleep EVERY day. But tea does work a lot I drink one cup in the morning and one cup before I go to bed and feel more refreshed. I work 7 days a week and am taking 18 credits in college.  You won't die from Energy drinks, my Bio proff. said that it's like taking a spoon full of sugar every time you take one. They don't really do much if you drink once or twice a week, but daily can have bad effects on your body, and you always crash at the end. Also try taking 30min. - 1 hour naps they help out an incredible amount (but don't forget to set an alarm if you have something to do later on T__T ). Hope this helps.  | ||
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
Get more sleep: Unfortunately I can't do much about this one. I often have late days, and when I get home I have crap to do at home plus plenty of work to do for the next day. First year teachers notoriously burn the midnight oil. Have a full breakfast: This can't hurt and I try to do it but it will require more effort ahead of time. Public Transit: Not available on a reasonable level in this case. Caffeine pills: Hesitant to try this. Energy Drink: Maybe in an emergency? I don't think it's good to drink one if you need to be aware for many hours. | ||
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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HonkHonkBeep
China353 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
bad boy | ||
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Buffaloaf
United States48 Posts
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
- tea has caffeine too but around 20-30 mg per cup which might not be enough so you might have to drink more of it or make it more concentrated.. early morning concentrated tea will make you hurl eventually so add milk always it helps.. - the drug provigil, if u can get a doc to prescribe it for u, u can take as soon as u wake up is another artificial solution (stay under 200mg per day and only take as soon as u wake up froma night that you didnt sleep well).. but again drugs will also work for a while only.. - definitively stay away from ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and amphetamines like products... they are all horribly unhealthy for your body. - of course sleeping well and 20 minutes morning exercise is the best.. but then you know that already.. let me look up for u another alternative.. one sec | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com/servlet/the-1802/Nap-Zapper/Detail http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewOIQnxKmCOEWo/Welkin-Nap-Zapper.html http://www.okokchina.com/p/Alarms/Self-Defense-Unti-Drowsy-Alarm-433270.html http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060804/drive-alert-master/ http://www.gadgetuniverse.com/product_detail.asp?SKU=TE 332 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/07/ndrive07.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/07/ixhome.html these are just a few.. there is more out there all different prices.. some even with electric shock that ends up giving u a strong reflex of not falling asleep at the wheel.. ur right about worrying about ur problem... its freaking dangerous and like u said.. sooner or later u will pay for nodding off | ||
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Broken.Mind
United States364 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On October 18 2007 12:30 BuGzlToOnl wrote: BTW on the tea Lipton and Celestial Seasonings is awesome, Green tea I think has the most caffeine in it, but make sure you don't get the decaffeinated ones, beats the purpose for you. I'm pretty sure black tea has the most. To micronesia, eating a bowl of (good) cereal and having a glass of orange juice doesn't take any preparation and is easily a full breakfast by my standards n_n I like Honey Bunches of Oats, Nature Valley Cinnamon, and some of the Post Selects (out of the more "healthy" cereals that still taste good). | ||
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Flaccid
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Scorpion
United States1974 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32051 Posts
On October 18 2007 22:17 Flaccid wrote: So is there any particular reason you can\'t go to bed a bit earlier? Exactly. I highly doubt you\'re doing homewokr and/or workign til 12-1am nightly. I go to full time work n school and im done nightly by 8ish. My homework never takes that long unless ive got a big paper that i didnt start ahead of time. Manage your time better. I usually don\'t bother goin out on weekdays anymore. Maybe one weekday a week if I\'ve got time and I\'m feelin up for it. Fri and Sat are party nights (and I dont even get sleep sat mornin cuz i coach soccer in the am ><) Sunday is reserved for catchin up on sleep, football, beer, wings, and homework. It works quite well considering how busy I am. And defintely, food in the mornin helps. I try to get an apple or banana every mornin (not much more, I just try to get my metabolism jumped. Im tryin to cut out fats and shit, beer has been kickin my ass). That definitely helps a lot. Try to avoid coffee unless absolutely necessary and stay away from energy drinks. | ||
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On October 18 2007 11:57 decafchicken wrote: +15 hour energy drink seriously its fucking awesome Trust me it really does work. I have like 3 classes a week which I have to wake up for at fucking 4 am (they're not actually at 4am, I just live off campus and it takes me that long to travel =/), and this shit really helps to keep me up. Also when they say that you don't crash like most other energy drinks, they speak the truth. After 5 hours it starts letting you down easy, probably takes about 7 hours total for the energy drink to completely wear off. Then depending on your situation you can soldier through the rest of the day or drink another one (they're like $5 for a two-pack here so considering it's effect it's worth it imo). I could understand why you might be skeptical about energy drinks, but this one uses absolutely no caffeine or sugar (or at least it doesn't have much sugar) at all. It uses a shitload of b-vitamins or whatever which apparently gives you a natural boost of energy...I don't know all the specifics, but it works awesomely. It's called "5 hour energy drink" and it always comes in a two pack in small shot like bottles. Other energy drinks like Red Bull, Monster, or Rockstar won' do shit for you. They'll give you a quick buzz then cause you to crash after like an hour. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On October 18 2007 22:17 Flaccid wrote: Although you are right, the problem is he is living on borrowed time! Some of us don't have much time for Starcraft, games and teamliquid.net.. the only way is to steal it from sleep!So is there any particular reason you can't go to bed a bit earlier? I understand micronesia perfectly - for a while I had his same problem and I solved it just changing my work schedule hours (fortunately because I could) to times of the day I never nod off driving. | ||
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GranDim
Canada1214 Posts
