Not falling asleep/Staying awake: Help!

[Terminator X]

I must make myself not feel tired for the next 24 hours, roughly, and simultaneously be able to maintain greater cognitive abilities during this period of not-tiredness from around the hours of roughly 9:30 AM to at least 2:00 PM on December 15th (tomorrow.)

After that time, it is important that I maintain awakedness, however, higher thought processes are not anywhere nearly as important, as exams and quizes will have been taken care of (hopefully) by that point.

P.S. I'm not supposed to be absorbing more caffiene, daily, than that which is found in a 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola, although I am willing to make ten or thirty exceptions within the next 24 hours.

HELP!!1one.

- The Termite

[Edited on 12-15-2005 by Terminator X]

[Celephais]

Red Bull.

[Terminator X]

Originally posted by Celephais
Red Bull.

I will drink anything but that.

- The Termite

P.S. -- (I have many sorts of different teas at my discretion, currently...)

[Izalude]

Interferon-B

Though in 3 days you'll feel like you were hit by a truck.

[Celephais]

Monster, Sobe Adrenaline, Doubleshot, Jolt, Mountain Dew/Amp, etc etc... all that stuff works for a temporary solution... if you want a real solution it's proper exercise, but that's not going to kick in so fast.

[Xandalf]

Adderall.

[Edited on 12-15-2005 by Xandalf]

[Warriorbird]

Guarana juice. Ginkgo. Ginseng. Taurine. Extra meals at regular intervals, as well as plenty of liquids.

[Back]

Company

[Jazuela]

Eat light and often instead of a couple of solid meals. It won't keep you awake, but it'll prevent that "I gotta take a nap" feeling when your belly is full.

[Hulkein]

Originally posted by Xandalf
Adderall.

[Hakonne]

Originally posted by Warriorbird
Guarana juice. Ginkgo. Ginseng. Taurine. Extra meals at regular intervals, as well as plenty of liquids.

Yep, best solution.

Hak

P.S. Or you could take freeze dried coffee out of an MRE, add a little water to make a thick coffee paste, and put it in the corners of your eyes. Works on long patrolling ops.

[Edited on 12-15-2005 by Hakonne]

[Marl]

Crystal Methamphetamine or as it is known on the street,
crank-ice
20 bucks will keep you up for 24 hrs easy ;)

[Czeska]

I find the last 2 posts profoundly disturbing, on totally different levels.

[Asha]

Yeah, speed.
Plus if you have friends around too, you can talk shit to them the whole time.
Blast.

[Back]

Originally posted by Nevermind
Yeah, speed.
Plus if you have friends around too, you can talk shit to them the whole time.
Blast.

One half of my suggestion. I would not recommend speed though. Trust me on this one.

Best thing you can do is get someone else on the program. Better yet, peoples.

[Marl]

Awww come on....who needs nice looking teeth/brain cells/muscle tissue? Speed is the way to go!

[Sylvan Dreams]

Is this some kind of psych test?

Red Bull and other energy drinks are typically loaded with caffeine, so if you can't drink Coke, you can't drink those either. As odd as it may sound, when I have to stay up for long periods, eating something makes me wake up. I don't usually eat cookies and things either. I will eat real food - omelettes, sandwiches, etc. I also like sweet fruits like granny smith apples, magoes, etc. Most importantly - STAY BUSY.

[Asha]

:lol:
My old shifts from 6pm till 8am used to drive me crazy. I used redbull, GS and sometimes speed to keep it happening.
If they failed or were failing I'd drink shit loads of coffee and start a mammoth technical drawing task.
Shit, that used to keep me up for weeks in college. I wish you good luck man. You'll be fine.

[AbnInfamy]

Start smoking for a day.

Cut yourself lightly with razors, just enough to hurt in areas not visible to regular public and play with them when you're done... Smack them, salt them, etc. Salt doesn't hurt as bad as most people tend to make it.

Stay away from masturbating! I know it sounds like a good idea but once you're done you'd wish you hadn't done it.

Like Hakonne mentioned, except put in coffee in your mouth like a big wad of dip/snuff. That's how we did it for patrols.

Get your heartrate up. Jumping jacks, run in place, etc, then jump in the shower and take one a little too cold for comfort.

[Sean of the Thread]

WHAT is the reason for this again????

[Back]

Help the intellectually challenged. Its the nice (liberal) thing to do!

[Asha]

Soduku

[Sean of the Thread]

Despite not knowing the reason...pseudometh ERRR pseudoephedrine helps me stay on I'll stab someone level of awake when needed.

[Skeeter]

meth or blow if you have the $$

[Showal]

I read in maxim that looking at porn and not jerking off helps. I guess it does something where it increases your adrenaline because you're ready to compete or something, but if you jerk off, it'll be bed time. Get a prescription for a drug called modafinil. It's essentially a low grade safe cocaine. It works in similar ways, but not in all the ways of coke. Good luck getting the prescription though. Nothing, short of sleep, will truly help you keep your cognitive functions at their peak.

[Wezas]

Don't wax your monkey.

I use that method if I'm having trouble falling asleep. Works like a charm.

[Terminator X]

Hrm. Perhaps I should have asked for suggestions geared more towards gingko vs. green tea and less towards mainling hydrocarbons vs. pouring Folgers coffee into orifices, but uhhh... Thanks for the help? :-\

I have greatly taken into consideration and am currently applying the less-filling meals technique but have miserably failed the not waxing of the tallywacker as only the first few days of the week are far more likely to be my masturbation Sabbath(s) whereas the last few days are ... not. I am very religious in this sense.

- The Termite

[Terminator X]

I R SURVIVED TEH APOCALYPSE!1one.

Thanks, Mountain Dew Code Red. I owe you... ::sniffles::

- The Termite

[Augie]

:heart: Mountain Dew. Used to chug that by the case at Kinko's working over night when I was 18.

Whenever I am driving on my own on a long trip, Power Bars + Mountain Dew rock. That and Starbucks Double Shot Espresso.

[nocturnix]

Energy drinks: I prefer monster.

Other methods: Hakonne is right on, and also mentioned was putting caffiene/freeze dried coffee in your mouth...if you feel like youre about to fall asleep...

Be sure to put it under your tongue.

Read an article about how scientists have discovered athletes/people can put caffiene under their tongue or, I suppose, as hak said in the corner of your eyes it is absorbed MUCH faster than drinking. The caffiene will go directly to your bloodstream instead of sitting in your stomach waiting to be absorbed.

As for getting tasks done, if youre writing papers...masterbation is okay and is a great motivator. Dont let yourself look at porn until youve completed a paper/assignmet, then reward yourself. ;-)