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I went out last night for Rag week at college, but i have to work this morning :rolleyes: i'm having serious trouble staying awake - please help me!! Any suggestions to keep me from snoring into the keyboard?!

I went out last night for Rag week at college, but i have to work this morning :rolleyes: i'm having serious trouble staying awake - please help me!! Any suggestions to keep me from snoring into the keyboard?!

Dont eat any carbohydrates - you'll go right to sleep.

Drink black coffee. Smoke. Chew gum. Smash your finger in a drawer.

I went out last night for Rag week at college, but i have to work this morning :rolleyes: i'm having serious trouble staying awake - please help me!! Any suggestions to keep me from snoring into the keyboard?!

Cocaine
Speed
Pro-plus
Coffee
Red Bull
Sitting in a very uncomfortable position

Hope at least one of these helps!

Put a pin pointing upwards in your keyboard :D won't fall asleep on that!

Coffee is good. Strong as you can stand it.
If you get a chance, get up and walk around a bit, and if you have a break, jog. Movement will help wake you up a bit. Chocolate's another fairly good stay-awake tool, and tasty too.

Dont eat any carbohydrates - you'll go right to sleep.

Drink black coffee. Smoke. Chew gum. Smash your finger in a drawer.


don't have a desk drawer but i'll try the other options! esp. the black coffee... mmm coffee *stares in direction of restaurant*

Is it cold where you live? If so, open the damn door. I find freezing to death keeps me awake. You can type while dead, can't you?

Put a pin pointing upwards in your keyboard :D won't fall asleep on that!

oh its evil! i like it....

Oh yeah, if you can get your hands on some of those caffeine tabs, those are good too.

I was gonna say ephedrine too, cause it works pretty well, but I'm not sure how safe that is, so don't take my word on it unless you know about it already.

its not cold - i'm a lab supervisor working in a room of about 60 pc's and three big mama printers...its always warm.... but the typing is keeping me going!

oh its evil! i like it....

and it works too! either that or put little metal pads on each key and wire em up to a power source so you get a little electric shock to keep you awake each time you hit a key! ]:D


......i've been thinking about this way too long!!!!! :(

Coffee is good. Strong as you can stand it.
If you get a chance, get up and walk around a bit, and if you have a break, jog. Movement will help wake you up a bit. Chocolate's another fairly good stay-awake tool, and tasty too.

i find chocolate is great but it'll only work for a little while, then i'll feel worse :( i'll just have to eat lots of it :fluffle:

and it works too! either that or put little metal pads on each key and wire em up to a power source so you get a little electric shock to keep you awake each time you hit a key! ]:D


......i've been thinking about this way too long!!!!! :(


its definately an inventive idea, but i'm WAAY to lazy to go to all that trouble.... * typing gets slower and slower as sleep overtakes me*

its definately an inventive idea, but i'm WAAY to lazy to go to all that trouble.... * typing gets slower and slower as sleep overtakes me*

*poke*

Not sure this will keep you awake. The forum seems kind of slow tonight.(This morning?)

If you're gonna go with the cold route, don't leave the window open for too long. Cold temperatures will actually put you to sleep.

*poke*

*jumps in fright and screams like a sissy*

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! What ya do that for? *rubs tender ribs*

but it worked!!

*jumps in fright and screams like a sissy*

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! What ya do that for? *rubs tender ribs*

but it worked!!

Sorry, but you want to be awake right! :p :D I'm in exactly the same situation as you so...

*Opens window to -5 air*

BRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Not sure this will keep you awake. The forum seems kind of slow tonight.(This morning?)

ya, this morning for me... its 10.58 am according to my computer!

Sorry, but you want to be awake right! :p :D I'm in exactly the same situation as you so...

*Opens window to -5 air*

BRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


ok true... i'l have to be awake until about half ten tonight, will be essay writing until then methinks :(

If you're gonna go with the cold route, don't leave the window open for too long. Cold temperatures will actually put you to sleep.


Really? although i spose it makes sense...its a good thing i've no windows in here to open!

Oh yeah, if you can get your hands on some of those caffeine tabs, those are good too.

I was gonna say ephedrine too, cause it works pretty well, but I'm not sure how safe that is, so don't take my word on it unless you know about it already.

It's fairly safe, the reason it was recently scheduled in America is because it's used to make methamphetimine, MDMA(there's no way I'm typing that out in full) and methicathenone.

If you wanna stay awake drink coffee or jolt, and sip it gradually through-out the day, or pop some eckies, caffeine doesn't turn you into a motor-mouth like speed or coke do.

ok true... i'l have to be awake until about half ten tonight, will be essay writing until then methinks :(

Sounds like a joy.... ;) :D

It's fairly safe, the reason it was recently scheduled in America is because it's used to make methamphetimine, MDMA(there's no way I'm typing that out in full) and methicathenone.
Really? It got scheduled? Huh, they still sell it at some places here.
If you wanna stay awake drink coffee or jolt, and sip it gradually through-out the day, or pop some eckies, caffeine doesn't turn you into a motor-mouth like speed or coke do.
What are these "eckies" you speak of?

It's fairly safe, the reason it was recently scheduled in America is because it's used to make methamphetimine, MDMA(there's no way I'm typing that out in full) and methicathenone.

