How do you survive the day AFTER an all-nighter

[Noyu]

TL;DR I made a very stupid decision to play all-night the night before a workday.

 

Now I'm at work and I have alot of things to do. I also have a presentation later this afternoon.

 

Besides coffee and going to the bathroom to take 10min naps, any other suggestions?

 

I'm 30 mins into my job and I'm already unning on fumes.

[KuJoe]

I feel your pain, I spent the day at an art show for my daughter instead of sleeping. My solution is to work from home instead of driving into the office.

[Noyu]

1 minute ago, KuJoe said:

I feel your pain, I spent the day at an art show for my daughter instead of sleeping. My solution is to work from home instead of driving into the office.

haha yea, I slept a bit in my commute earlier (2 bus rides).

[Over9000Dude]

I heard lauthing for 15min=2hr of sleep

Idk watch dank memes

[Noyu]

2 minutes ago, Over9000Dude said:

I heard lauthing for 15min=2hr of sleep

Idk watch dank memes

for 15mins? how the fck. won't you run out of O2? ahahaha

 

wait I didn't specify, how do I survive while also getting my work done.

 

(except ofc getting off LTT and other forums)

[Over9000Dude]

What kind of work

[Noyu]

9 minutes ago, Over9000Dude said:

What kind of work

Uhmm. Engineering. I'm currently preparing an equipment datasheet to get quotes from Vendors.

 

At this stage I'm just revising as per my senior's review comments, but she has ALOT of comments.

[Over9000Dude]

Idk if this will work but have your eyes wide open for like 10sec then close them for a little bit and u will be a bit more awake.

Sorry if my english is bad, im norwegian and its 2:35am

[KuJoe]

Another thing I just remembered is that I used to eat apple sauce to wake myself up. I have no idea why or how it works, it just always worked for me (much better than caffeine for some reason). Also if you've never used those 5 Hour Energy drinks they work amazingly. They don't affect me as much now but when I first started using them they were a life saver. I work the night shift so I've seen great results among myself and co-workers.

[handymanshandle]

Usually I don't?

[bcredeur97]

15 minutes ago, CoolJ S.A.S. said:

Water is way more important than caffeine (too a point).

-snip-

 

this ^^^ I try to avoid caffeine (mostly so it's more effective when I do actually need it) on a daily basis. I do notice when i drink more water, I tend to be tired less. And by less I mean getting tired in the middle of the day vs not being tired at all and actually wanting to stay up later than I should...

[ChuckMaurice]

Good tip if you have colleagues that don't pay much attention to you or can be away from desk (big offices...) : go to the toilets, set a 20min-like alarm and close your eyes for a while. Even a 5 min "quick nap" can give you fuel. I used to do that like twice a day when I had a 3 hours commute to Paris in a big office where nobody payed attention.

 

Keep going! Also thanks for warning me, it's 3 a.m. in France I must get some sleep.

[malon]

Norally if i can keep moving i am fine but the moment i sit to comfy or find a realy soft long bench i could lay on i am done for. So i suggest feel as uncomfy or be realy bussy.

[ChuckMaurice]

2 minutes ago, malon said:

Norally if i can keep moving i am fine but the moment i sit to comfy or find a realy soft long bench i could lay on i am done for. So i suggest feel as uncomfy or be realy bussy.

 

[Donut417]

3 hours ago, Noyu said:

TL;DR I made a very stupid decision to play all-night the night before a workday.

 

Now I'm at work and I have alot of things to do. I also have a presentation later this afternoon.

 

Besides coffee and going to the bathroom to take 10min naps, any other suggestions?

 

I'm 30 mins into my job and I'm already unning on fumes.

Try some tea. Normally I would have drank a Arizona Sweet tea or an Energy Drink. But, I have been Caffeine free for over a year. 

[eLucid]

Adderall and red bull. I highly advise against it though.

[TacticlTwinkie]

Caffeine and Nicotine, my best friends when I have to work the day after I stay up all night.

[kaiju_wars]

How do I usually survive?  It depends.

If it's a gaming all nighter, I usually just sleep as soon as I realize the sun is up.  If I have to stay up?  Well, I take a shower first, then drink a coffee with at least 3 shots of espresso.  On my breaks (assuming I'm at work) I take power naps.

 

For school work?  I finish the work, set alarms that I know will wake me up.  Then get as much sleep as I can till I have to be up.  

[OleST]

29 minutes ago, eLucid said:

Adderall and red bull. I highly advise against it though.

i have adhd and have to take adderall, once i was up all night, took my adderall and then chugged coffe to compensate for my lack of sleep, this resulted in blacking out, waking up later in the same place wondering WTF? then i remembered and called the ambulance.

[Noyu]

2 hours ago, eLucid said:

Adderall and red bull. I highly advise against it though.

 

haha although I am open-minded, it's not worth the risk (considering the state of the country right now).

 

2 hours ago, TacticlTwinkie said:

Caffeine and Nicotine, my best friends when I have to work the day after I stay up all night.

I have very low tolerance against nicotine. 1 smoke makes my knees weak. Would probably be too weak to actually do my job.

Caffeine is good, up to a certain point ahaha As soon as it wears off the fatigue doubles ahaha

2 hours ago, kaiju_wars said:

How do I usually survive?  It depends.

If it's a gaming all nighter, I usually just sleep as soon as I realize the sun is up.  If I have to stay up?  Well, I take a shower first, then drink a coffee with at least 3 shots of espresso.  On my breaks (assuming I'm at work) I take power naps.

 

For school work?  I finish the work, set alarms that I know will wake me up.  Then get as much sleep as I can till I have to be up.  

Actually the question is how to survive the work day AFTER an allnighter. ahahaha not how to survive an allnighter. That's EZ. ahaha

2 hours ago, OleST said:

i have adhd and have to take adderall, once i was up all night, took my adderall and then chugged coffe to compensate for my lack of sleep, this resulted in blacking out, waking up later in the same place wondering WTF? then i remembered and called the ambulance.

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[kaiju_wars]

1 minute ago, Noyu said:

 

Actually the question is how to survive the work day AFTER an allnighter. ahahaha not how to survive an allnighter. That's EZ. ahaha

I know, I'm talking about how I survive the day after

 

[captain_to_fire]

First of all, don't drive. For an all-nighter, I tend to reduce my coffee intake because of hyperacidity. Instead, I eat 75-85% dark chocolate. The bitterness alone can keep me awake. If I really need caffeine, I buy caffeine pills and use it instead of coffee. 

[spellmanuk]

get  some wings drink a sh*t tonne of redbull lol

[Unhelpful]

You suffer.

[Tieox]

Buy shares in energy drink companies.