Re: sleepless before lab exam

From: Hobbs (deadheadblues@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 19 2008 - 02:27:59 ARST


i like your advice Bhuiyan. sometimes if I cant sleep i do the same thing.
if I cant sleep I tell myself "at least im getting some rest". that way my
mind doesn't try to pretend it's tired in the morning. don't let your mind
fool you into thinking you cant sustain the energy :)

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Bhuiyan Muhaimeen <levanto@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Adam,
>
> I know exactly how you feel. I had the exact same experience. Nothing you
> can do but try
> to relax. I agree that it is a bad idea to inject _any_ drugs.
> I had the exact same problem as yours and couldn't sleep till like 5 in the
> morning (the
> morning before the exam), though I went to bed around 10 PM. The way I
> compromise is
> that, even if I don't get any sleep I just get some 'shut-eye'.
>
> Also positive visualization helps before the exam day. So
> you can be there in the bed lying with your eyes shut and you can
> 'virtually' go through
> all the steps you'd go through the next day during the lab. Especially how
> you'd see
> those bang bang bang signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I'd say take it easy and do positive visualizations, don't go anywhere near
> drugs...
>
> HTH!
> -Bhuiyan Muhaimeen
> CCIE #21880 (R&S)
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Adam Elghafri <ccie.adam@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ok ... it got so serious now, so putting it on GS
> >
> >
> > my date is Oct 21.. and i sleep in the daytime and wake up at
> > nightnight....
> >
> >
> > ive tried to adjust my biological clock since the begnning of this month
> > with now hope....
> >
> > I know myself pretty well.. i perform superior right after my wakeup
> time..
> > and do pretty bad when i feel sleepy or exhousted....
> >
> > iv tried the classical method which is keeping awake till death.. and
> sleep
> > till death!!... but STRANGE enough it didnt work ...ive tried multiple
> > times
> > and the most i could sleep is 5 hours !!! ( i need 10.5 btw)
> >
> > so, to make it clear.. what makes me not to sleep is NOT nervusness...
> >
> >
> > any adivce/soultion/drug....?
> >
> >
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