How do not sleep

[KillerGremlin]

Fresh air, exercise, don't sit around you'll doze off and never wake up. Staying up all day/night is fun, but I always feel pretty bad 2 or 3 days later, especially if I don't make up the sleep. It's mostly stomach stuff, my immune system is pretty good.

An alternate to crappy energy drinks is coffee. Coffee has 0 calories minus flavoring, is easy to make, has a pretty decent amount of caffiene, and at worst will stain your teeth over long periods of consumption. And possibly give you ulcers.

[MrCoffee]

hmm...I have to work the next few days....I dunno if its in my best interest

[Typhoid]

Finally a subject I know.




I stay awake all the time, if anything, being awake at hours unimaginable is my job. It's a volunteer job, but we're organized.


Anyways, I havent found any 'tricks' to staying awake otehr than the obvious ones.

Make sure the room your in is moderately lit, but not a dim light, and not scaldingly bright.

Make sure you dont like down, nomatter how bad you feel like stretching. If you need to stretch, stand up.

Keep yourself busy. This is easy for me, because I write music, but if you're just playing games, or sitting at the computer, make sure you constantly have things to stimulate your mind, nomatter how minuscule of a stimulation it may be.

Stay away from milk. Cold or warm. Keep away.

Sugar doesnt help. Not in the longrun, because you'll burn out.

But ultimately, since this is in a well lit setting, with a possibility of endless excersize oriented activities, you're practically set.

Just know, boredom leads to sleep. So stay entertained.

[Teuthida]

No Doz....if wasn't for that I would sleep through all my classes. I don't get any buzz from it like I do with coffee or soda though.

Sugar is a no no unless you constantly gorge yourself with it. If you don't eat at all that will help too since at least for me it's harder to go to sleep hungry than not.

Staying busy is most important. Keep your mind active but not exhausted.

But if it's just 24 hours you don't really need anything. If was 3 days or something, caffeine would help. I personally like energy drinks. Love the taste of Red Bull and Bawls but too expensive to have often.

[MrCoffee]

ok thanks guys, I will keep that in mind for the next lanparty I have btw have you ever had a Rockstar?

[Teuthida]

Lan party? Bawls...that's like the official drink of those. Mighty tasty. I haven't had a Rockstar. I'll give it a try next time I go for my 4am caffeine run.

[GameMaster]

Wear comfortable clothing and eat chips.