From: Jean-Francois Vaillancourt (hans@cam.org)
Date: Fri Jul 30 2004 - 00:09:29 GMT-3
At 29/07/2004, gladston@br.ibm.com wrote:
>Any tip about this tip.
>
>It is really wonderful to get advices, but this one scares me. Last time I
>could not sleep trying to sleep.
My first time I was overall incredibly stressed out, hardly slept, and
failed (that was an important reason, but I wasn't ready either). Last time
I took some melatonin, was actively using visualisation/relaxation
techniques, generally less sedentary, and more ready. I slept great, and
passed. As Joe mentions melatonin might not be appropriate for you (try it
a couple times -- and beware as US products pack ten times the known
effective dose, and for melatonin more is definitely NOT better). The
visualisation bit can't hurt, though. See the CCIE Secrets PDF for a pretty
good description.
Whatever you do, leave the sedatives (prescription or not) alone, unless
you really have no choice between that and not sleeping at all, and know
how they affect you under fire. Even the milder and/or shorter-acting ones
likely will cost you fuzzy-head points during the exam.
HTH
JF #11874
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