Staying awake.

[JIst00]

Maybe (or maybe not ) I'll try and see if I can find some more tips/tricks to do this. So stay sharp, mate

Well while u check for tips, Im gonna load up the Pod, roll up some cigarettes and go for a walk round the block or wherever my feet take me.

Any other night workers here, who do this regular like? Most of the lot at work tend to switch to days on their nights off, while I tend to keep to the night routine. If u work nights, what do u do?

 

[JIst00]

it may sound gross but try masturbating, it releases several hormones that will make you drowsy... unless your a girl, then your kinda stuck.

edit: Oh wait your married(or your dating), if she is up for it just have sex.

Not quite married yet =P

And she's tucked up and asleep, so I think if I come on to her I'm likly to get punched. I like ur thinking tho sir.

 

[SimuLord]

There's no substitute for good old-fashioned stimulants. Caffeine is good, but if you don't mind running afoul of the law, Adderall in large doses (dextroamphetamine sulfate, aka "greenies") work well. If you've got a crooked doctor, a prescription for Provigil (modafinil), which they prescribe for narcoleptics, is to office workers what steroids were to Barry Bonds.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

No, it's not like I work night shifts. To be even more forward, I've quit my job a few months ago because I really didn't like it anymore and I nearly edged towards a burn-out. At the moment I'm trying to see what I really want to do (something more social I guess) but what I really want to do is being a development worker. But it's difficult to sort out how. The most shitty part is that I tend to turn the days in to nights so, like you, my pattern is al screwed up.

Maybe this is a bit of a silly thing to say, but sometimes when I lay in bed I think of myself doing a battle rap against myself, so just keep on trying to find whitty retorts against the rymes you just made. I was planning on going to sleep, but this kind of crap keeps my mind busy for an hour or more sometimes.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

I found a few more: make sure that the temperature is quite cool and splash cold water, but you've perhaps figured these out yourself already. Oh, and chewing gum seems to help you focus as well.

 

[JIst00]

OK, I forgot its bank holiday weekend, so the town center is in full swings with drunks and police everywhere. And thats where my feet took me. And then quickly returned me from. I dont live that far from the town center.

It is pretty chilly out tho, and The Glitch Mob was load and fast enough to blast out the cobwebs, so that helped.

I think Im gonna tab about the net some more and maybe level my rogue a bit more on WoW or something.

Thanks for the responses tho, just having this page to come back to helped no end =D

 

[Jack_Uzi]

Yeah, just keep yourself active man. That's all you can do really.

 

[Banana Phone Man]

Staying on this site does wonders for me.
You can also watch an anime or some sort of fast paced show.
Play some games.
Do something that keeps your mind active and thinking.

 

[SpaceJam89]

I usually run on my treadmill for a few minutes or play a serious card game of bullshit with my friends.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

If you really don't have much to do at the moment. I really would like to recommend to see the series of deadwood it's probably somewhere to find (I did a while ago) if you like.

 

[Yureina]

I take a shower. But, in all honesty, I find my problem is not trying to stay awake, but trying to fall asleep. I'd actually like to be at a moment where I would want to stay awake, because it implies that I could go to sleep easily.

 

[sky14kemea]

Internet... Caffeine.. Bad movies. Depends what's available.

It's 2am right now and I'm doing just what the thread is about. I'm doing pretty well too, because I haven't even yawned much (Although having said that I'll probably jinx it now and start yawning like crazy in five minutes).

 

[Banana Phone Man]

I just had a thought that maybe I can scare you as to not fall asleep.

This is the death scenes from an anime called Higurashi no naku koro ni. It contans language and very bloody violence. You have been warned. Watch that anime and you will not want to fall asleep. One because you will be a little scared like I was and two because you will want to know what happends. It's very interestng when you get into it. It will keep you up easily.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

LOL... Is it just me, or does it look like we are having a bit of an all nighters forum going on here?

Guess my Ren avatar will look a bit like me a day from now

 

[Outright Villainy]

No mention of Tv tropes? [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage]
You can tab away on that for hours...

 

[DividedUnity]

Play a game. I stayed up for a good few hours straight last night. I got alpha protocol yesterday at about noon and I didn't feel like sleeping till about 6pm today. Good times.

 

[JRShield]

Red Bull, Metal and stuff to do.

 

[NJ]

I just had a thought that maybe I can scare you as to not fall asleep.

This is the death scenes from an anime called Higurashi no naku koro ni. It contans language and very bloody violence. You have been warned. Watch that anime and you will not want to fall asleep. One because you will be a little scared like I was and two because you will want to know what happends. It's very interestng when you get into it. It will keep you up easily.

J... Jesus...

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

In all honesty, internet is probably your best option here. Damn hard to fall asleep at the computer.

it may sound gross but try masturbating, it releases several hormones that will make you drowsy... unless your a girl, then your kinda stuck.

edit: Oh wait your married(or your dating), if she is up for it just have sex.

He did say he wanted to stay awake. Your plan may perk him up for a few minutes, but it'll ultimately be short lived and work against him in the long run.