If you wanna stay awake drink coffee or jolt, and sip it gradually through-out the day, or pop some eckies, caffeine doesn't turn you into a motor-mouth like speed or coke do.


i think i'll have to stick to the coffee and tea, cos its too much effort to go get those caffeine tablets... but thanks for explaining, i was wondering about them alright

How about a 15 minute nap on your lunch hour?

Sounds like a joy.... ;) :D

its mightily depressing. i'll spend the rest of the week and weekend trying to write essays before next friday!!! yip-yipee!!!

How about a 15 minute nap on you lunch hour?

:) that would be heaven! but once i fall asleep theres no waking me, the only thing that works is my super-nasty alarm which is at home...

i'm only on a half day so its not that bad work-wise, its the rest of the evening i'm worried about - lectures!!

Really? It got scheduled? Huh, they still sell it at some places here.

What are these "eckies" you speak of?

Eckies are ectasy pills, I wrote that in then changed what I planned on saying. Don't take E at work, it's even worse for giving you verbal diarhea then speed.

I'm pretty sure it was scheduled, I know it's being phased off the market on advise from the FDA, stores aren't required to destroy their stocks though.

What they over look is it's easier to make many illegal substances from pseudoephedrine(Sudafed) then it is from herbal ephedra, which also seems to be moving off of the shelves for good.

ya, this morning for me... its 10.58 am according to my computer!

5:15 AM
I rely on ya'll to entertain me when my roommates are asleep. Apparently
my body doesn't think I need sleep. So happy there are so many Europeans on NS.

Eckies are ectasy pills, I wrote that in then changed what I planned on saying. Don't take E at work, it's even worse for giving you verbal diarhea then speed.

I'm pretty sure it was scheduled, I know it's being phased off the market on advise from the FDA, stores aren't required to destroy their stocks though.

What they over look is it's easier to make many illegal substances from pseudoephedrine(Sudafed) then it is from herbal ephedra, which also seems to be moving off of the shelves for good.

Gods forfend that we're actually allowed to decide what we want to put in our own bodies here.
Really want to stay awake? Find out how to become bipolar. In your manic state you'll never need sleep.

Eckies are ectasy pills, I wrote that in then changed what I planned on saying. Don't take E at work, it's even worse for giving you verbal diarhea then speed.
Yeah, I was gonna say, eckies sounds like ecstacy, and that would be a really bad idea. Wouldn't want to suddenly get up and start hugging all your coworkers...
I'm pretty sure it was scheduled, I know it's being phased off the market on advise from the FDA, stores aren't required to destroy their stocks though.

What they over look is it's easier to make many illegal substances from pseudoephedrine(Sudafed) then it is from herbal ephedra, which also seems to be moving off of the shelves for good.
Yeah, most of the "recipes" for crystal meth I've seen lately take pseudo rather than ephedrine.

5:15 AM
I rely on ya'll to entertain me when my roommates are asleep. Apparently
my body doesn't think I need sleep. So happy there are so many Europeans on NS.

you are so lucky!! i'm constantly being told by my dumbass brain that it needs more sleep, its dead greedy!
will try to be entertaining, tho i'm off work in 35 minutes :eek:

throw 8 vivarin in the coffee pot while it brews. if that doesnt work, have aquickie with yourself.

throw 8 vivarin in the coffee pot while it brews. if that doesnt work, have aquickie with yourself.

i've heard that solution before!
what are vivarin?

throw 8 vivarin in the coffee pot while it brews. if that doesnt work, have aquickie with yourself.

Kind of working at cross purposes there. I always feel sleepy after a nice orgasm. And I don't drink coffee. I guess vivarin in my hot cocoa would work.

i'm assuming they're some sort of pep pills? mmmm..cocoa, or hot chocolate, even better!! must not succumb to it, it will send me to sleep!!!NONONONONONONONO!!!!

Dexedrine got me through college. No, really. During a semester, I was usually awake 5 days in a row each week.

Not that I wasn't hallucinating at the end of the week...

i'm assuming they're some sort of pep pills? mmmm..cocoa, or hot chocolate, even better!! must not succumb to it, it will send me to sleep!!!NONONONONONONONO!!!!
Vivarin are caffeine pills.

Vivarin are caffeine pills.

those would be nice........

Dexedrine got me through college. No, really. During a semester, I was usually awake 5 days in a row each week.

Not that I wasn't hallucinating at the end of the week...
I know the feeling.
:(
Dexedrine can mess one up good...

Discovery channel says.. Have an apple. I don't know why, but it's better than having a coffee.

Discovery channel says.. Have an apple. I don't know why, but it's better than having a coffee.

Really? cos buying an aple is cheaper and nicer than coffee...the coffee round here is absolute sh*te

pro-plus. lots and lots of pro-plus.

It's currently 10.48 pm in Australia, which would make it about 11.48 am in County Cork right about now.

Play video games. Particularly puzzle games. The huge amount of thinking gets your brain wired, and i can't sleep for ages after playing most of the time.

pro-plus. lots and lots of pro-plus.
meh...kind of don't want to take anything like that...think will have to go for coffee or chocolate or other food to keep me awake... yay almost lunch time!!!!!

Take a 10 minute powernap.. Time your handphone clock to wake you up. Or get some of your workmates to give you a kick in the ribs once their done eating.