Disclamer: I haven’t slept in over a day and idk if what I write makes any sense, I will adjust it after I wake up. Sometimes I do dumb stuff and end up not sleeping, other times there simply isn’t time to sleep/rest as needed(assignments and lack of planning ahead). Any advice on how to stay awake for longer periods of time(preferably functional/not in a zombie state, I’m looking for 1 and half day of not sleeping max) and your favourite way of recovering from these sleepless stretches of time(other than sleeping of course).
Okay so I had major issues with sleep for a long time, staying up until 4am and sleeping until 1pm (or worse) was frequently an issue I dealt with. It takes a bit of work to get out of this, and a bit of suffering, but if I can do it then you certainly can.
Turn on Night Shift (or whatever Android equivalent there is) for 9pm. This helps a lot.
Read. I don’t care how much you hate it, find something awesome to read and start reading an hour before you want to go to bed. Read in bed. Just do it. Your brain will thank you and you’ll get smarter.
Set your alarm for 8am. Just get up, no matter how tired you are just fucking do it. Your mental health is at stake.
Limit your napping to no more than 20 mins. At 30 mins you will push your circadian rhythm out further every minute you’re awake and that’s how much longer you’ll stay up every night. 20 min isn’t long enough to hit REM in the middle of the day, which will kill your day completely. Set a nap alarm and wake up.
Don’t eat after 6pm. Stop doing it. Your mental health is at stake.
After doing those things for two weeks, set your alarm for 7am, do that for two weeks, then 6am. You now have a full 16 hour day cycle with no sleeping in the middle. You’ll get good rest every night by being up so long during the day.