I am having a hard time staying energized once I hit 4am without sleep. What does everyone else eat/drink for brain power when you have to stay up all night/day? :stickout

well I've never really stayed up all night and dont plan to.....unless there are a few girls involved......

But just hit the caffeine and hit it hard.........

Music from the guy upstairs. 24hrs a day. Its got to stop!

So, if your having trouble getting to sleep I could probibly float him accross to you, don't think he would notice if he was somewhere else. ;)

MESSAGE TO EVERYONE - Don't ever ever give your upstairs rasta 'mate' digital looping software!

:angry:

Mountain dew. Lots of it. Of course... I have heart conditions which don't allow me to drink caffene, so I drink uncafinated mountain dew and just imagine... and fall asleep ten minutes later... :eek:

- James

to keep awake, i usually just drink lots of coffee and pop.

Originally posted by 21inchguns
well I've never really stayed up all night and dont plan to.....unless there are a few girls involved......

But just hit the caffeine and hit it hard.........

LOL

LOTS AND LOTS of coffee. Loads of sugar but you got to keep inhaling it. The high only lasts short while:D :D

Good luck

PS There are other things you can take but I wouldn't recomend them;) ;) ;)

Whenever you get sleepy again, do 10x push-ups. It'll help you since your body will triger itself in 'sport mode'. Caffein will certainly help, unless you are immune already :)

Mountain Dew.. of course. :D
Granola bars and the ones with peanut butter also help keep you energized... the Mountain Dew will keep you awake and moving.. the food bars will keep your mind steady and functioning, at least for me it works.

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heh.. maybe it is running up and down the stairs to get the snacks and water that really does the trick? It's true, if you get your blood pumping you will be able to stay more awake. You should take some naps in between though.. sleep is necessary.

Actually, this is another very simple thing, but it works for me as well: drink a lot of mineral water. Somehow it keeps me awake (and of course go to the bathroom a lot, but it works).

RED BULL 2 of them will do the trick very nicely :D

my poison:

Penguin Reds (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/33a6.shtml)
or
Warp Mints (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml)

Both give the caffeine spaz you need without the pee factor of pop and coffee.

Originally posted by TopDog21
I am having a hard time staying energized once I hit 4am without sleep. What does everyone else eat/drink for brain power when you have to stay up all night/day? :stickout Hmm, 4 AM? That's just about when I'm waking up.

Food isn't good to keep you awake, it just fills your stomach and makes you drowsy. I'd recommend coffee, chocolate, and loud classic rock (the Stones, Cream, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull)

Nono, you need warp mints and XTZ Mints from ThinkGeek

a 12 Pack of Mountain Dew

and some nice techo playing pretty loud

ha ha ha! some of these posts really do make me laugh! I stick with the Caffine! OF get yourself a nice girl ... she should keep you awake;) ... Or would that make you more tired! hhhmmmm!

Good luck buddy!

bawls
http://www.bawls.com

coffee , glucose which is the only true brain food :) you gotta stimulate it and feed it.

and then throw lots of classic rock at it as suggested above.

mmmm bawls is definately good, but kinda expensive...... i can get like 5 cases of mountain dew for the same price i'd pay for one case of bawls from thinkgeek :-0

Its a wonder everyone here doesn't have serious health problems :stickout Thanks for the replies, now maybe I can stay up a little longer without seeing double :sleeping:


BC12

lol nahhh no health issues, plenty of mental ones lol.

long as its all kept in perspective everythings fine.

hmm.. for some strange reason all these energizing drinks put me to sleep :bawling:

Purchase caffeine in pill or mint form. According to my box of Penguin brand cinnamon flavored caffeinated product with sorbitol, THREE PENGUINS = ONE CAFFEINATED COLA. There are 75 in a tin. It is about the size of a deck of playing cards. So you could probably eat them all in one sitting. 75 divided by 3 is 25. So it's either pay a billion dollars for two dozen things of Coke, or spend three dollars on mints. I'm not sure if it's healthy, though.

Or you could fill a trash can with cold water and ice, then jump in and fully immerse yourself. Repeat every half hour until awake/dead.

Originally posted by appletreats
Or you could fill a trash can with cold water and ice, then jump in and fully immerse yourself. Repeat every half hour until awake/dead.

- LOL..

I would do that, but it would have to be in something bigger, maybe the tub? :eek4: RIP

Originally posted by TopDog21
Its a wonder everyone here doesn't have serious health problems No health problems here *cough* *cough*. Nope, I'm fit as a fiddle *hack* *rrrrrggghhhh*. Oops, gotta go. Need to change the batteries in my pacemaker. As soon as I climb out of my iron lung.

I had some real bad sleeping habits back in the 80's. but I learned this trick.

sleep 45 minutes work for 3hr.and 15 minutes.

I did that for about 3 years. overall it improved alot of things, got more work done within my time frame that most, I could without a problem sleep in the subway, it was rather funny at a bar that I would zonk out for a quick nap, then awaken again ( I tipped my bartenders very well, never woke up with anything painted our poured over me). the on friday to sunday morning I had normal sleep.

but the long term side effect that I have yet to shake, I've become a night owl, I don't go to bed unless I get the urge. and don't wake up untill my body tells me.

Mike

Originally posted by appletreats
Purchase caffeine in pill or mint form. According to my box of Penguin brand cinnamon flavored caffeinated product with sorbitol, THREE PENGUINS = ONE CAFFEINATED COLA. There are 75 in a tin. It is about the size of a deck of playing cards. So you could probably eat them all in one sitting. 75 divided by 3 is 25. So it's either pay a billion dollars for two dozen things of Coke, or spend three dollars on mints. I'm not sure if it's healthy, though.


I swear by mints myself, if only because I could eat 6 penguins and be fine, but if I had 2 colas, I'd be peeing like a racehorse..

Warp cinnamon don't have caffeine (guarana) but imho the taste is superior to Penguins.