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Anyone Taking any Tablets for the exam?

  • 07-06-2010 03:39PM
    #1
    Tommyrawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭


    I always get sick when i go into an exam as im really nerous and stuff is there any tables that calm ya down or anything before ya go in without like knocking you out in the exam cause i dont wanna get sleepy =/


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  • #2
    Luno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭Luno


    No idea what kind of tablets you're looking for, Berocca boosts are pretty good to wake yourself up and that!


  • #3
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Tommyrawr wrote: »
    I always get sick when i go into an exam as im really nerous and stuff is there any tables that calm ya down or anything before ya go in without like knocking you out in the exam cause i dont wanna get sleepy =/

    You should go into your local chemist and tell them your story...
    They'll give you something for it...or you could see your doctor!
    You can get these spray things for your nerves. You spray it on your tongue and it makes you all relaxed and stuff....a friend of mine had it once and it really works!


  • #4
    sean corcoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭sean corcoran


    take lucozade energy tablets, they will keep you thinking and stop you being nervous, thats what i did for my junior


  • #5
    Tommyrawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭Tommyrawr


    DylanS09 wrote: »
    You should go into your local chemist and tell them your story...
    They'll give you something for it...or you could see your doctor!
    You can get these spray things for your nerves. You spray it on your tongue and it makes you all relaxed and stuff....a friend of mine had it once and it really works!

    Oh my maths teacher told me about that i just forget the name of it xD


  • #6
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Tommyrawr wrote: »
    Oh my maths teacher told me about that i just forget the name of it xD

    I'll google it and see if I can get the name!


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  • #7
    Tommyrawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭Tommyrawr


    i gooogled it its called rescue remedy =] gonna get me some of that tommorow =]


  • #8
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Tommyrawr wrote: »
    i gooogled it its called rescue remedy =] gonna get me some of that tommorow =]

    I just found it there ya!
    http://www.rescueremedy.com/products/

    Good luck with it anyway!


  • #9
    Tommyrawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭Tommyrawr


    thanks m8 =]


  • #10
    soccymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    M&S* wrote: »
    No idea what kind of tablets you're looking for, Berocca boosts are pretty good to wake yourself up and that!

    Berocca Boost, the love of my life.


  • #11
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    Do Lucozade Energy tablets actually work?


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  • #12
    WanderingSoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭WanderingSoul


    I won't be taking any more tablets than I usually would, with the exception of preventative migraine medicine.

    Berocca Boost is quite good in general but I couldn't be bothered taking any more tablets, they won't make that much of a difference.


  • #13
    customPC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭customPC


    Try Nux Vomica. Its a homeopathic remedy available at your local chemist.


  • #14
    sean corcoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭sean corcoran


    DKZ wrote: »
    Do Lucozade Energy tablets actually work?
    they do indeed, dont bite them suck them, you will feel a burst of energy with them


  • #15
    WanderingSoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭WanderingSoul


    sean corcoran wrote: »
    they do indeed, dont bite them suck them, you will feel a burst of energy with them

    And then a sugar crash a half an hour later, I'd say.


  • #16
    Colm!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭Colm!


    I've got decent caffeine tolerance, but I don't know if a can of red bull is really going to help for maths exams :P I'm not nervous for the exam at any rate. I don't know if taking in energy tablets\drinks is going to help in any way though.


  • #17
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    sean corcoran wrote: »
    they do indeed, dont bite them suck them, you will feel a burst of energy with them

    Yeah, but I don't imagine it would last for the duration of the exam?


  • #18
    Woow_Aqualung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Woow_Aqualung


    I do get headaches and take Nurofen, or Ponston if it's around. Word of wisdom: don't take Hedex unless you want to be essentialy stoned for two hours.


  • #19
    padocon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭padocon


    I would advise not taking something you have not taken before.


  • #20
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    padocon wrote: »
    I would advise not taking something you have not taken before.

    Wise words from the Pad, as always.


  • #21
    bluejay14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭bluejay14


    DKZ wrote: »
    Wise words from the Pad, as always.
    You can add that to not giving out any details about yourself.


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  • #22
    lissacahaluke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭lissacahaluke


    Hey guys i was just wondering if i get energy tablets and use them in exams will i feel a slump later on in the exam? thanks


  • #23
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    lissacahaluke wrote: »
    Hey guys i was just wondering if i get energy tablets and use them in exams will i feel a slump later on in the exam? thanks

    Yes. Sugar-rush -> Sugar-crash after about an hour.


