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ok so i use to be a night person but the last few days my nights at work are longer or feel that way at least......I now do much more like workout,shop, hang with family & friends......anyway what do you do to stay awake?!

Let me know just wondering i know there is coffee thats donst help me ......red bull .....yuck .....what do u do drink or take ?!

Some all night college study sessions turned me into a night-owl... almost 6am right now... I never drank Red-Bull but I had a bottled water that I would just refill and drink as often as I could think to grab it... Seems like drinking anything helps keep you awake/alert and not to mention frequent bathroom trips or just having to go to the bathroom keeps you awake... sounds silly I know...

Also if you sit down at work like I was studying, you can do ab workouts without really paying attention if you sit at the edge of your chair and barely lift your feet off the ground... making muscles work seemed to keep me awake...

Heh, and if you're REALLY struggling to keep your eyes open, if you think of how yawns work.. huge intake of oxygen to keep blood flowing faster/keep you awake... try holding your breath for a little bit and when you finally have to breathe, you'll get a bigger rush of oxygen... works about as good as a red bull in my opinion.

If I think of any other suggestions I'll let you know, but good luck ;)

Keep switching up your routine. Coffee, walks, get out and chat with someone. I try to sleep right before the shift to get the most of the night. Or just tazer your self at 4am.LOL

I'm a dayshifter all the way, but when I do work graves off-duty, I do a mixture of Starbucks before they close, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, then a Monster drink at about 0200 and then 2 Red Bulls at 0430. Makes me get Nystagmus but at least my eyes are open.

hey ya' tx.............

meth....just kidding

Tx_LawMan said:

Starbucks, Red Bull, Full Throttle, Monster, Cocaine

The trick that I've found is to NOT go to bed as soon as you get home from shift, treat a nite shift just like a day shift, try to stay up until 10 or so then go to bed. If I find myself getting sleepy on the road, i get out and walk around, or sometimes, I'll just stop, tell dispatch to call me at the office in 15 minutes and take a short nap. I'd rather explain a nap to the boss than a totaled patrol vehicle

i use be to on medication for ADHD when i was little i think thats why i cant sleep right i usually get to bed at 7am or later and sleep maybe 4 hours and up again for another day or so

my doctor told me i had ADHD but i told him ..oh i found my pencile...anyway i told him he was ...i like rap music......he was wrong, and that i didn't like taking baths i like showers instead.

ODIN said:

my doctor told me i had ADHD but i told him ..oh i found my pencile...anyway i told him he was ...i like rap music......he was wrong, and that i didn't like taking baths i like showers instead.

soldierswife0508 said:

val said:

hey ya' sol how ya' feeling ?

feeling ok thanks

I eat coffee beans. After you do that for a while, regular coffee ain't strong enough. I also pop altoids like their oxygen.

ODIN said:

my doctor told me i had ADHD but i told him ..oh i found my pencile...anyway i told him he was ...i like rap music......he was wrong, and that i didn't like taking baths i like showers instead.

tackleberry72 said:

The trick that I've found is to NOT go to bed as soon as you get home from shift, treat a nite shift just like a day shift, try to stay up until 10 or so then go to bed. If I find myself getting sleepy on the road, i get out and walk around, or sometimes, I'll just stop, tell dispatch to call me at the office in 15 minutes and take a short nap. I'd rather explain a nap to the boss than a totaled patrol vehicle