Commuters - How do you stay awake?

[Jand3rson]

cigarettes, cause u are doing something physical which keeps me awake, it might be small but the motion of holding it up to your mouth and exhale works

edit: chewing gum sometimes works too, or dipping skoal, i dont usually do that stuff but i had some left over from my buddy in my car and i was exhausted driving through boston traffic at rush house and it held me up till i got home

Ummm, no. I don't smoke or chew or any of that nasty ass shit, and I'm sure as hell not going to start.

I have been thinking I should probably just shower in the morning instead of at night. It would probably wake me up a whole lot more.

[Nicademus]

Eat an apple. I've heard apples give you just as much energy if not more as coffee does, because of their sucrose(sugar) content.

This is true

[e34john]

5 hour energy did not help me, but for about 15 minutes my skin was almost boiling I don't know why but my body temp rose a lot then I got tingly and about 45 minutes later I was face down in my biology book.

[euroshark]

I used to drive out to my girlfriends house about 40 miles out of town a lot... Come home between 3 and 4am after being awake for like 20 hours already and the only thing that kept me awake was open windows blasting air in my face at 80+ mph. This was in my first Alfa though and it was pretty damn loud, being that it essentially had straight, unmuffled pipes... That might have a little bit to do with it.

+1 for showering in the morning, that jump starts my shit right up. I don't drink coffee, just Mountain Dew, but not a lot of it.

[325_e30]

Yea don't do those 5 hour energy things. I tried one once and 4 minutes after i drank half that little bottle I was trembling and couldn't even complete the task at hand.(I was at work) and I thought i was going to spontaneously combust. Those things are the devil. Music works for me, people around me in traffic get a kick out of it too because I really suck at karaoke. haha

[325_e30]

+1 on the showers in the morn also.

[parkerbink]

Go to sleep earlier so you are not tired in the morning?

[So Live]

I do the same thing man, im not awake for about an hour. So i try to get up an hour before i gotta leave instead of the 20-30 min it actually takes me to get ready.

Yea don't do those 5 hour energy things. I tried one once and 4 minutes after i drank half that little bottle I was trembling and couldn't even complete the task at hand.(I was at work) and I thought i was going to spontaneously combust. Those things are the devil. Music works for me, people around me in traffic get a kick out of it too because I really suck at karaoke. haha

Lol, you dont do well with caffeine do you? Go try a Redline VPX drink (found at GNC) and see how you feel. That shit fucks you up. They advise you to drink half the bottle the first time. It makes you shake and sweat (on purpose) to help you loose weight. I used to just like the rush. Only had 2 of em and ill never have on again, mostly cause of the way it makes my chest feel.

Google Redline VPX and read some of the reviews. Some love it some blame it for shaking uncontrollably and blacking out and crashing their cars.

[Jand3rson]

Go to sleep earlier so you are not tired in the morning?

I go to bed at like 10:00, and get up at 5:30, so I'm getting about 7 hours. I can't go to bed any earlier than that, I've tried.

[aworthybrother]

chat on the phone with somebody in the east coast

[Stephen]

Oh, morning showers helped me, as well as taking my adderall when i used to take it. It was prescribed, no worries

[Funkmasta]

Josh, what were you drinking when you were getting coffee?

[muppet]

5 hour energy did not help me, but for about 15 minutes my skin was almost boiling I don't know why but my body temp rose a lot then I got tingly and about 45 minutes later I was face down in my biology book.

the "boiling skin" feeling is niacin or b3. And its a very common side effect. Im not sure why they put that in there, but half the stuff in there dosnt make sense.

as for waking up... try some tea and put it in a togo cup so you also have something to do during your drive.

[Jand3rson]

Josh, what were you drinking when you were getting coffee?

Double tall, no whip, extra hot peppermint mocha.

[Funkmasta]

switch to a double americano... Should do the trick, and mighty delicious.