Pulling an All-Nighter!

fearbainne

For me its coming up to exam time and as always am fecked so will be up for the next week crammin n gettin feck all sleep.. Anyone have any tips on the best way to go about it or tales of all-nighters they've pulled?!

I'll probably be operatin off redbull, coffee, coke, berocca all that kinda ****..

Suggestions?!

(Maybe a bad choice of title? :rolleyes:)

eoins23456

get a **** load of red bull and coffee into your system,ul be flying it.also lots of sweet and stuff to help keep u awake during the night

patwicklow

Just dont drink booze or coffee, loads of fruit veg and water few cat naps in between and you,l be grand and go for a jog if you want to clear the head really works wonders and besta luck with it .

ballsymchugh

sleep all day, you'll be right awake during the night then.

Ficheall

Don't do it the night before an exam. It's alright for getting work done - but if you've an exam to sit you're better off having at least four hour's sleep behind you.

RichieC

Oxicontin! it helps you use more oxegen or something..dunno

Dercola

patwicklow wrote: »

Just dont drink booze or coffee, loads of fruit veg and water few cat naps in between and you,l be grand and go for a jog if you want to clear the head really works wonders and besta luck with it .

Second that.. Don't have a fap either, cause that'll fuck your shit right up

Chuck Stone

Have you tried chewing gum with your sphincter?

fearbainne

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Have you tried chewing gum with your sphincter?

Yes but I devoted to much time to it and ended up doing no study... had fun though! :rolleyes:

westendgirlie

My first day back at work today after xmas and I can't get to sleep!

Had a week of staying up till 4 or 5am and sleeping till lunchtime. I'm wondering should I just stay up for the rest of the night as I'm afraid I won't hear the alarm at 7am !

Chuck Stone

westendgirlie wrote: »

My first day back at work today after xmas and I can't get to sleep!

Had a week of staying up till 4 or 5am and sleeping till lunchtime. I'm wondering should I just stay up for the rest of the night as I'm afraid I won't hear the alarm at 7am !

Even 30 minutes of sleep is surprisingly refreshing in my exp.

fearbainne

westendgirlie wrote: »

My first day back at work today after xmas and I can't get to sleep!

Had a week of staying up till 4 or 5am and sleeping till lunchtime. I'm wondering should I just stay up for the rest of the night as I'm afraid I won't hear the alarm at 7am !

Been in that situation before as well.. figured if i stay up all night and gota sleep at a reasonable time the following night my body clock will be sorted.. i crashed at about 6am for a '20minute power nap' and woke up at 4...

Jess16

My final year in college was one big, fat all-nighter. The prospect of failing always scared away any urges to sleep, so that was useful

k.p.h

westendgirlie wrote: »

My first day back at work today after xmas and I can't get to sleep!

Had a week of staying up till 4 or 5am and sleeping till lunchtime. I'm wondering should I just stay up for the rest of the night as I'm afraid I won't hear the alarm at 7am !

Split the difference, go to bed now but get up a bit earlier, when you finally arrive into work late blame it on the weather, tell them their is even a thread on boards about it as it is so bad ..

RichieC

I find i get a second wind if as im dozing off i get startled awake. Maybe you could simulate this with an alarm clock..

Underground

Ficheall wrote: »

Don't do it the night before an exam. It's alright for getting work done - but if you've an exam to sit you're better off having at least four hour's sleep behind you.

This.

Don't be burning the midnight oil lad.

amacachi

I love the idea that sleeping before 7am is a part of a normal, productive life.

entropi

As mentioned above, it's grand for getting work done. Considering you've got exams, you'll forget most of the stuff you try to cram and end up doing worse in the exam itself. Trust me on this, I tried it last year, didnt work out so dropped the idea and got sleep, with study during evenings.

pragmatic1

Forget about doing an all nighter before exams. It'll turn your brain to mush. Nearly failed a final before doing that. Plus they're not good for you.

Its way more productive to get a good sleep and do some cramming a few hours before the exam.

Ficheall

Protip: get the **** off boards. You've wasted nearly an hour here already.

fearbainne

Ficheall wrote: »

Protip: get the **** off boards. You've wasted nearly an hour here already.

Procrastination..

But your right!

*Sucks it in, closes boards, facebook, twitter and pornhub*

JohnMearsheimer

I did all my college work at night, assignments and studying. I find it easier to concentrate at night. At exam time I'd be up all night studying anyway and sleep during the day.

ITS_A_BADGER

protip:

get a 330ml bottle of lucozade and a can of redbull
mix together and put them in a pint glass
drink

doesnt sound nice but if you have them in the fridge for a hour before you mix em its nice!!!

concur4u?

something i was advised was early nite and then a 5 am start coffee a brisk walk/fresh morning air and then around 3 hours of good study something to do with the brain soaking more info used to work for me

Jesus Wept

Few of these yokes into you and you'll be grand.

Ficheall

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

I did all my college work at night, assignments and studying. I find it easier to concentrate at night. At exam time I'd be up all night studying anyway and sleep during the day.

I do my work at night too, whenever I occasionally do some, but I don't think that's what the OP's planning. He seems to be planning to burn himself out completely.

Jordan 199

The-Rigger wrote: »

Few of these yokes into you and you'll be grand.

Lol, you must have been reading my mind as I was thinking of posting that :eek:

somefeen

Dont do an all nighter! Better off getting plenty of sleep and being efficient with your time

When your brain is working hard you gotta give your body what it needs. If it needs sleep give it sleep, if it needs sugar give it some sugar and if it wants a big fecking breakfast roll you better ****ing horse that ****er into ya.

