What are good ways to stay awake? - Page 2

o_frenchtoast · 10-25-2006, 09:35 PM

Any rave drug actually.

**mervaka** · 10-25-2006, 09:36 PM

dont do mornings? works for me

o_paft · 10-26-2006, 12:09 AM

I wish I were you I suffer from insomnia and get a average of 2-3 hours sleep a night, weekends I'm usually awake for 24 hours+. So suffering with that for 3 years turns/ed me into a blanked zombie with nothing but white noise in my head from morning till night. I don't work at the moment as I would probably collapse from exhaustion as I just don't have the energy to function at all really.

I cannot get into a regular sleeping routine I only sleep when my body cannot stay awake any longer so that can be at anytime. I do try to get up early and go to bed at a reasonable time and make sure I don't rest in bed during the day but it's no use I just don't fall asleep I'll be staring at the clock till 3am onwards and be awake again a few hours after. Ive been prescribed with sleeping tablets some months back but only 2weeks worth as the doctors say people get hooked to then or eventually they stop working, they didn't work for me anyway. Now on antidepressants.

It can be quite a serious illness the average person will take sleep for granted and not even think about it but it's ruining my life at the moment, the small number of hours I get a week is just not enough to live properly not fit to do anything I have no appetite either because all my body hunger's is sleep.

It's 1am now I don't want to head of to bed because I'll be fidgeting until the early hours of the morning but I'll have to force my self. Yet at the same time I yearn to curl up and go to sleep.

o_dancingfool · 10-26-2006, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LithiuM

I wish you died.

You know you love it.

o_zydell · 10-26-2006, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by theres *nothing* here

I've been having this thing now, for the past three years where I'd fall asleep really easily, no matter how much I've slept the day before.

It usually starts with my vision going kinda blurry. It is annoying, and it happens during class too. I'll fight to stay awake, but I only end up with a headache, and falling asleep anyways.
So I'm asking, what would be some good ways to stay awake? I've tried slapping myself, or jabbing myself with my pencil when it happens- but to no avail.

Caffeine drinks are good- I quite like Redbull, but the stuff is kinda expensive. Any home brewed methods availiable? Maybe super concentrated coffee with a 1/4 lb of sugar?

But that would probably gimme high blood pressure. I'm actually hoping to stray away from caffeine, because I'm still hoping to grow a few more inches.

Questions;
- Can you describe your normal sleeping pattern? Is it regular, for how long do you sleep, do you wake up inbetween, etc.etc.?
- When are you feeling tired; is it always? is there a relation between certain situations (for example really quiet/boring situations) and when you are feeling 'sleepy'?
- When you are tired, are you actually sleeping and for how long, can you describe it, does it differ from your normal sleep? (for example that you notice notice your surroundings but cannot move?)
- Did you ever notice that when you are laughing or are being angry or when someone makes you frighten or something else like that you find that your muscles loosen up/unstrain or whatever?

o_loader · 10-26-2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Loader

A good diet
Good exercise
Early nights.

'nuff said.. Again.

o_dancingfool · 10-26-2006, 12:48 AM

Dr. Zydell,

I work out at least 2 hours every day. I drink any kind of alcohol imaginable on a level comparible to an angry Irishman when I am not at all Irish. I stay up until 1 am and get up at 7 am. I do not have life problems, I just love alcohol. Is this a healthy lifestyle?

o_bumgravy · 10-26-2006, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Paft

I wish I were you I suffer from insomnia and get a average of 2-3 hours sleep a night, weekends I'm usually awake for 24 hours+. So suffering with that for 3 years turns/ed me into a blanked zombie with nothing but white noise in my head from morning till night. I don't work at the moment as I would probably collapse from exhaustion as I just don't have the energy to function at all really.

I cannot get into a regular sleeping routine I only sleep when my body cannot stay awake any longer so that can be at anytime. I do try to get up early and go to bed at a reasonable time and make sure I don't rest in bed during the day but it's no use I just don't fall asleep I'll be staring at the clock till 3am onwards and be awake again a few hours after. Ive been prescribed with sleeping tablets some months back but only 2weeks worth as the doctors say people get hooked to then or eventually they stop working, they didn't work for me anyway. Now on antidepressants.

