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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: nacho on May 10, 2011, 04:16:29 pm
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I don't get it.
I go for a 20-30 min run 4-5 days a week
Get 7-8 hours of sleep
Have a pretty average day in terms of physical activity at school (even get a 10-15minute power nap during period 6 sometimes)
and yet when i come back im extremely sleepy
just then i tried eating raw coffee beans so that the terrible taste would keep me up, even that didnt work
Can't study like this, lose focus easily and just stare blankly at book for 5-10 minutes at a time.
what am i doing wrong
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Taking a multi vitamin or vitamin B supplement may help..or avoid eating too many High GI foods
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just then i tried eating raw coffee beans so that the terrible taste would keep me up, even that didnt work
Raw coffee beans? Gross haha.
I take heaps of vitamin C everyday... helps get rid of any colds coming on also... don't know if it helps with tiredness though. :)
Maybe you just need a break? As in, take a whole day off and don't do homework but just chill instead. I know it probably isn't best study-wise, but you'll find you have more energy and motivation if you just don't look at the books for a while. Tiredness doesn't just come from lack of sleep, it can come from stress also.
At the end of the day, your health is more important than VCE so maybe just take it a bit easier.
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Get more sleep/get more coffee.
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Catch up on sleep on weekends
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just then i tried eating raw coffee beans so that the terrible taste would keep me up, even that didnt work
Raw coffee beans? Gross haha.
I take heaps of vitamin C everyday... helps get rid of any colds coming on also... don't know if it helps with tiredness though. :)
Maybe you just need a break? As in, take a whole day off and don't do homework but just chill instead. I know it probably isn't best study-wise, but you'll find you have more energy and motivation if you just don't look at the books for a while. Tiredness doesn't just come from lack of sleep, it can come from stress also.
At the end of the day, your health is more important than VCE so maybe just take it a bit easier.
Yea, I do the same for with vitamin C.
1-2 mandarins a day and a glass of Apple + mango juice (according to the info at the back that's more than 200% of my vitamin c RDI)
Im not sure about the taking days off, generally i do that on fridays as i just go to tutor, come back and do nothing.. I'm not particularly stressed either, but with mid-years coming up and me behind on chem, its' imperative i study hard.. so i really can't think about just taking a whole day off.. But i can't study either.. :|
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Coffee + Heaps of Sugar + Ice.
The repercussions can be faced on the weekends.
During the week, Endurance.
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Some people actually need 9-10 hours of sleep, try a week where you go to bed earlier / get all your HW done straight after school, it may help.
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During the weeknights I fight for every hour I can. It sounds like 8 hours isn't doing it for you! Go to bed and hour or two earlier, even if it's just for a week, and see how you feel at the end of the day. I started going to bed reaaallly early at the start of this year, and it's helped me immeasurably.
I don't drink coffee woo! (Y)
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Coffee + Heaps of Sugar + Ice.
The repercussions can be faced on the weekends.
During the week, Endurance.
this can only be done by lawliet lol!
thank you for the suggestions
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Some people actually need 9-10 hours of sleep, try a week where you go to bed earlier / get all your HW done straight after school, it may help.
I agree with this... if you're tired then the logical conclusion is that you probably need to sleep more.
A regular sleeping pattern also helps - go to bed and wake up at about the same time every day.
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I find, especially after exercise, that I'm particularly tired when reaching a certain point of the night but if I can pull through that period I feel fine thereafter. Feel smashed the next morning but it's almost always worth it.
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I don't.
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Yep same with me i struggle to stay awake after like 3pm :s
I get 7-8 hours sleep most nights, exercise a fair bit - play footy for like an hour a day and sometimes go for jogs when i get home. I have a coffee every now and then but taht only helps for a few hours then you it hits you in the afternoon....
But yeah i reckon we should just get some more sleeeeeep :/
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What I did was the second I find the teacher explaining something useless or something that I already knew, I close my eyes for a couple of minutes, and doze a moment or two. Body got so used to it that I wake up almost everytime the instant the teacher finishes explaining something.
Works like magic.
