From: Ahsan Mohiuddin (ahsan.mohiuddin@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 19 2008 - 23:06:27 ARST
Lab does fire you up but the bad thing is, the fire lasts for only half the
duration of the lab. That is, when you've had a sleepless night.
Actually, no matter how hard you try to relax yourself that night, you are
not going to be sleeping like in your own bed, with 2000 to 4000 bucks at
stake. So quit trying, get up when its still pitch-dark outside, curse life
in general, get on with it. Sleep or not, you've got to deliver.
A cold shower may help set up the fire ;-)
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Scott M Vermillion <
scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
> 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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