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Smooth23 · 07-28-2006, 05:58 PM

Qualifications to add to this discussion: 40 hours sleepless, the last 11 being a drive from arkansas to michigan.
As someone else said, if you wear contacts eye drops are a must- once they start drying out and you start blinking its just asking for those eyes to stay closed.
Take stacker2 pills for your awakey goodness. Be careful to avoid caffiene in pop or coffee for the first hour and a half or so after taking a stacker.
No books on tape- they only put you to sleep.
Radar detector- not only good for keeping the cops off, every time one of those puppies chirps you're wide awake again for 20 minutes.
Upbeat music.
Window down, or at least never get to warm. Warmth=sleepiness.
If you have a significant other and a cell phone, warn them that you might be calling them at oddball times and they're job is to keep you awake. Worked for me- talking to your loved one is a good way to keep me awake.

07-28-2006, 05:58 PM	#42 (permalink)
Smooth23 Tilted	Qualifications to add to this discussion: 40 hours sleepless, the last 11 being a drive from arkansas to michigan. As someone else said, if you wear contacts eye drops are a must- once they start drying out and you start blinking its just asking for those eyes to stay closed. Take stacker2 pills for your awakey goodness. Be careful to avoid caffiene in pop or coffee for the first hour and a half or so after taking a stacker. No books on tape- they only put you to sleep. Radar detector- not only good for keeping the cops off, every time one of those puppies chirps you're wide awake again for 20 minutes. Upbeat music. Window down, or at least never get to warm. Warmth=sleepiness. If you have a significant other and a cell phone, warn them that you might be calling them at oddball times and they're job is to keep you awake. Worked for me- talking to your loved one is a good way to keep me awake.