From: Scott M Vermillion (scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com)
Date: Sun Oct 19 2008 - 15:23:12 ARST
Hey Santi,
Great to year from you - I was just thinking about you and Chris the other
day.
Knowing that I would face a sleepless night before the lab (night owl from
hell on a good day), I experimented with that Melatonin thing a few weeks
prior to the lab. It did put me into a deep sleep. Gave me very odd
dreams. Left me too fuzzy in the morning.
Moral of the story is not to be experimenting on yourself within a week of
sitting the lab.
You *can* pass after having slept less than an hour. The lab will light you
on fire no matter what.
Regards,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of CCIE
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:29 PM
To: 'Adam Elghafri'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: sleepless before lab exam
If you have studied well, there is pretty much nothing
you can do at this point that will change your chances
of failing or passing. Unless of course you freak out.
As far as changing your biological sleep clock, it
takes about two weeks to change the biological clock
for sleeping. What can help is 3mg of melatonin 30
minutes before you want to sleep, and stay awake during
the period matching your exam. Keep doing this until
you achieve your results. Of course, the next few days
probably will not make any difference.
I would stay away from anything that would excite your
nervous system. IE, caffeine or any other stimulate.
I had to do this in Iraq to adjust for different
mission protocols. Melatonin works best because it is
the hormone that is released in the brain to tell the
body to rest. The amount of melatonin is also dictated
by the amount of sunlight and darkness perceived by the
brain. SO, if you want to trick the brain into
thinking it is night, block sunlight into your bedroom
and get a mask, along with taking melatonin about 30
minutes before trying to sleep.
DO NOT take melatonin the night before the exam. It
may affect your alertness in the morning. For me, I
feel quite refreshed. For others, they feel like a
Mack truck hit them.
Santi
ccie@texas.net
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com
[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Adam
Elghafri
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:33 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: sleepless before lab exam
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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