<p>After studying for long hours? How do you revive your brainpower so you can study more?</p>
<p>Caffeine doesn't work
eating whole foods doesn't seem to affect me
taking TV and internet breaks makes me tired
stretching doesn't do anything...</p>
<p>what do i do?</p>
<p>Go to sleep. It's worth it. The brain is built so that sleep makes you more mentally sharp, as long as you don't oversleep.</p>
<p>Running man! I would go insane without it.</p>
<p>go to sleep and forget about the ivies</p>
<p>the only ivy i'm interested in is brown. i'm not aiming for college right now, i'm pursuing a fast paced math and language course.</p>
<p>I would recommend sitting with your eyes closed and kind of semi-napping while listening to extremely relaxing music. My personal recommendation would be Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada.</p>
<p>I know this is a bit... risque, but "self-abuse" is almost an hour or two garuntee for me. ^^;; </p>
<p>THe previous running tip is also a good one, but I haven't jogged for myself all year (maybe during breaks, but definately not to keep my studying)</p>
<p>I was actually browsing the "High School Life" forum for a thread like this. My question was going to be: Everyone has threads about how to pull an all-nighter, and I can do that with caffeine and all, but the problem with that is, even though I'm AWAKE, my brain is DEAD and it really absorbs nothing. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>lift some weights. you'll start looking good and you will feel 10 times better.</p>
<p>I play with my puppy outside. Or take a nap.</p>
<p>Sleep is gooooooood.</p>
<p>Take a warm shower to relax.</p>
<p>If you want to "wake up" again....splash COLD water on your face, then slap yourself.</p>
<p>If you really have no choice but to pull an all-nighter, though, get an energy drink like Red Bull.</p>
<p>if you have to pull an allnighter, but you will be at school the whole day, and afternoon, make some coffee in the middle of the night, put it in a bottle, and stick it in the freezer, so you can have cold coffee at lunch to keep you going the rest of the day....</p>
<p>no, i can pull all-nighters, i'm good at that..</p>
<p>caffeine just doesn't work
neither does showering or splashing water on my face... that's just not gonna cut it.</p>
<p>Cold water = <3.</p>
<p>Comes next to coffee though.</p>
<p>You need an hour, set aside for naps, except don't do the whole "hour" nap thing -- break it up into 10 minute intervals with your alarm clock waking you up every 10 minutes.</p>
<p>Yeah, at around 9:30 I go for a 4.5 mile run (treadmill, not outside). I know that running late is really bad for me, but it really wakes me up... When I run, my brain usually functions until 1 or 2ish, as compared to 12ish... I know what you mean, though. At a certain point, I'm still awake, but I don't retain any knowledge.</p>
<p>if you want to do quality work, there really isn't a substitute for sleep.</p>
<p>if you don't have time to sleep, tough luck. i find that enormous quantities of caffeine are pretty close though, but you can't do it for more than 36-48 hours, max.</p>