<p>I have a 10 am class on Monday Wednesday and Friday.</p>
<p>So far I missed three of those classes because I overslept. I keep shutting off the damn alarm clock and go back to sleep.</p>
<p>If I miss one more class I get 10 pts deducted from my average.
If I miss 3 more I fail the class.</p>
<p>I really need a good method or else I'm screwed.</p>
<p>Help a brother out.</p>
<p>Put the alarm on the other side of the room underneath some stuff so you have to get up and turn it off, if you arent awake by then, I don't know what to say.</p>
<h1>1 undisputed way:</h1>
<p>Adderall</p>
<h1>2:</h1>
<p>Modafinil</p>
<p>Unfortunately, those drugs are controlled substances. So one has to find alternatives. Shutting down the damn alarm. I do that too. (somehow I don't need alarms -I always wake up before class and I wonder why - no matter how late I've stayed up - I've slept at 5 Am and woke up at 8 AM (and it always happens)).</p>
<p>Umm</p>
<p>You could try sleeping in the library (and then you'd wake up once the people came streaming in or something) - this only applies if ur library is open 24/7</p>
<p>or maybe try midday naps (those could potentially cut down the amount of time u need to sleep through the night)</p>
<p>==
btw what subject is the class in? Is it humanities/social science/discussion based?</p>
<p>I set three alarms to ring at the same time, and I put them in different places in my room.</p>
<p>InquilineKea -- what are the negative medical effects of adderall?</p>
<p>Well, mj93, normally I'd just tell you to UTFG. ^_^. but since the negative effects of some drugs are better expressed through informal advice (rather than through, say, governmental organizations), I'll just list some of the negative effects you won't see on formal websites.</p>
<p>=> if you take it only once every once in a while, pretty much nothing other than increased heart rate + blood pressure (while you're on it). And then you crash once the drug leaves your system.
=> if you take it more than once, you get tolerant very quickly (unless you take it like once per week or something)
=> It COULD damage dopamine receptors (and make you less responsive to the same amount of dopamine under normal circumstances - this is in addition to tolerance). (this is not the direct effect of the drug per se, but rather the large amount of dopamine that is constantly in your brain).
=> it MIGHT increase your risk of cardiovascular disease (as it makes your heart pump harder and your blood pressure rise). But there are no epidemiological studies on that.
=> it has a black box warning (because people have been known to suffer from sudden heart attacks) - although the death rates of those with ADD on it are no different from the death rates of the general population</p>
<h1>=> the effects COULD be different for those who naturally suffer from low dopamine levels, as opposed to those who normally have higher levels of dopamine</h1>
<p>Probably not the best drug if you want to wake yourself up 3 days a week due to tolerance :p (if it's once per week, then it's probably the best, since then you don't have to worry about tolerance)</p>
<p>I see. interesting. so like, once in a while (ie, during finals week 4 times/year) woud be highly unlikely to do any damage?</p>
<p>i think i'll wait a couple of years, anyway</p>
<p>im not overwhelmed yet</p>
<p>onlineclock.net.</p>
<p>Keep your computer on the other side of the room from your bed.
(It works for me 'cause my bed's on the top bunk and I have to climb down to shut it off.)</p>
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I see. interesting. so like, once in a while (ie, during finals week 4 times/year) woud be highly unlikely to do any damage?</p>
<p>i think i'll wait a couple of years, anyway</p>
<p>im not overwhelmed yet
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<p>Certainly highly unlikely.</p>
<p>It would be most useful for massive AP self-study sessions. Try it on some of the easier APs to self-study (biology, psychology, macroecon). You're going to take university courses anyways - so it might be nice to skip out of them (some people tell you not to skip - but when it comes to the FIRST intro college courses, it's probably wise to AP out of them since survey courses are so shallow that they won't really "help" you that much with future courses - and if you're ahead - you'll land into later level courses through which you can know your profs better [and maybe get a rec for it! (or do research)]).</p>
<p>It IS a lot less useful if it makes you too anxious though (Yerkes Dodson Law - read up on that) - since it does tend to increase stress hormones (so it might be more useful when it's not right before some midterm or final). It probably would be most useful for single-day self-study sessions (where there aren't many looming deadlines). most people don't seem to use it for those though. :p I really want to get a few pills but don't know how. Also it tends to make you crash afterwards - and you probably don't want to crash on the day of the test. :p</p>
<p>oh and how do you plan on obtaining it? PM me</p>
<p>i've tried modafinil for all-nighter sessions but i fell asleep on it >.< [but probably need a bigger dosage for that]</p>
<p>there are LOTS of news articles on the use of adderall - and on how far students have gone in a single day with them. </p>
<p>here are some interesting resources:
<a href="http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Amphetamines.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Amphetamines.shtml</a></p>
<p>Deafening alarms. Multiple Alarms. Staggered Alarms.</p>
<p>just set your alarm to go off at 3 minutes intervals until you eventually get really ticked off and wake up. works for me. usually it goes off about 3 or 4 times before i actually wake up</p>
<p>Really, the best way to wake yourself up is to get your (girl|boy)friend to snuggle you awake every day.</p>
<p>I set multiple alarms at different times. And one of my friends calls me every morning to make sure I'm awake. The ringing wakes me up if nothing else does.</p>
<p>Some animals work well too.</p>
<p>But you can't explicitly tell them when to wake you up.</p>
<p>I think parrots are more likely than others (the problem with parrots is that they STRONGLY bond with people and get REALLY NEUROTIC whenever you leave them - which makes them feather-pluck)</p>
<p>I WIN!!</p>
<p>^that actually looks interesting, i think that would get me awake</p>
<p>I wish I had classes at 10</p>
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<p>I WIN!!
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I really want that... lol </p>
<p>My normal alarm clock doesn't wake me up either. I set it like 15 minutes ahead of when I want to wake up though, and I usually end up waking up by then. it has a really obnoxious sound</p>
<p>Don't sleep.</p>