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On October 18 2007 11:57 decafchicken wrote: 5 hour energy drink seriously its fucking awesome I just looked at the content.. I wouldn't drink one of those everyday, they have an excess of vitamins that you don't need and don't really have any good science behind their use, in that dose and for that function - most of the effect of that drink is slow releasing caffeine anyway. Once or twice a week the probably will never harm you, but every day I am would not recommend it. There is one vitamin that could end up hurting you if you take 40mg daily (like the drink has) - pyridoxin at high doses (and 40mg is a huge dose) can be neurotoxic http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=3630649 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/37/11/1729 http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php?mode2=detail&origin=ibids_references&therow=249405 The other stuff is fairly harmless except for maybe N-acetyl L-tyrosine (the drink does not say how much it has in it ). It is generally safe HOWEVER you should NOT be taking this if you are taking meds such as anti-depressants (or Parkinson meds). At high doses it can have some side effects (and here I have no clue how much of this stuff the drink has): mild to moderate chest pains, breathing problems, tightness in the chest or throat, hives, itchy or swollen skin, or rashes (allergic reactions), headache, fatigue, changes in the heart rate, mood changes, irritability, heartburn, and stomach troubles have also been reported. | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
To those of you who are convinced I obviously am being totally dumb and should be able to get more sleep e-_-z: no you are wrong. I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible for me to get a few more minutes of sleep each day on average if I make some specific adjustments or something... What I'm saying is I often don't even get home until 6:30 pm or later, I have stuff to do at home, and several hours of work over 50% of the time. Part of the reason why it's taking so much time is because of my lack of experience in my field (which everyone goes through and this is totally normal). Edit1: Keep in mind my full time job is not even remotely a 7-3 job, not to mention I have 10% more work assigned (with a proportional increase in pay so I can't really complain about it) and have been accepted to take on a few additional responsibilities such as how today after doing my extra help sessions from 2:30-3:30 I tutored at out of school suspension from 4-6 (again with a hefty bump in pay but that doesn't offset the logistical difficulty). BTW: I'm way behind in several areas of my job lol. I'm going to go to bed right now so I can get up and be productive before I start. Edit2: to those who said something to the effect of 'get off the road until you aren't a danger to me anymore' keep in mind that I identified the problem just recently and am immediately taking action regarding it (hence this thread and experimentation with different methods of assuring I'm not likely to nod off). | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
I don't know if it will work for you, my friends have had hit and miss successes with it. I think it's worth a shot though. If you try it, tell me how it goes n_n. Good luck. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32051 Posts
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
On October 19 2007 22:56 Hawk wrote: what's your day actually like... break it down by hour. When do you start work (and what do you do) etc etc. It varies unfortunately. My contractual hours are approximately 7:30am to 3pm. My morning commute takes about 40 minutes unless I leave ridiculously early and beat the traffic (I sit in traffic as early at 6am it's ridiculous). If I leave right at 3 I can be home within 30-45 minutes, but this is at best one day a week. I'll have to choose a sample day for my afternoon (yesterday since today was quite atypical with pouring rain). I tutor at a different building from 4pm-6pm as described in an earlier post. I was home by I think 6:45pm. I went back out to get gas and bring in some dinner for my sister and I (usually my parents handle dinner but they are on vacation haha). We were back and done eating/cleaning around 7:45-8pm. At this point I typically have/had to grade for 30minutes-2hours depending, and do some planning for the upcoming day (for this step I often go to bed early and get up early and go into work to get it done then). If I go to bed after these events I can theoretically get 6-8 hours of sleep, but this hasn't accounted for other things I have to do, or any leisure activities. Granted, there is that one day (like parent teacher conference night ._.) every once in a while where you have to fully expect to get in 0 leisure time, but several days a week it is not acceptable; this causes burning out among other problems. If I have to shower, take out the trash, etc that obviously eats into sleeping time. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
On October 18 2007 11:53 micronesia wrote: I'm seriously concerned an accident will happen eventually, but unfortunately I can't arrange to get more sleep on most nights. haha micro, perhaps you could go to bed earlier if you didn't play sc on weeknights with me and cali. Although going 5 days a week without sc is pretty impossible to i guess just take your chances on the road. Just remember, if you get a crash and they have to amputate your hands/arms/fingers then no sc for you. Thats your motive to drive safely! | ||
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
On October 20 2007 07:20 Jonoman92 wrote: I actually am barely playing during the week anymore. There were a couple of nights which you must be thinking of.haha micro, perhaps you could go to bed earlier if you didn't play sc on weeknights with me and cali. Although going 5 days a week without sc is pretty impossible to i guess just take your chances on the road. Just remember, if you get a crash and they have to amputate your hands/arms/fingers then no sc for you. Thats your motive to drive safely! | ||
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JensOfSweden
Cameroon1767 Posts
Meditation is awesome if you're tired and need to refresh your mind and stay focused. So if you can't get anymore sleep, try meditating once or twice a day, preferrably in a not overly comfortable position, so you don't fall asleep. | ||
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
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JensOfSweden
Cameroon1767 Posts
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micronesia
United States24676 Posts
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nA.Inky
United States794 Posts
Of course, you probably don't HAVE to take that job, and my recommendation would be to get yourself into a much more healthy arrangement. Work is a part of life, not the point of life. I also strongly recommend against caffeine and drugs. What you need is sleep, at least 7 hours of it per night. Lack of sleep is associated with emotional problems, depression, weight gain, and so on. You have this strong desire to sleep because sleep is important to your well being. | ||
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