It can be quite a serious illness the average person will take sleep for granted and not even think about it but it's ruining my life at the moment, the small number of hours I get a week is just not enough to live properly not fit to do anything I have no appetite either because all my body hunger's is sleep.

It's 1am now I don't want to head of to bed because I'll be fidgeting until the early hours of the morning but I'll have to force my self. Yet at the same time I yearn to curl up and go to sleep.

Seriously, i would reccomend you try the weed. I work shifts and I find it can help regulate my sleeping, ie come home at 3am, smoke a fat one, go to bed and be grand for getting up at 8. I used to do this regularly but i dont have to work so much these days.

o_abjure · 10-26-2006, 02:53 AM

Drink bleach.

o_loader · 10-26-2006, 02:57 AM

Get a gay guy (or Darkness) to come round and stay with you. That way you will never fall asleep!

o_the russian · 10-26-2006, 06:12 AM

I allso have mild insomnia, Its 2 am and I cant sleep... when I do go, I fidget for about an hour or two and then doze off... I sleep till quite late though, I wake up near 3:00pm on days I dont have work, my body just doesnt want to get up... my whole sleep regulation is out of wack... like that time I flew to denver, I couldnt tell if i was sleepy or gassy from the jetlag... kept debating, should I be sleeping on the plane?

o_zydell · 10-26-2006, 07:37 AM

Well there are some simpe measures that can be taken when you are suffering from (mild) insomnia:

encourage regular habits and exercise
discourage over-indulgence in tobacco, caffein, and alcohol (especially before sleep)
encourage a aregular pattern of going to bed
avoid daytime sleep
advice on relaxation techniques for use if awake at night

But in some cases insomnia is caused by a psychiatric or physical condition which of course should be treated first. Besides that, it is important to know that not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep, some need 5 some need 10. If you for example sleep 5 hours a night and have absolutely no complains over day then there's not much wrong is there?

o_drtom · 10-26-2006, 09:44 AM

modafinil

o_zydell · 10-26-2006, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by drtom

modafinil

medication comes last, we dont even have a diagnose or indication!

o_drtom · 10-26-2006, 10:23 AM

modafinil is ace though!

but yeah in all seriousness just go to your doctor, this is the kind of thing they are there for

o_leandros · 10-26-2006, 11:22 AM

Get a brain activity sensor and connect it to a slapping machine when it sees you going into R.E.M. and you're good to go!

o_caesium · 10-26-2006, 11:59 AM

self harm
crack
paranoid personality disorder

and yes, I am a doctor.

o_kam · 10-26-2006, 12:20 PM

You have diabetes.

o_the russian · 10-26-2006, 02:32 PM

dont say that shit... everyone in my fam has diabetes except me so far... however I think I would know it if I had it, as I have no problem with any kind of sugar levels. I spoke to the doc about this a few months ago for the first time ever, he said to take over-the-counter sleepd aids and when I fidget for a couple hours to clench all my muscles and then release, and repeat again and again till my body stops wanting to fidget. It isnt working, sleep meds seem to have no effect on me what-so-ever...

o_|404|innoc-tpf- · 10-26-2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Zydell

Well there are some simpe measures that can be taken when you are suffering from (mild) insomnia:

encourage regular habits and exercise
discourage over-indulgence in tobacco, caffein, and alcohol (especially before sleep)
encourage a aregular pattern of going to bed
avoid daytime sleep
advice on relaxation techniques for use if awake at night

But in some cases insomnia is caused by a psychiatric or physical condition which of course should be treated first. Besides that, it is important to know that not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep, some need 5 some need 10. If you for example sleep 5 hours a night and have absolutely no complains over day then there's not much wrong is there?

Which one of you jerks hacked Zydells account? Helpful AND coherent?

