In order to re-regulate my ****ed sleep schedule, I've suddenly decided to stay up for 30 hours. I woke up at 1 pm and it's 6:40 am the next day. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in bed and asleep by 7 pm today. I've been up for about 18 hours and I have about 12 hours left to go. I have little experience with this, but I think I'm holding up fairly well.
I'm taking cold showers every hour. Drinking plenty of Mountain Dew for the caffeine, which is helping a lot. Eating low-carb and low-sugar foods to combat food coma. I've been cleaning the house. Lights are all on. Planning on going for a walk later.
At this point my legs are killing me and I'm starting to sway. As far as cognitive ability goes, I think I'm alright. Otherwise I'm just sleepy.
I'm making this thread to discuss staying up and I'm going to log what I do once in a while.
yeah... what is the point of all that? if you feel bad its your body telling you that something is wrong. your body is not a toy and you should talk to a doctor or something...
The point being I have school very soon and I don't have a week to fix myself the normal way. I work very weird hours during the summer. And I mean, it isn't serious or anything. Normal wear and tear. Swaying a little bit after working my body for this long should be expected... I would think.
That's on the level of a drunk saying that he's sober.
What I mean is, there's often a bit of confirmation bias. Do something objective, like math problems, to see if you're still really doing good or if you're nuts.
That's on the level of a drunk saying that he's sober.
Realized that as soon as I posted it.
What time did you sleep to wake up at 1?
6 am? I got up a little early.
I went for the walk, had a couple of showers since then and I'm doing much better. I read that at about 10 am your body naturally gives you a second wind because it's more accustomed to the daytime, and I think I just felt that. I'm not too tired and my fatigue has slowed. But it's getting harder to strong words together into sentences.
I one time stayed up for like 24 hours but it was not by choice. I cannot sleep on planes and it was a 9 hour red eye flight. I was pretty zombieish by the end. I would not have gotten to the hotel without my parents.
Wow Sal..I see you have very little experience in this. You are over-preparing like CRAZY.
-Stay on the computer a lot, but don't lay down. Use it at a desk where you have to sit. -Instead of cold showers, randomly place ice on the back of your neck...or even better, down your ****. But close of the bottom so the ice doesn't fall out right away. -Do something that'll keep your attention but has to have you be alert for it. Video games, watching something funny, etc. -Stop with the Dew. All it'll dew is give you a sugar crash. Unless you are like me, where sugar crashes aren't a thing for you, then go ahead. If not, opt for like ice cold water...or 5hour energy if you gots it. -Stop with the working so much. The walking, cleaning, etc...it may all sound like great ideas..but all you are doing is tiring your already exhausted body out more.
-Stay on the computer a lot, but don't lay down. Use it at a desk where you have to sit.
Speaking from experience being on the computer when tired is very uncomfortable and makes the bed that more tempting. Instead I think you should try to be around other people. Do activities outside if you can, go the park or something.
So your conditioned sleep time is about 6-7hrs. If you go to bed at 7pm, (factoring in tiredness) you'll probably still wake up around 3-4am.
Actually my conditioned sleep time is about 11 hours. The only reason I got up at 1 pm was because I had somewhere to go. I should have mentioned that. I figure if I go to bed at 7 pm, I'll wake up at 5 am.
Anyway, update:
Tried what pang suggested. The only thing I didn't do was lay off the Mountain Dew because I drink diet, and aspartame doesn't give me sugar highs or crashes. Otherwise I'm getting really spacey. A few minutes ago I stared at the ground imagining the carpet changing colors. Sorta feels like I'm going on a trip. I also had a few instances where I forgot what I was doing while doing it. I was playing Assassin's Creed and I frequently caught myself either staring at the screen mindlessly or reading something 5 or 6 times before I fully understood it.
