<p>This is the first year (I'm a senior) I've had to pull all-nighters or do homework where you know, you only get like 3 hours of sleep. I start to drift off by 12. I'm not allowed to eat in my room, and I'm not allowed to drink soda very often (it's just a special treat every now and again) so yeah. How do you do it? Because I find I fall asleep with my head on my book, completely unaware I was so tired I would just fall alseep right there. I could probably sneak some food in my room since my mom never goes in there, so something sugary? what? sorry for my stupidity but if I was able to stay awake I probably would have aced my ap chem test today instead of having no idea what I was doing.</p>
<p>I guess eat some sugar, but WOW, you have over 9000 posts!!! I've never even noticed till now. WOW!</p>
<p>Prepare early, and you won't need to stay up late. You're not going to do well on a test if you spend the entire night studying (especially if you're not used to staying up late).</p>
<p>So, back to reality:
Why aren't you allowed to have food in your room or drink soda? Your mom sounds a little too controlling. But, anyway, don't have sugar; it will only give you temporary energy, and then you will get even more tired. Do your work in a room other than your bedroom, which you naturally associate with sleep. Make sure you have great lighting. If you can't drink soda, you're probably not allowed to drink coffee, which would be my normal suggestion. Small things like drinking cold water and munching on crackers tend to help me stay more awake. Some people get more energy if they work out, so try doing some jumping jacks or running on the treadmill. I have some friends who can't stay awake who simple wake up early in the morning to do their work. Try different things, and see what works best for you.</p>
<p>Wow, over 9000? Thats a whole lot.</p>
<p>Thanks. Well usually I try to start right away, but every other day/weekend I have to go to my dad's apartment, which is cramped, so I can't start my homework until 8.</p>
<p>Less time here--more time in the books--get there now!</p>
<p>I already finnished my homework little one :p</p>
<p>Good, work ahead now to avoid stress!</p>
<p>Try to manage time better. I find that chocolate helps...so does caffeine.</p>
<p>Or just do hwk in the class period before the one where it's due ;-)</p>
<p>Daily exercise is supposed to give you more energy in the long run, but I have yet to see it for myself.</p>
<p>I'm having trouble staying awake too. Oftentimes, I would just crash in front of my computer when I get home from school and wake up at midnight. One time, I fell asleep at 6 and woke up at 4 am. I guess the fatigue debt piled on. Also, I quit drinking coffee, so I'm much sleepier these days. Exercise boosts my energy for up to an hour or so, but I end up being too tired to stay awake late at night if I exercised in the afternoon.</p>
<p>Yeah....I definitely feel the "debt" of fatigue piling on, and I also sometimes crash when I get home. I actually do better when I get home at 5-6 than the rare days I get home at 2, because lack of pressure to get the homework done = nap time, which leads to doing homework past midnight. For a while I was drinking iced coffee, but I stopped because I know it isn't really good for me.</p>
<p>not eating + sleep deprivation=feeling like I'm in a constant state of lethargy :(</p>
<p>STOP POSTING AND START WORKING </p>
<p>jk</p>
<p>Actually, I'm attempting to work on this stupid English essay (I'm in the revising stage) and I'm kinda stuck. Boo!</p>
<p>I think you guys are all missing the true problem here.</p>
<p>An all-nighter is just what its name implies: staying up ALL night. It doesn't mean getting 3 hours of sleep. It doesn't mean falling asleep at 6 and going to sleep late.</p>
<p>It means staying up all night, going to school, coming back home, and not sleeping until your normal sleeping time!</p>
<p>Hehe I <3 all-nighters. I'm being overprotective.</p>
<p>Actually I couldn't care less how you define it. Um... do homework downstairs? Last year I fell asleep trying to pull allnighters because my bed was RIGHT THERE and felt so... inviting. But now I have my own workroom downstairs and it's just so hard to fall asleep on a small chair and wobbly desk. Though I did fall asleep on the floor like a week ago.</p>
<p>I actually hate coffee. I only drink Starbucks' fraps. They make my breath smell, which (??) makes me tired.</p>
<p>I've tried Red Bull once... I'd pulled an allnighter the night before my first day of work, and I was so scared I'd fall asleep on the job! I drank like half a can (I thought it was NASTY) throughout the school day after getting no sleep and um... maybe it worked? Maybe it was just my natural allnighter ability (I practically trained myself throughout ninth grade. It's really scary).</p>
<p>screw the work early thing... i find i focus better when i need to get it done. Im so well seasoned with the all nighters that i usually pass out right after school for an hour or so and wake up fine (i can operate perfectly with like 4 hours a sleep).... but what works is listening to music while working(if you can do that), foods i find helpful are choc. chip cookies(the kind that you actually bake... chips ahoy arent so great) and mac and cheese, its also nice to take naps at school. A drink i find helpful is kool-aid, drink a cup every hour or so and your good to go... also french vanilla or hot choc are great.</p>
<p>Thanks Terry! I think the mac and cheese is an excellent suggestion. Mmm...mmm to carbs. We always have lots of kool-aid. Yay! :D</p>
<p>yea its great... when i took classes at ou this summer, me and some friends accidently stayed up until our 9am class. Mac and Cheese definitely saved our day</p>
<p>Get your homework done soon enough so that you don't have to try to stay up all night. If that means sacrificing some extracurricular activities and Honors/AP classes, do it.</p>