10-25-2006, 09:36 PM	#22
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	dont do mornings? works for me __________________ Support FF:

10-26-2006, 12:09 AM	#23
o_paft Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I wish I were you I suffer from insomnia and get a average of 2-3 hours sleep a night, weekends I'm usually awake for 24 hours+. So suffering with that for 3 years turns/ed me into a blanked zombie with nothing but white noise in my head from morning till night. I don't work at the moment as I would probably collapse from exhaustion as I just don't have the energy to function at all really. I cannot get into a regular sleeping routine I only sleep when my body cannot stay awake any longer so that can be at anytime. I do try to get up early and go to bed at a reasonable time and make sure I don't rest in bed during the day but it's no use I just don't fall asleep I'll be staring at the clock till 3am onwards and be awake again a few hours after. Ive been prescribed with sleeping tablets some months back but only 2weeks worth as the doctors say people get hooked to then or eventually they stop working, they didn't work for me anyway. Now on antidepressants. It can be quite a serious illness the average person will take sleep for granted and not even think about it but it's ruining my life at the moment, the small number of hours I get a week is just not enough to live properly not fit to do anything I have no appetite either because all my body hunger's is sleep. It's 1am now I don't want to head of to bed because I'll be fidgeting until the early hours of the morning but I'll have to force my self. Yet at the same time I yearn to curl up and go to sleep. Last edited by o_paft; 10-26-2006 at 12:18 AM.

10-26-2006, 07:37 AM	#32
o_zydell Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Well there are some simpe measures that can be taken when you are suffering from (mild) insomnia: encourage regular habits and exercise discourage over-indulgence in tobacco, caffein, and alcohol (especially before sleep) encourage a aregular pattern of going to bed avoid daytime sleep advice on relaxation techniques for use if awake at night But in some cases insomnia is caused by a psychiatric or physical condition which of course should be treated first. Besides that, it is important to know that not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep, some need 5 some need 10. If you for example sleep 5 hours a night and have absolutely no complains over day then there's not much wrong is there?

10-25-2006, 09:35 PM	#21
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Any rave drug actually.

10-26-2006, 12:48 AM	#27
o_dancingfool Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Dr. Zydell, I work out at least 2 hours every day. I drink any kind of alcohol imaginable on a level comparible to an angry Irishman when I am not at all Irish. I stay up until 1 am and get up at 7 am. I do not have life problems, I just love alcohol. Is this a healthy lifestyle?

10-26-2006, 02:53 AM	#29
o_abjure Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Drink bleach.

10-26-2006, 02:57 AM	#30
o_loader Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Get a gay guy (or Darkness) to come round and stay with you. That way you will never fall asleep!

10-26-2006, 06:12 AM	#31
o_the russian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I allso have mild insomnia, Its 2 am and I cant sleep... when I do go, I fidget for about an hour or two and then doze off... I sleep till quite late though, I wake up near 3:00pm on days I dont have work, my body just doesnt want to get up... my whole sleep regulation is out of wack... like that time I flew to denver, I couldnt tell if i was sleepy or gassy from the jetlag... kept debating, should I be sleeping on the plane?

10-26-2006, 09:44 AM	#33
o_drtom Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	modafinil

10-26-2006, 10:23 AM	#35
o_drtom Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	modafinil is ace though! but yeah in all seriousness just go to your doctor, this is the kind of thing they are there for

10-26-2006, 11:22 AM	#36
o_leandros Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dutchelandae Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Get a brain activity sensor and connect it to a slapping machine when it sees you going into R.E.M. and you're good to go!

10-26-2006, 11:59 AM	#37
o_caesium Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oxford, UK Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	self harm crack paranoid personality disorder and yes, I am a doctor.

10-26-2006, 12:20 PM	#38
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You have diabetes.

10-26-2006, 02:32 PM	#39
o_the russian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	dont say that shit... everyone in my fam has diabetes except me so far... however I think I would know it if I had it, as I have no problem with any kind of sugar levels. I spoke to the doc about this a few months ago for the first time ever, he said to take over-the-counter sleepd aids and when I fidget for a couple hours to clench all my muscles and then release, and repeat again and again till my body stops wanting to fidget. It isnt working, sleep meds seem to have no effect on me what-so-ever...

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