WAKE UP! *slap*

What do you do during the day to keep yourself awake and alert? Does a hot cup of coffee do the trick, or do you take an occasional walk to get some fresh air?

Unfortunately for me, caffeine has no effect on me (actually, it makes me drowsy). Are there any other substances that help to keep someone awake?

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My mind is kind of weird. When I have something to focus on and/or that something is an Item or subject that I am interested in (sometimes it can be a mandatory thing like Walking), Then I can easily stay awake and follow it (unless it is near the end of the day in which I desperately need sleep).

However, if I can't focus on it (which is rare) or I don't find it interesting (which is less rare) then I automatically go to sleep. One of the things though is that If I find myself getting tired, I can't help but go to sleep (Like in one of my math classes oh so long ago).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't need to do anything to keep me awake once I'm actually up. I'm with Dekoa, though, in that things that I'm not interested in completely suck the life out of me.

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The only time I struggle with keeping awake is if I've been sleep-deprived for a while, and I'm in a car more than 15 minutes. I start nodding off while driving - it only lasts a split-second, but that's long enough to cause a terrible kaboom. The only way to keep myself from dozing behind the wheel is singing. Loud music doesn't cut it by itself - I have to be singing along at the top of my lungs.

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i like to slap myself.

nah, i don't really know how i do it. i don't sleep much at all (been about 3 hours a night for the last few months), but i don't drink coffee or energy drinks much. i had some red bull sometimes in college for some all-nighters just as an "insurance" but i doubt i really needed it.

maybe it's because i can't sit still and i get fidgety or something. or maybe it's my breathing since i do some deep breathing exercises sometimes. i do some regular stretching too which i think helps. but for the most part, i think it just comes down to keeping busy and staying interested.. and i got plenty of interests to keep me awake... (take THAT out of context )

edit: just wanted to mention that i'm usually hyper all the time too, though i've calmed a bit over the years (just bringin it back for this throwback week)

I was speaking idiomatically.

I just sit on the computer to keep my mind on at least something.

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I usually slap myself in the face a few times to try and stay awake. However if I'm really not interested at all on what's going on, forget about it. I'm down for the count. I find it the more I fight it, the more tired I eventually become though. Coffee only works sometimes, though. Of course it may help if I were a bit more active like I used to be.

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I am NOT a morning person, expectedly. I have a hard time waking up when the alarm clock goes off, and I am completely reliant on my sleep button.

When I get into the office, I usually have a cup of coffee in hand. If I don't have that coffee, I am liable to drag all day long.

But taking a shower first thing out of bed always helps. Though I am notorious for just standing in the shower, half-asleep, enjoying the hot water, I can get my ass in gear in a matter of minutes.

On another note: I've had to pull all-nighters on the road while the passengers all slept. This is a very difficult task, as I need to stay nice and quiet and drive nice and smoothly while everyone gets their sleep for the night while I stay alert enough to drive in the dark on abandoned highways. It gets really....really hard to do.

I find that coffee usually won't help too much in these situations, so I stock up on Red Bull. I am rocking the night away when I have Red Bull for some reason. The drink is made of almost pure sugar in itself and tastes like shit, but it keeps me up and alert while driving through the night.

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I take nothing. If I am tired, I have a nap if I am not doing anything. If I am busy doing things, then it keeps me awake. I don't study much, but when I do, I make sure that I get enough sleep beforehand so I don't die on myself. On the RARE occasion I have some coffee. Otherwise, it might be an apple, or some carrots.

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I don't ingest any coffee in the morning. Usually the walk to and from my lectures does the trick. Any unusual weather (snow, rain, sleet, etc.) I encounter keeps me alert. The walk is also substantially long, so I use up enough energy to wake up from a mid-morning slump.

If I do wind up dozing off in the middle of a lecture, a sharp pinch wakes me up for long enough. It's less conspicuous than a slap across the face.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A cup of coffee in the morning does the trick. By the time that cup is gone I'm parked and semi-wired. It's a rare occurrence that I'll be in a state of fatigue after one cup so I usually don't need more than that.

Saturday nights are another matter entirely though and I'm sure that's a topic that belongs in the Sewers.

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I stretch alot whenever im bored or tired. Not sure why, but it keeps me occupied, and takes my mind off sleep.

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I don't drink coffee, can't stand the stuff. But a can of Coca-Cola does the trick quite nicely, though I try not to drink it everyday. Not healthy to be drinking just that first thing in the morning.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm fine with the morning. It's not like I spring out of bed at 5:45, but within half an hour I'm fully awake and ready to face the day. My problem is in the afternoon, when I've run out of energy and am ready to doze off at my desk. I work an office job with not a lot of opportunity to get up and stretch, so something like coffee or soda would be ideal, if it didn't make me sleepy.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I am not a morning person so I have a really hard time waking up in the morning.

To try and keep myself awake though I try to do something that I have some interest in to keep me focused, but that isn't easy at work. Getting some fresh air sometimes helps matters.

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This only happens to me when I'm being lazy and doing nothing. If working or doing anything else Ineed to be alert for I'm pretty good to go unless I didn't sleep enough the day before or somehow poisoned.

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I'm not a morning person at ALL. I have to set my alarm clock up across the room to make sure I get out of bed to turn it off, otherwise I'll hit snooze a couple times and then turn it off, falling back to sleep.

As for totally waking up, I find that I drag myself around until I get my contacts in. Because I put contact solution in the contacts before I put them in, my eyes get flushed, and it really wakes me up... mostly because its cold. ^^;;

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I get out, run a lap around my neighborhood (they're used to it) and come back panting, but wide awake.

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I'm usually able to stay awake and interested in what I need to do when I'm under pressure. During finals week at school, I never seem to feel too tired at all. Drinking coffee or energy drinks don't help me either, and I try to stay away from those anyway.

But during boring days, listening to music or calling someone help keep me awake.

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I have insomnia so I don't really have a problem with staying up, it's making it so the next day I'm not a zombie. Usually I use my coke'n'coffee technique, it's disgusting as hell but I just put instant coffee granules into coke. It works as a very good pick-me-up much better than pro plus. Although my bodies immune to those buggers now.

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Depends on the situation. I'll close my eyes a lot during a lecture, and magically feel refreshed after a single instant that comes at an unexpected time. I can never force that instant, and I know it's not that I've slept since I can remember each part of the lecture and I look at my watch to make sure.

I'll make myself touch cold objects otherwise like a metal chair in an attempt to keep myself awake if I'm writing a midterm/exam which I didn't sleep properly enough for or is just plain boring.

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I tend to sleep late, but I need to wake up early... Not really a good mix.

I usually just buy some coffee before school and drink parts of it during the day to keep the caffeine levels up. I especially need it during the my 3rd block stretch... My teacher is boring as hell. T_T

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Once I'm awake I'm awake until I'm done with all the important tasks. If I'm tired AND there's a bed nearby I may take a nap, but chances are I won't.

I don't have to worry about staying awake, it's just the initial waking up that's hard.

How ya doing, buddy?

I just move around alot. If I feel like I'm getting sleepy I'll go out and ride my bike somewhere or something. No rest for the wicked.

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Coffee doesnt really work for me to keep me awake, it just makes me all jumpy and shakey.. All I need in a day is a cold shower and i'm all good.

Then again, a can of coke or sprite does great justice than coffee

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