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slasheuse (55)   ranked 1 out of 18 in studying3 years ago

As a student, I tend to do a lot of my studying after midnight, desperately trying to finish essays or learn things for tests. Since I live in student housing, I can't play loud music or have the radio on full at this time. Unfortunately, this leaves me with a problem - falling asleep! I need ways of staying awake - I've tried ProPlus but I'm worried it's dangerous, and I don't like the taste of black coffee. Does anyone have any ideas?

 
 
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ag_abscruzmd (1846) response was accepted on 2/2/2007.
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tags:  staying awake, studying, student, university, nighttime
 
1. sikkboy98 (35)   ranked 9 out of 18 in studying   3 years ago

go but some nodoz at a gas station and crush it up and put it in a 1 litre bottle of mountain dew, that should do the trick


slasheuse (55)   ranked 1 out of 18 in studying  3 years ago

I like in the UK and I'm not really sure what nodoz is/are - I know that mountain dew's a sort of soda though. Could you explain to me what "nodoz" is?


sikkboy98 (35)   ranked 9 out of 18 in studying  3 years ago

its a brand of caffiene pill, they are generaly for truckers who need to stay awake for long drives. if you crush a caffiene pill and put it into a big bottle of high caffiene drink (mountain dew) sip on that through the night and it should keep you up, works great for me.

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. TerryZ (11466)   ranked 18 out of 18 in studying   3 years ago

Why drink coffee black? Put some cream or milk in it. That works for me. I dont know what else to suggest to you.


slasheuse (55)   ranked 1 out of 18 in studying  3 years ago

I thought black coffee was meant to work better, although I'm not sure why. Doesn't espresso contain the most caffeine?

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. ag_abscruzmd (1846)   ranked 16 out of 18 in studying   3 years ago

When I was a student, I kept myself awake by studying with another person. Nothing else would keep me awake but this -- believe me, I had tried everything. I was very competitive as a student so I would usually invite another competitive friend of mine over to study with me (only one person; group study didn't work for me because we tend to just tell stories). Because of this, it felt like I was on an adrenaline high the entire night (only two hours of sleep at the most -- and no mental block)!. There was this feeling that if I fell asleep, my friend would get a higher score on the test than me!


slasheuse (55)   ranked 1 out of 18 in studying  3 years ago

That's a really good idea. You didn't use any additional stimulants to help you? How did you feel the next day? Two hours sleep isn't much at all!


myLot reputation of 98/100. ag_abscruzmd (1846)   ranked 16 out of 18 in studying  3 years ago

I don't take any stimulants but before, I tried coffee, pills, energy drink, sweets.. I told you, everything! Nothing seemed to work! I just discovered that my stimulant is the person next to me who's my potential competitor. Competition kept me at the edge. Hope my experience would work well with you! Oh, and by the way, thanks for choosing my response as the best one! Good luck!

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4. myLot reputation of 95/100. rhinoboy (1354)   ranked 14 out of 18 in studying   3 years ago

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5. chettyharish (9)   3 years ago

Just ahve a good sleep cause anything which u read never goes in the brains:D believe in me i am an IITian it means Indian Institute Of Technology so i say have a good sleep and enjoy yer time instead of studying cause this makes yer brain get out of pressure as Indian subjects are Gigantically difficult than europeans so believe in yerself and work hard but just one hour before exams start studying real hard u wud study the quantity which u havent studied for 1year in 1 hr due to Pressure yer brain stars to worl extremely hard but the basic shud be strong always .
Hope this helps u if someone feels i am foolish then try it and u wud thank me:D

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6. myLot reputation of 86/100. ikinta (1122)   ranked 7 out of 18 in studying   3 years ago

I hear some music and play games for a break..but what really helps me are coffee and cigarettes. And sometimes I just call my gf, but most of the time I ended up not studying at all:P

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