I'm lucky in my college we do exams before christmas its the tits I have **** all to do until Febuary:pac:

Lone Stone

im doing one right now yawn... animation so addictive .. kills your social life. 4am zzz

Squaredude

Fire a berocca boost into a red bull.that'll keep you going.

Artur Foden

I find it easier to stay awake during the night as long as I'm warm. Cups of tea and a good jumper keep me awake

entropi

somefeen wrote: »

I'm lucky in my college we do exams before christmas its the tits I have **** all to do until Febuary:pac:

Same thing with us, luckily I sometimes pity the people that have exams after xmas. Takes the fun out of the holidays, and well deserved break some hard working students/students on tough courses deserve

Fart

Can't sleep. Looks like I've just pulled an all-nighter.

I guess I'll just stay up for the rest of the day so I'll sleep when it's night time.

Azureus

I've only ever pulled two proper all nighters
One invloved attempting to stay up in the college computer labs all night to finish an assignment with a friend-we ended up drinking, falling asleep in the labs and writing our essays wrecked/semi hungover between the hours of 7am and 9am. Wasnt my best work, but I passed it

The other was the most torturous essay of my life and was only saved by copius amounts of haribo starmix and redbull. And gmail chat with a friend who was also pulling an all nighter for the same essay-when you're not staying up all night alone it makes it a lot easier.

IrishGeordie

bmcc10

Was due back to work Tuesday and generally get up around 7.45 so since them 2 nights i,ve found myself still being awake around 6am and as a result dozing off and missing it..Been in bed since 12.30 now still cant sleep and dunno weather to try get 3 hours and risk sleeping it or just stay awake wats best??

focus_mad

Did two all nighters in a row to get me thesis finished off and printed... Slept solid for about a day after it!!!

Rothmans

Dercola wrote: »

patwicklow wrote: »

Just dont drink booze or coffee, loads of fruit veg and water few cat naps in between and you,l be grand and go for a jog if you want to clear the head really works wonders and besta luck with it .

Second that.. Don't have a fap either, cause that'll fuck your shit right up

I'd recommend the opposite, its a great way of relieving the stress of studying.

Snowie

I find it easier to pull all nighters with more food then, coffee etc The brain needs food and it give you energy to stay awake.



glad il never have to do an exam again... well write in them.
good luck

pistonsvox

I'm completely screwed... Can't get to sleep until 7am and keep waking at 5pm or so!

The Master of Disaster

I only ever did one out and out all nighter ie. no sleep at all, and that wasn't for an exam it was actually for my thesis presentation in final year.

But I did have many many a night over the four years of my degree where I got 2-3 hours sleep before on exam. My strategy was to stay up studying until 3/4 in the morining and then catch a little bit of sleep, getting up with just enough time to eat breakfast and get to the exam. That way when I got up my body would be fooled into thinking it was fresh and rested just long enough to get through the exam whereupon I could go home a crash into a zombified slumber.

Although I hate the things as they turn your insides to mush and are pretty bad for you in general, energy drinks like Red Bull and Monster (my personal favourite) were an essential item at these times for keeping me awake and alert enough to absorb information.

kfallon

From the thread title I thought this was going to be about staying awake for the night engaging in multiple "pedal n' cranks"

tonsiltickler

September when I was due to hand up my thesis... 3 hours sleep in three days. My gf came over when I was done and I kept falling asleep on her shoulder and drooling on her. Apparently any time she said she was going home, I would say " dont leave me please!" No recollection of it!

Trevor Kent

I found redbull actually hindered my ability to study. Id find it hard to concentrate on the task in hand. Id be awake, thats for sure, but my brain would be all over the place, id be hyperactive and studying would be the last thing id want to do.

Prob works for others, didnt work for me. Bottle of coke, with an auld stretch and walk around every hour or so did the trick.

bobbytables

Trevor Kent wrote: »

I found redbull actually hindered my ability to study. Id find it hard to concentrate on the task in hand. Id be awake, thats for sure, but my brain would be all over the place, id be hyperactive and studying would be the last thing id want to do.

Prob works for others, didnt work for me. Bottle of coke, with an auld stretch and walk around every hour or so did the trick.

I'm the exact same as that. Did lots & lots of exams in my time, along with many all nighters. I'm fairly handy at alternating sleep patterns. Along with coke, i either had a Vic nasal inhaler or strong mints to keep the airways clear. If you use Vic don't use it for more than a few consecutive days though, or you'll feck yourself right up.

Have a break time activity, not computer based which uses the other part of ur brain.

IcedOut

I did a double all nighter once

Good times

clancywigam

This will sound ridiculous to many but I used to juggle during study breaks. Do a couple of hours study, then I had 3 tennis balls that I used to juggle for about 5 or 10 minutes. You have to concentrate so much on the juggling that your mind stops thinking about the study and exams. Then when you hit the books again, it feels like you had a much longer break than you actually had.

Worked a treat for me - might not be everyone's cup 'o tea!

Hank Scorpio

Did it a few times in college, handy enough if you drink alot of coffee and tea with loads of sugar.

Temptamperu

I pulled an all nighter last night, not to study though just played Skyrim and didnt realise the time

saa

The most important thing for pulling an all nighter is being in the right mind frame.

Get away from procrastination start a bit of it and make a task list, you'll feel too guilty going to bed without having it done.
and try stay away from boards,

alas I must practice what I preach

ScumLord

Young ones with ye're all nighters, when your older you'll call them value days, your week will only be 4 days long with some days lasting 48 or more hours. To make sense of it you'll have to start renaming days to things like Thurfriday.