help, i need to stay awake!?
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Caffeine is in no way fattening. What i do is drink my coffee black with no sugar etc.. It only takes about 1 to 2 weeks to get used to the taste but once you do you will never switch back.\n\nBelieve it or not many bodybuilders drink Black coffee prior to competions. Go for it just do not add suger or any dairy etc...
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Assuming that you work long hours, I would try cutting the hours down at work. If this is impossible, I have a solution that may help. You need to keep your body temp down. If it is hot, put on the AC and dress in a tank top and shorts. If it is cold outside, turn the heat way down and open a window. Now, drink a lot of cold water. Keep a pitcher next to you. This will cause you to have to go to the bathroom more which will keep you alert. Keep away from snacks. Time yourself to study for 30 minutes per subject and then stop. Any more that this and it is too much info for you to remember in the morning. This will also keep you from burn out.
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well try peein b4 u go to sleep.try sum lavender oil on ya pilow
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Hello, I woke up too early too and can't go back to sleep. I'm not blue though, have you thought about what you're gonna do for the rest of the day? Perhaps a bit later at lunchtime you could stick on a bit of chilled music and cook a nice roast slowly whilst having a couple of glasses of wine. I find that really peaceful although not high speed and exciting, it is nice sometimes just to mill around the house doing gentle domestic things. Hope you get over your blues soon.
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You must find a way to sleep.  A rested mind takes tests easier and retains memory better.  good luck.
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i admit that to study at night is not easy but you may try some ways to avoid from being sleepy such as make a coffee or tea, then you could listen to music while studying or you even can singing while studying! lol, there are many other ways but i think the most reliable to me is the spirit to study at night...you must have the confidence and encourage yourself to study! once you have a tough intention, i'm sure you could be stay up until late nite! ^_^
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I'm also studying for the bar.  He needs to put down th books two hours before bed time (a planned time).  Do some light physical activity (little yoga--foolling around maybe a short walk, etc).  Dim the lights about an hour before bed.  Slow the body down and the mind will follow.  I find a hot shower and milk (i know it sound cliche but it works) helpful for a solid night's sleep.  Sleep in a well ventalated room.  No light or noise.  Let the body drift off.  The mind will become quiet.  If that doesn't work--put him on the counch with some tequila and just go to bed.
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Relax, calm yourself down, if you can't sleep do something to take your attention off yourself, anything at all.\n\nRead a book or magazine, listen to some comforting or relaxing music, watch t.v. if you aren't up to the previous 2 activities, but not for 2 long and don't watch anything that is overly stimulating or really intense, just an educational show or the news.\n\nThe key for someone like yourself is to stop thinking about yourself.\n\nJust slow your breathing, stop thinking about all of the bad things in your life, focus on all the good things and people in your life, focus on your goals in life, or things you are interested in, and most of all, be comforted and at peace by reflecting on how much God loves you, even if you don't feel it, believe me, He's there by your side.\n\nPlease read and reflect on this poem about God's presence in all of our lives: http://www.explorelove.co.uk/footprints_sand_poem.htm
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Drink lots of water.  Staying hydrated keeps you awake.
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Go into a deep sleep. I think that works.
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I've taken part in a few sleep deprivation experiments and i found that the thing that kept me going the most was conversation or games. preferably both.\nif you're interested in something that uses more than one part of your brain, then you will stay awake longer. its got to be something that will not add to tiredness though, so nothing too demanding.\n\nare you allowed any sleep at all? if so, micro sleeps are useful. you literally nod off for about 3 seconds and then you nod yourself back awake... or someone nudges you. but a few of these can keep you awake.\n\navoid sugar/ caffeine as stated above. the highs are great, but 20 minutes later the lows make you so drowsy.\ngentle exercise - a walk (difficult to sleep while your walking); nothing that will get you too out of breath.. you may get a blood sugar dip and that will make you sleepy.\nno coffee. its great in the short term... but your brain will produce more and more sleep drug to compensate... while your kidneys are getting rid of the caffeine... eventually there will come a point where you have so much sleep drug in your brain that you will be too tired.\n\nwill power.\n\nmain point: don't do any one thing for too long... change works
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I also stay up way later than usual so that I am pretty much instantly asleep when I finally turn off the TV. \n\nIt also helps me to let a neighbor know when my husband is traveling...(especially years ago when the kids were little)\n\nMake sure you feel your locks are secure. Sleep with your charged cell phone at your bedside.\n\nI keep a tealight candle lit on my dresser. It goes out on its own after 2 hours or so.
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Already a lot of good and not so good answers... Don't use alcohol, I did that for years. I don't drink now and sleep better. Stress, is the main thing that keeps me awake now, but only occasionally. Don't smoke either. Feeling secure makes you feel secure in your bed. Do everything to make sure your home is secure obviously. Financial security is important - people do lie awake worrying about money. Emotional security, knowing people care and love you. That's more difficult. But generally speaking you get back what you give out in that department. Obviously avoid stimulants like caffeine in the evenings. When you go to bed tonight. Think about me! A mysterious romantic Englishman - and let your imagination run wild! Even if you don't sleep - it'll make staying awake much more enjoyable. But after a while - maybe 8 hours - you'll get bored with me and nod off! Incidentally, it's 3.05pm in the afternoon now in England. Not the early hours of the morning! I haven't had lunch!
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Sleep when your body needs it!!!!
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sleep! you have to get plenty of rest, proper diet also, it all ties in together
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Take a dose of NUX VOMICA 30 before going to bed and you wont wake up with a hang over !\nIts a Homeopathic Remedy !\nTake Care
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One of my problems is that I'll be thinking about the things I need to do the next day or the week.  That makes me stay awake.  Get up drink some water and lay back down and try to just relax, don't think about going back to sleep - just relax.  If that don't work then count sheep, that does work.