Anyone have any tips to keep awake?

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Re: Anyone have any tips to keep awake?

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A carbonated soda usually does the trick for me on usual nights of staying up and watching anime. I sip whenever I yawn. :)

I wouldn't recommend fear, unless you know how to suppress it. Cuz' that's all that's going to be on your mind instead of work lol.
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Even if you stay up longer, you won't be able to do your work as well as if you weren't depriving yourself of sleep. Nevertheless, here are some tips:

1. If you're going to use an alarm clock, make sure the wake-up sound is fairly gentle and not, well, alarming. Unless you like increasing your blood pressure.

2. Talk to someone willing to prompt you into staying awake whenever you start dropping off.

3. Find a video game that keeps your brain active and play it during breaks. It'll probably need to be action-packed. Or Slender: The Arrival.

4. Listen to music that gets you motivated.

5. When you feel tired, do things that wake you up. When you feel more awake, get back to working. Even after you start getting tired, your energy will rebound after a few hours, so don't think you're stuck with that fatigue.
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My personal method of staying up is not drinking anything warm. I usually feel sleepy when I do drink just a cup of warm milk (hey, don't stare at me like that), hot chocolate or even coffee.

Sometimes, when I am too fixated on my work, I could completely disregard time at all. I could stay up late for something, and not know that it's about sunrise. But... of course, I rarely do it nowadays.

I recommend doing these:
- Chug down water every now and then.
- Take a rest for a few minutes and try to do something that keeps you awake. I usually take with me some simple, small yet entertaining games. Nothing too tiring or too addictive.
- Get moving once in a while. Stretching is good.
- Take some power naps! If it happens that you can't wake by something as soft alarms, I'd take something really shocking as an alarm tone.
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The only one I know is that you should wash your face when you get sleepy and do a bit of exercise (like walk, jump around, I dunno).
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Drink a liter of water.
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robloker8 wrote:Drink a liter of water.
I didn't know water helped in staying awake. 0.0
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Well, you must feel full after drinking that much water in one go. That might help in trying to stay awake.
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robloker8 wrote:Well, you must feel full after drinking that much water in one go. That might help in trying to stay awake.
Actually, the fuller you are the sleepier you get. When your stomach is full your brain released serotonin, which makes you fall asleep.
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naagloshii wrote:
robloker8 wrote:Well, you must feel full after drinking that much water in one go. That might help in trying to stay awake.
Actually, the fuller you are the sleepier you get. When your stomach is full your brain released serotonin, which makes you fall asleep.
Reference: Garfield the Cat. He goes to sleep every time he eats. (=3)
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Hot cheetos or spicy food help me stay up during class and also on late night anime~
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naagloshii wrote:
robloker8 wrote:Well, you must feel full after drinking that much water in one go. That might help in trying to stay awake.
Actually, the fuller you are the sleepier you get. When your stomach is full your brain released serotonin, which makes you fall asleep.
I meant full of water.
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ProsecutorJustice wrote:
naagloshii wrote:
robloker8 wrote:Well, you must feel full after drinking that much water in one go. That might help in trying to stay awake.
Actually, the fuller you are the sleepier you get. When your stomach is full your brain released serotonin, which makes you fall asleep.
Reference: Garfield the Cat. He goes to sleep every time he eats. (=3)
Correction: He goes to sleep anytime, anywhere.
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robloker8 wrote:Correction: He goes to sleep anytime, anywhere.
Touché. :)
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I will just give you this image. It was posted in an older forum I used to be a member of.

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Taking a shower usually helps, and when I become sleepy again I just go to the bathroom and wash my face again. Quick exercise helps too
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