  • #24
    padocon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭padocon


    Do not change a thing. Stick to the normal life style you lead.


  • #25
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    customPC wrote: »
    Try Nux Vomica. Its a homeopathic remedy available at your local chemist.

    Don't do this because homeopathy is complete nonesense. You're buying water. Or sugar pills. Nothing else.

    Also, don't bother with that rescue remedy crap. It's just a placebo. Best thing you can do is eat well, get lots of sleep and try to stay confident. I've always found that the best way to control nerves for an exam to make sure I've done enough study (:pac:). Nothing quite like that feeling of walking in knowing you're prepared, while people all around you desperately look up stuff right up to the last few seconds.


  • #26
    Gaeilge-go-deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Gaeilge-go-deo


    I've been takin 'pharmaton' .. its nothing major just vitamins and an energy boost because im not playin as much sport this month... its really good tho..


  • #27
    Daniel2oo9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Daniel2oo9


    The best thing i can recommend for the falling asleep bit (ive exp from sleepy summer exams)Is get to bed early and eat a cereal and some fruit in the morning.Thats what im going to do for the J.C.Bed around 10 :D


  • #28
    suitcasepink
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭suitcasepink


    My english teacher recommended us to take energy tablet things and drinking energy drinks around exams, iswell as proper sleep and good meals. She said we're really gonna feel burnt out at the end of it :/

    Idk Ive been on floradix tablets for a while so I'll just be sticking to them, maybe Ill drink a lil more lucozade..


  • #29
    soccymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    Taking padocan's advice into consideration,

    Eat lots of carbohydrate foods tonight for dinner (like pasta, bread potatoes), get a good nights sleep and drink lots of water :)

    Definitely the healthiest option guys and it's not in tablet form.


  • #30
    mag_red286
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭mag_red286


    eh the rescue remedy is rly gud but dey taste absoloutely rank!!! nd der rly chewy but dey do work!!!


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  • #31
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    Word of wisdom: don't take Hedex unless you want to be essentialy stoned for two hours.


    Hedex is just paracetamol under a different name.......paracetamol is non drowsy......so I respectfully call shenanigans!


  • #32
    sean corcoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭sean corcoran


    DKZ wrote: »
    Yeah, but I don't imagine it would last for the duration of the exam?
    take one when you need it simple
    WanderingSoul wrote: »
    And then a sugar crash a half an hour later, I'd say.
    so take one after 29 mins ;), i've never crashed on them anyway


  • #33
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    mag_red286 wrote: »
    eh the rescue remedy is rly gud but dey taste absoloutely rank!!! nd der rly chewy but dey do work!!!

    You realise this stuff was conceived of and created by a guy who believed he had a psychic connection to plants, right? He believed sunlight passing through dew drops imparted magical powers to petals, studies have shown it's just a placebo. This rescue remedy stuff is complete gibberish, don't waste your money.


  • #34
    Woow_Aqualung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Woow_Aqualung


    Fad wrote: »
    Hedex is just paracetamol under a different name.......paracetamol is non drowsy......so I respectfully call shenanigans!
    Well I have stopped sleeping, and take tablets with coffee to compensate. That would explain it. :p


  • #35
    457babe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭457babe


    Be careful with that rescue remedy i fainted


  • #36
    Vivara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭Vivara


    Tablets? I'm taking my iPad in to help me. :P

    Ed.



    Obviously this is a joke for anyone who's worried.


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  • #37
    Vivara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭Vivara


    Zillah wrote: »
    You realise this stuff was conceived of and created by a guy who believed he had a psychic connection to plants, right? He believed sunlight passing through dew drops imparted magical powers to petals, studies have shown it's just a placebo. This rescue remedy stuff is complete gibberish, don't waste your money.

    Agreed. All homeopathy is just a placebo.


  • #38
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    457babe wrote: »
    Be careful with that rescue remedy i fainted

    That's because it's basically just brandy and flowers......


  • #39
    457babe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭457babe


    Fad wrote: »
    That's because it's basically just brandy and flowers......
    Seriously?


  • #40
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    457babe wrote: »
    Seriously?

    Wiki:
    The remedies contain a very small amount of flower material in a 50:50 solution of water and brandy. Because the remedies are extremely dilute they do not have a characteristic scent or taste of the plant.


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