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Yep same with me i struggle to stay awake after like 3pm :s
I get 7-8 hours sleep most nights, exercise a fair bit - play footy for like an hour a day and sometimes go for jogs when i get home. I have a coffee every now and then but taht only helps for a few hours then you it hits you in the afternoon....
But yeah i reckon we should just get some more sleeeeeep :/
Even if I get 8 hours sleep, I still feel sleepy when I get home. Thus, inevitablely, coffee must be taken to overcome this disorder.
Coffee, once again, ENDORSED
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I don't like coffee, but I drink loads of lemonade to compensate. It helps me, but sometimes a early night is all you need. Investing in a good pillow, and if you can afford it a good mattress isn't the worse idea in the world. :)
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What I did was the second I find the teacher explaining something useless or something that I already knew, I close my eyes for a couple of minutes, and doze a moment or two. Body got so used to it that I wake up almost everytime the instant the teacher finishes explaining something.
Works like magic.
Oh mang i wish i was this pro :(
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Yep same with me i struggle to stay awake after like 3pm :s
I get 7-8 hours sleep most nights, exercise a fair bit - play footy for like an hour a day and sometimes go for jogs when i get home. I have a coffee every now and then but taht only helps for a few hours then you it hits you in the afternoon....
But yeah i reckon we should just get some more sleeeeeep :/
Even if I get 8 hours sleep, I still feel sleepy when I get home. Thus, inevitablely, coffee must be taken to overcome this disorder.
Coffee, once again, ENDORSED
I agree. I started drinking coffee ever since uni and has worked for me. Just take something with caffeine.
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No matter how much caffeine I consume, accounting seems to make me sleep :(.
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not gonna lie, meth keeps you awake. It's biologically proven.
Get on it.
edit: fyi this is a joke. although it will keep you awake =P.
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Do you go on jogs in the morning? That's the best time, jumps up your metabolism levels for the day. There is a very noticeable difference in my productivity and energy levels for the day when I do go for a run in the morning compared with when I don't.
Do you have sunlight pouring into your study area? Melatonin is secreted in your body when its dark, and tells you to fall asleep. Exposure to sunlight throughout the day counteracts this, so make sure you get enough outdoor time :D (kinda hard though in this weather).
I find that on weekend afternoons, I find myself getting drowsy, only to realize I should open my blinds, and voila ..
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try get to sleep at like 7pm on one day, it feels bloody amazing next morning it's as if you've slept in.
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I must be lucky since I rarely feel tired. I wake up at around 7am and go to bed at 2am.
I play sports a lot though so I'm always keen to do something. Even when I fall asleep I could lace em up and go for a run. It's probably my history of playing FPS shooters late throughout the night.
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fall in love with a girl at school; preferably there is a playground at the school.
" she woke me up daily, don't need no Starbucks!"
-Ludacris
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fall in love with a girl at school; preferably there is a playground at the school.
" she woke me up daily, don't need no Starbucks!"
-Ludacris
What the...
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fall in love with a girl at school; preferably there is a playground at the school.
" she woke me up daily, don't need no Starbucks!"
-Ludacris
lol quoting justin beiber songs...what has the world come to
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Like many people have said above, the logical conclusion is you're just not getting enough sleep.
The idea that 8 hours of sleep is ideal doesn't really have any scientific basis at all (penn and teller did an episode on this haha so its what im going off).
Maybe youre one of those people who really need 9 hours or something. Most of us could use more sleep than we get to be honest, people used to sleep way longer before electric lighting.
If you dont have some urgent need to stay up and do work i think getting a decent sleep is a good idea. You concentrate and learn much better all day and i hear it helps with retaining memories. For me personally i also found it impacted my health overall, if i didn't sleep enough i just started getting random headaches or aches and things like that.
If you dont get enough sleep the night before, it puts you out for all of the next day as well, then you need more sleep the next night to catch up.
Try sleeping longer and see if that works, if not maybe see your doctor.
I take heaps of vitamin C everyday... helps get rid of any colds coming on also... don't know if it helps with tiredness though. :)
Just on a little side note huge doses of vitamin C have been proven to not work for preventing the common cold and if its that chewable form for Vitamin C it can really screw up your teeth (Thats the acid bit of the Ascorbic Acid)